Run-up to COP27: India wants to assess loss and damage due to extreme weather better; can it succeed
There is a consensus among officials that a new tool to gauge climatic loss and damage should be embraced; but they say the transition will be …
COP27: Only together can we win
At COP27, loss and damage must not to be pushed away with another puny promise of a fund that never materialises but be accepted as a legitimate …
Why every degree counts now
A series of interactive infographics to explore the 21st Century's toughest development challenge: The planet's changing climate
What caused 41,000 lightning strikes across India on April 16?
Lightning strikes kill more people in India than any other extreme weather event but they go largely unnoticed
Cyclone Nivar: Chennai shut as rains cause flooding in several parts
Around 0.1 million people, including 28,161 children, were evacuated to 1,694 relief camps across Tamil Nadu from low-lying areas
First-of-its kind UN guidance calls for climate action by States to protect children’s rights
Insufficient progress in achieving global commitments to limit global warming exposes children to hazards like rising temperatures
How droughts can leave people with nowhere to go
Those most affected by climate-induced droughts risk being trapped due to a lack of resources and networks to migrate
Is the world headed for another food crisis?
One tends to fear that the last century’s achievement in curbing extreme hunger will be undone in the 21st century
Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term, says WEF report
‘Failure to mitigate climate change’ and ‘failure of climate change adaptation’ are world’s top two most severe …
Climate crisis has cost India 5 million hectares of crop in 2021
Around 36 mha agricultural area was affected due to hydro-meteorological calamities since 2016
Tracking extreme weather: Warmer-than-usual December for US
Only Washington and Oregon will have a higher chance of experiencing a cooler-than-normal December
Climate crisis in North East India: Assam’s Golaghat hasn’t had normal monsoon in 30 years
Overall rainfall and rainy days in Assam’s Golaghat district have decreased, but heavy rainfall days have increased
Pitter-patter, flip-flop: The unpredictable 100 hours Monsoon 2021 just had
The IMD issued a forecast September 16 warning of heavy rainfall in Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal from September 18-20
IPCC report warning: Mumbai will be worst hit among Indian metros
The city is set to experience the highest increase in total annual rainfall among other metropolitan cities in the 21st century; mean …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India suffered maximum number of climate-related fatalities in 2018
The report, which revealed the figures, was released in Madrid and has bolstered demands for implementing the ‘Loss and Damage’ mechanism
Factsheet: Extreme Weather Events
The number of extreme weather events is rising alarmingly across the world—increase in heatwave frequency and the number of warm days …
Desertification expands in areas on front line of climate change
The latest IPCC report does not clearly link climate change to desertification, but it does say desertification is a “function of both …
Why so many cloudbursts? Experts point to rising temperature
Scientists believe such extreme weather events are occurring sooner every year owing to climate change
2011-2015: mighty hot five-year period
A study by the World Meteorological Organization analyses this five-year period for a better understanding of multi-year warming trends and …
Climate change intolerance discussed at the launch of Amitav Ghosh’s book
Amitav Ghosh argued that there is a systematic silencing of non-partisan voices on the issue of climate change
The lateral push
India must think in parallel because extreme weather events—both known and unknown—are becoming the order of the day
This week from the world of science and environment
The discovery of an important piece in evolutionary science and the threat of extreme weather events to our food security—a quick look at …
Business can no longer ignore extreme heat events — it’s becoming a danger to the bottom line
Heat intensity of these events is also increasing with the frequency
Extreme weather events most severe global risks over next 10 years: WEF
Through 2026, extreme weather events in top 3 risks in 13 countries; climate tipping points expected to change weather patterns
A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it — and here are the results
In March 2022, Antarctica experienced an extraordinary heatwave — most intense one ever recorded anywhere globally