El Nino to cause global losses worth $84 trillion by 2099, India may be more vulnerable than estimated

Impacts of El Nino will be more pronounced in poor countries in the tropics like India

Developing world taps renewable energy at twice the rate of rich countries

China leads the global rank on clean energy; India is placed fourth

Methane time bomb ticks under melting Arctic ice

Global warming releasing large amounts of dangerous greenhouse gas from permafrost

Dow in the dumps?

Russia submits climate plan; commits to reducing emissions by 25-30% by 2030

Thirty-two developed nations have submitted their INDCs so far

Chile becomes first South American country to enforce carbon tax

At $5 per tonne of carbon emitted, tax law will target big power plants

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Connected events and difficult future

In Short

ONGCignores green rules

Oil company did not restore abandoned well sites in Tripura

Fossil fuel industry’s posturing in climate debate: OPEC gets COP28 pavilion

Report by group of countries exporting oil predicts 16-million-barrel-a-day increase in oil consumption through 2045, contradicting IEA claims

Remembering Kirk R Smith (1947-2020)

Kirk leaves us with the power of imagining change and hope 

Dahej blast: Industrial accidents will stop only if factories observe rules

Ten people had died in the blast at Yashasvi Rasayan Pvt Ltd in Dahej on June 3, 2020

Australia set for highest temperature rise by century end

Government in denial mode despite repeated warnings

Beef cattle release more greenhouse gases than other livestock

Environmental footprint of beef is bigger than poultry or dairy

Memories of Agent Orange

Climate pledges lacking: 87% of remaining global carbon budget to limit warming may be depleted by 2030, finds UN

Emissions will only be 2% lower in 2030 than 2019 levels if fully implemented

Energy sector biggest greenhouse gas emitter in India, says national communication to UNFCCC

More climate models needed for improving future projections: scientists

Taking the US to democracy

Why authorize it?

New NASA video shows how carbon dioxide flows in Earth’s atmosphere

Nearly all emissions of the greenhouse gas originate in the Northern Hemisphere

Environmental degradation draining Pakistan’s economy: survey

Increasing urbanisation is causing air, water pollution

Clearer than ever: global warming is for real

Scientists are now 95 per cent certain that global warming is human-induced

Bhopal waste disposal: government dithers over finalising contract with German company

Madhya Pradesh government unhappy with clauses in proposed contract

India not on course for clean air target