Biden’s strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plants

 The rule’s reliance on carbon capture and storage ought to be music to fossil fuel companies’ ears

Carbon dioxide in 2023 comparable to 4.3 billion years ago as global greenhouse gas levels hit all-time high: NOAA

This was the twelfth consecutive year that carbon dioxide levels rose by more than 2 parts per million

Adaptation Gap Report 2022 raises alarm on climate finance

International adaptation finance flows are 5-10 times lower than required

Global warming is real and 2020 is among 3 warmest year ever

Decade 2011-2020 set to be the warmest decade ever recorded

Fashion industry may use quarter of world’s carbon budget by 2050

Emissions from this sector are to rise by more than 60 per cent by 2030

5% rise in India’s GHG emissions since 2016, driven by energy & industrial sectors

Around 75% of overall greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 came from energy sector, while the industrial sector contributed to 8%

India’s hidden costs of agrifood systems at $1.1 trillion, third-highest in the world, says new FAO report

Reveals true health and environmental costs of food; total global hidden costs associated with agrifood systems at $12.7 trillion

Seabed trawling’s impact on the climate may be wildly overestimated — new study

While preventing bottom trawling from disturbing the seabed could reduce the emissions driving climate change, how much CO₂ it would prevent is …

Next stop net zero: Indian Railways plans to become a net zero emitter by 2030; here’s how

Instead of going the usual offset route, the Indian Railways plans to source the bulk of its energy needs from renewable sources to become a net …

India in top 10 in climate performance ranking, says new report

US, China and EU fared poorly, slid several positions since last year  

National targets to limit global warming: Off by a mile

Even enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions are not nearly enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Many poor countries, with …

Turn of the tide in 120 years: Past, present and future of climate

Rise in average surface temperature of Earth will cross 1.5°C in next 20 years and 2°C by middle of the century; rapid reductions to …

IPCC report: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C

Even in the most optimistic scenario, there is only a 50:50 chance that global temperature rise will stop there

Greenhouse gas emissions from man-managed grasslands similar to global croplands

Study highlight need to use sustainable management to preserve and enhance soil carbon storage of grasslands

COVID-19 cut carbon emissions but not enough to dent global warming

The lockdown-related fall in emissions is just a tiny blip on the long-term graph. We need a sustained flattening of the curve - WMO …

Commitments under Paris deal one-third of what is needed: UN Emission Gap Report 2017

If the emission gap is not closed by 2030, it is extremely unlikely that the goal of restricting global warming to well below 2°C can be met

World needs over $75 bn for a 75% slash in energy-related methane emissions

Abating methane can have a relatively quick impact on reducing global warming

The global impact of air conditioning: big and getting bigger

More ACs means more refrigerants that are potent greenhouse gases

Australia sets new emissions target

Scientists say the target is too low for a developed country

Food transitions in age of climate crisis should focus on diversifying options

Escalating atmospheric temperatures, with a projected rise of up to 3.2°C by the century’s end, would further exacerbate food crisis

WMO approves a global tracker for greenhouse gas emissions

Global greenhouse gas watch to fill critical information gaps, provide an integrated and operational framework

COP27: Agriculture finally on table; beware of greenwashing though, warn experts

The first official Food and Agriculture Pavilion at a UNFCCC COP has been unveiled at Sharm El-Sheikh

We need to worry about methane from landfills; look at Mumbai numbers

Waste sector emissions can be targeted for mitigation, suggests new study      

We need to immediately stop oil and gas expansion: Environmentalist at helm of anti-fossil fuel movement at CoP26

Tzeporah Berman, a Canadian environmentalist, spoke to DTE at the sidelines of Glasgow summit

5 days to CoP26: NDCs insufficient, climate finance unmet till 2023

Signals on key issues such as enhanced climate ambition and climate finance point to poor progress