UN General Assembly 2023: Crucial biodiversity fund gets enough money to be operational
Nature and People: From Ambition to Action side event also saw new contributions toward target of conserving 30% land & ocean by 2030
DTE Reportage: Coverage of the Subsidiary Bodies 58 climate conference in Bonn
Delegates discussed climate issues in the runup to November’s conference in Dubai
Can the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund make a difference?
The world’s new biodiversity framework fund is without any real financial commitment to meet conservation targets
Study warns of new warming records this winter, driven by El Nino, long-term global warming trend
June-October 2023 surpassed the 1991-2020 average by 0.57℃
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
Extreme heat affects Indian women more than men, says new study
As we talk more about climate change, the question of climate justice and equity will take centre stage
Atlantic collapse: Q&A with scientists behind controversial study predicting a colder Europe
Physicist Peter Ditlevsen and his sister, the statistician Susanne Ditlevsen, on findings that have stirred controversy in some quarters
Walkmans and burgers: the primal market
The late founder editor of Down To Earth on environmental truths that endure to this day, over three decades later
How do Indian states perform as far as hunger eradication is concerned
Using Global Hunger Index methodology to rank India’s states and Union Territories puts Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh at the bottom, …
Market and mitigation dominated G20 climate actions — not a good signal leading to COP28, claim experts
Woefully inadequate in response to Global Stocktake Report and unlikely to keep temperature rise within 1.5°C
COP28 Diary (December 10, 2023): New GGA draft weaker than previous text, countries talk about finance gaps at Majlis
Parties still not on same page about responsibilities in GST text; final texts on carbon market expected December 11
7th GEF Assembly: Global Biodiversity Framework Fund ratified
First projects under the new Fund likely to roll out ahead of CBD’s CoP16
COP28 Diary (December 9): Baku to host COP29; Africa wants robust GGA
The Netherlands heads a joint ministerial statement on phasing out fossil fuel subsidies; massive global build-out of liquified natural gas …
Key takeaways from the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings 2024
The two Bretton Woods Institutions need to build momentum to deliver money for climate finance
Option in Global Stocktake draft opens possibility of including India, China in list of historical emitters of greenhouse gases
Finance and coal phase out are other red lines in text for several developing countries, say experts
2023 in a blink: Climate, weather records that broke this year
Down To Earth recaps climate stories that broke records
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
Climate change: If warming approaches 2°C, a trickle of extinctions will become a flood
If all national plans to cut emissions are fulfilled, world would still be on track for 2.5-2.9°C of global warming by end of century
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%
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
High road to Dubai COP28: The Bonn meet is to end soon; but there is no decision yet about Global Goal on Adaptation
The GGA is being framed as a global target for countries and communities to aspire and take guidance from, something which is proving …
Simply Put: Climate change vaccine
2023 is poised to become the hottest year, with October already setting a new climate record
The October of 2023 was the hottest ever, further solidifying the expectation that 2023 will break temperature records
Earth records hottest day ever on July 3, 2023; record broken the very next day
Unfortunately, July 3 might only be the first in a series of records that might be broken this year itself
Northern permafrost region on track to become carbon source instead of sink due to global warming
Increasing temperatures thawing permafrost, exposing substantial quantities of organic carbon and atmospheric release of greenhouse gases