Global Biodiversity Framework: What happened in Nairobi?

The preparatory meeting on biodiversity ends with little consensus  

This June was the fifth-warmest on record 

The first half of 2021 was the eighth warmest on record

Upper oceans hottest in 2020 despite lower emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns

Heat content was 20 zetta joules higher than in 2019

A way to live with the demon

Plastic is here to stay. We have to find ways to use it smartly

Flourishing unaided

The AIDS epidemic shows no sign of abating with five million new cases reported in 2001

Divided colours of genomics

WHO reports on the growing 'genetic divide'

Towards a better yield

Cold war winners

250 yrs of biological research on the web now

First GBFF council meeting takes baby steps for biodiversity

Operational matters discussed, but nothing on resource mobilisation

World breached 1.5°C limit 279 times since 1940, shows DTE analysis of ECMWF data

While we are still some way from overstepping the 1.5°C mark, the June breach should ring alarm bells for a developing country like India

Net Zero by 2050 possible, but clean energy investments need to outweigh fossils fast: Report

Heavy investment, hydrogen and carbon capture & storage can help keep the temperature increase to 1.7 degrees Celsius

Humans have caused almost 100% of global warming, says new IPCC report

Climate science has evolved since the last IPCC report released in 2013, and scientists are now confident that human influence has caused climate …

There is no safe level of global warming: IPCC report

Unless net carbon dioxide emissions are brought down to zero by 2050, warming above 1.5°C is practically inevitable

Pesky pets

One of the first species domesticated by man, the pigeon is now an invasive species and a pest in many parts of the world

Floral trouble

In sharp contrast to earlier estimates, a new study claims that nearly half the world's flora species face extinction

How to make the Commission for Sustainable Development work

It was only half a year ago, but events since the Johannesburg earth summit already make it seem like a distant event. The world has just seen an …

Modified by climate

Global warming has resulted in genetic alternations among living beings

How 2023’s record heat worsened droughts, floods and bushfires around the world

These events showed how climate change is affecting the global water cycle and our livelihoods

COP28: Additions and deletions make new GGA text a ‘scary’ one

This is a developed country tactic that has been used before. It was also used during the negotiations on the Loss and Damage Fund at COP27 last year

WHO’s to blame?

Are malnutrition figures in India exaggerated? Experts debate the WHO formula

Every drop counts

Look where the world stands as it celebrates Water Day on March 22

Vanishing green

CFCs black market

Looking ahead

A brief outline of the challenges of sustainable development in India