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%

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 …

Sub-Saharan Africa’s debt burden increased to a record $789 billion in 2021, highest since 2010

Low economic growth, skyrocketing inflation, the Ukraine war, massive debts and climate change increased the region’s dependancy on private …

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 …

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 …

How much do industrial aerosols contribute to global cooling? New study offers clues

A higher abundance of sulphate aerosols in the preindustrial atmosphere means anthropogenic sulphate has a relatively small cooling effect

Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?

However, tinkering with the atmosphere is likely to affect rainfall and drought patterns and may have other unintended consequences, such as&…

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  

COP24: No time for limitless negotiations, says Guterres

At Katowice, United Nations chief warns of catastrophic changes to climate if Paris Agreement terms not implemented

Well-researched essays on sustainability

Policies for a Small Planet Edited by Johan Holmberg Publisher: Earthscan Publications, London Price: £14.95

EC credibility at stake

In 1992, even rich nations began to feel the pinch of impoverishment - and it hurt enough to make them cut down on global charity

Will the deserts retreat?

The first conference of parties for the Convention to Combat Desertification held in Rome took some important decisions to save the parts of the …

Waterscapes: Cultural politics of a natural resource

Book>> Waterscapes: The Cultural Politics of a Natural Resource Edited by Amita Baviskar Permanent Black New Delhi 2007

Coping with floods in climate change

Before the Deluge>> Coping with Floods in Climate Change • by International Rivers Network • New York • 200

Price of nature

Book>> Payment for Ecosystem Services Edited By Pushpam Kumar and Roldan Muradian Rs 695

‘Rethink economics of poverty’

Want poor families in north India to immunise their children? Offer the parents a small bag of lentils as an incentive and vaccination rates make …

Blending green concerns into market economy

GERMAN environment minister Klaus Topfer has come under fire for his tough green laws such as the one against packaging. Environmental ministries,…

Simply Put: Generation Climate Change

Simply Put: Warming across borders

जग बीती: संकट में अस्तित्व

Simply put: Global warming

Why is Indonesia changing its capital?

Global warming has a role in the move

Simply Put: Climate change vaccine

Simply put: Frog and the pan

Clearer than ever: global warming is for real