Atmospheric CO2 levels may rise 50% higher than pre-industrial levels: Recent estimates
Atmospheric CO2 levels exceeded 417 parts per million (ppm) for several days in February and March 2021 — way above the pre-industrial …
Cholera cases reported in India this summer
Situation similar across the globe as experts predict a spurt in disease due to climate change
Climate scientists say human link evident in extreme weather events
Unprecedented 2016 California drought, the 2011 US heat wave and 2010 Pakistan flood belong to a most worrying series of extremes
Global warming in past caused mammals to shrink, and it could happen again
Will today's animals have enough time to adapt to human-induced climate change that's happening fast?
India's rank slips further in global hunger index, fares worse than North Korea, Iraq
More than one-fifth of the children younger than five years in India suffer from wasting and over a third have stunted growth
Germany bans fracking indefinitely
The method of hydraulic fracking for extraction of shale gas has been controversial due to its environmental impacts
Global assets worth trillions of dollars at risk due to climate change
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to 2°C substantially reduces the value at risk
The global green farce
At UNCED the inclustrialised countries do not want any serloys restructuring of their economies or their lifestyles to save the earth. But the …
Why Global Hunger Index also flags climate change
GHI's 2019 essay is a review of scientific literature on increasingly clear impacts that climate changes have on the most malnourished
Private sector not dependable to achieve SDGs: UNCTAD
Its contribution to developing countries’ debt increases to 139% of GDP in 2017 from 79% in 2008
Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?
Global warming does not cause wildfires. Rather, global warming exacerbates the conditions and raises the risk of wildfire
India has been getting warmer continuously, consistently and rapidly
A new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment has indicated that India is warming at a much faster rate than thought previously
Reverse the learning
Continuous economic growth is an illusion. Adivasi economics may be the only hope for India's future
Ghana needs stronger laws for fishing
Fisherfolk blame big trawlers but they do not talk about the illegal trade they indulge in
India has warmed rapidly in the past 70 years: study
Global warming is manifesting itself over parts of India in the maximum temperatures observed during the warm pre-monsoon period
The carbon footprint of tourism revealed (it's bigger than we thought)
The carbon footprint of tourism is about four times larger than previously thought, according to a world-first study published in …
The race is on to decarbonize the 50,000-plus ships that carry our stuff around the world
International shipping produces as much CO2 as aircraft. Here’s what we can do about that
Wood cuts
THE FUTURE OF WORLD FORESTS: THEIR USE AND CONSERVATION Edited by Kilaparti Ramakrishna and George M Woodwell Publisher: Natraj Publishers, …
Global warming causes extinction of species
Scientists warn a rise in temperature will reduce the habitable area in North America's mountains and cause a reduction in the number of mammal …
No taking cheap Colombian coal to Newcastle
John Major's Conservative government is learning the hard way that a free market economy alway works better anywhere but at home.
Breaking the ice
The recent breaking away of a massive iceberg from the Antarctic peninsula has generated a heated debate on the bothers of global warming
Environmental entropy
Responding to Global Warming: The Technology, Economics and Politics of Sustainable Energy by Peter Read Publisher: Zed Books Ltd Price: Not stated
In the line of fire
Unusual weather conditions have led to fire outbreaks in several parts of the world, the latest being Florida
The heat is on
There is tremendous pressure now on the South to meet the greenhouse gas emissions reduction quota of the west
When science sleeps
The Indian meteorological department is unable to explain why the recent heat wave is taking place in India. Hardly surprising for a …