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 …

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&…

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 …

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: Warming across borders

Clearer than ever: global warming is for real

Why is Indonesia changing its capital?

Global warming has a role in the move

Simply Put: Climate change vaccine

Simply Put: Generation Climate Change

जग बीती: संकट में अस्तित्व

Simply put: Global warming

Simply put: Frog and the pan

Hothouse sophistry

Methane halt

When the pot calls the kettle black

Greens corner US energy agencies

Move court against government's trivialising global warming issue