Fewer honeybees could mean less food

Restricting global temperature rise to 1.5°C could help India lower drought, river flooding, biodiversity loss risk: Study

Limiting temperature rise could reduce drought impact on humans by 70% and agricultural land by 21%

Debt of emerging markets & developing economies rose by 178% from 2008-2022: Report

The Global South is staring at a debt crisis, but the “Common Framework” created to provide debt relief has serious shortcomings

Billionth carbon credit issued

Kyoto Protocol device marks impressive milestone, but its effectiveness remains doubtful

Blowing in the wind

Civil society cannot distance itself from the phenomenon of right-wing parties finding their way to the top in Europe

Watch: How the global food crisis is unfolding, with 1 in 5 people in need of urgent action

Children and women most affected; conflict & extreme weather events biggest driver of food insecurity

CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Where does India stand in the global plastic treaty talks? An explainer

New Delhi’s position is largely unchanged from INC-3 in Nairobi, although it has introduced some new arguments; it is also trying to …

Plastic’s toxic trail: The curious case of India’s petrochemical refineries

India’s legislations do not mandate it to create a baseline health assessment of the population before setting up factories with the …

Warming planet may transform tundra ecosystems from carbon sinks to sources

Experiments show warming temperatures increased metabolic activity among plants and microbial soil

Run-up to Ottawa: We, who suffer most due to plastics, must not be overlooked in talks, say indigenous peoples

Activists want negotiators to focus on a human rights-based approach as they deliberate on a plastics treaty; this includes centering knowledge, …

Plastic, the forever pollutant

From production to usage to disposal, it is a threat to those who come in its contact 

Fourth global mass coral bleaching? Great Barrier Reef severely affected, corals seen dying 

High ocean temperatures due to climate change, El Nino feared to trigger fourth global mass coral bleaching   

India should brace for dry and hot spring-summer, El Nino, say experts

It is too early to predict an El Nino but it is possible, say meteorologists

Ice shelves of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier may go earlier than expected

The melting of the glacier could result in a 0.5 metre global sea-level rise

Run for cover: 100 days, 44 storms, 16 states, 423 deaths

An unprecedented storm season challenges India's scientific community

Use less,gain more

Efficiency is the key word to effectively utilise and conserve energy

Choppy weather at climate meet

The report vn the economic assessment of a global climate change meet creates mayhem

Law in defiance

Changes in precipitation in moderate or very high emissions scenario to impact 3-5 billion people: Study

Regions experiencing robust wetting and drying trends cover a substantial portion of the Earth’s landmass, shows analysis

2023 in a blink: What were emission footprints of transport, manufacturing sectors this year

Cement, steel and aluminium plants led to 108 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of emissions 

Think tanks, civil society caution that ‘fossil fuels’ mention in GST is riddled with loopholes

The latest text emphasises the need to transition away from fossil fuels in energy system  

COP28: Climate change having devastating impact on migratory species

Habitat loss, impact on reproduction, reduction in food availability among factors threatening migratory animal popualtions  

COP28: Leaders in attendance must channel their inner Hatim Tai on Global Goal for Adaptation

World leaders need to agree with climate finance for adaptation not as a burden, but a force to uplift

Biodiversity technical body meets in Nairobi to gauge progress on Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

SBSTTA-25 meeting till October 19; Indicators for monitoring progress to be discussed

Even platypuses aren’t safe from bushfires — a new DNA study tracks their disappearance

Platypuses are disappearing from waterways after fire