UNECA calls for transparent, comparable carbon pricing systems

Global carbon price of $50 per tonne can incentivise Africa to mobilise up to $30 billion per annum

US emissions inflict $1.9 trillion in global losses

A report found that the emissions caused by the US has inflicted severe losses on poorer countries through heatwaves, crop failures and other …

UN Ocean Conference: Experts call for ending policy blindspot to avert ‘ocean emergency’

Developing countries seek more funds; island nations team up against deep-sea mining  

State of India’s Environment in figures: India recorded 280 heat wave days across 16 states in 2022 — most in decade

With climate change, such extreme events will become severe, more frequent  

LPG is a fossil fuel. Experts explain why it’s still Africa’s best option for cleaner, greener cooking (for now)

More than 900 million people, 85% of the region’s population, still rely on solid biomass fuel and kerosene for cooking

Farmers face a soaring risk of flash droughts in every major food-growing region in coming decades, new research shows

One way to help agriculture adapt to the rising risk is to improve forecasts for rainfall and temperature

Science-based solutions should dominate upcoming plastic pact convention

Plastic pollution is a massive problem, as around 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced yearly

Denmark legally binds farmers to reduce GHGs emission by half in 9 years

Denmark had adopted this plan in December 2019; 3 sectors — transport, energy and agriculture — account for the country’s …

Scientists sound the alarm over drought in East Africa: What must happen next

The next five years will very likely bring a strong El Niño causing more drought disasters

After Great Barrier Reef, bleaching kills 70 per cent of Japan’s coral reef

Coral in the Sekisei lagoon in Okinawa has turned dark brown and is covered with algae, according to a government study

Sudden stratospheric warmings: Why cold winters may persist

Down To Earth spoke to UK climate researcher Richard Hall about the relationship between the climatic phenomenon and global warming  

Ocean acidification ‘changing’ marine biodiversity

Study sheds light on how excess carbon dioxide in oceans is affecting marine species and in turn the global food chain

Heat is on: 2019 on track to become hottest year ever

El Nino, or the unusual warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, will further add to the already warming temperatures

Not a single cool month in the last 628 months

India, which just experienced one of the hottest Septembers in the last century, loses at least 400 people to heat waves every year

Day temperature, not daylight, influences beans flowering: study

The findings of Bengaluru-based researchers may help farmers plant the right varieties to optimise yields

African countries aren't doing enough to prepare for rising sea levels

All the coastal nations will be affected by the rising sea levels and the damage could be reduced by adapting the coastline and …

Increase in temperature will cause more suicides in US, Mexico: study

Climate change could be linked to a total of 14,020 excess suicides in the US and 7,460 excess suicides in Mexico by 2050, says a new study

Here is why researchers working in polar regions are coming together

To bring scientists working in both the poles together, the International Polar Year was observed during 2007-2008 and it was decided to have …

Climate change in news on April 16

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around climate change

Smaller Himalayan glaciers more sensitive to climate change

A study shows that small and low-altitude glaciers have lost about 67 per cent of the total basin volume between 1984 and 2012

Climate change has affected every part of US: government report

This is the first time an analysis of climate change of this scope has come up in the Trump administration

Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt

This would be the cost of “negative emissions” technologies required to remove CO₂ from the air

Moving towards a green future in transport

The transport sector makes up 30 per cent of global energy consumption and its energy use is expected to grow one per cent every year till 2030

Oceans may become too acidic for animals to smell their way around

Ocean acidifcation will significantly affect the fitness, physiology, reproduction and behaviour of everything in the sea from sharks and whales …

India pins hopes on Myanmar pulses

Desperate to check growing prices, the country plans to encourage domestic players to grow pulses in Myanmar despite having bad experiences in …