Deep in the jungle, scientists explore the links between the Congo and climate change

Researchers aim to understand how the world’s second-largest rainforest is responding to—and influencing—global warming

Protecting the ozone

Countries are participating in the 36th Meeting of Open-Ended Working Group of Parties to Montreal Protocol in Paris this week. Aditi Sawant …

Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius may not be enough

Study says sea levels could still rise by 6 metres, threatening coastal cities across the world

Cooling Earth

Municipalities in the Netherlands are exerting pressure on the national government to reduce carbon dioxide emission by half by AD 2010

Black heart

The atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are increasing and a rise in global temperatures seems imminent

Greenhouse break

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Gasbagging the North

The South has opposed the North's proposal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in yet another stalemate

2100: An Indian cataclysm

The sea would gobble up more than 5,700 sq km of India's coastal land if emission of greenhouse gases grows unchecked

Global lungs or firewood for the poor?

Indiscriminate felling of trees to meet human and animal needs is not only depleting India's forest wealth at an alarming rate, but also …

Developed nations refuse to reform

Industrialised nations continue to be the major contnlxftrs of greenhouse gases and their emissions are increasing

The iron hand in global temperature

Scientists have found iron concentrations in sea water affect the growth of plankton that keep a tab on carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

Convenient yardstick

Despite its disproportionately large carbon emissions, the US wants proportionate restrictions on the developing countries

Mixed results

The UN Environment Programme got a strong mandate and ample funds on its 25th anniversary but the issue of its governance remained unresolved

In hot water

While the Antarctic ice cap is relatively stable, the sea level is rising due to a simple law of physics: water expands when heated

Net profits

Virtual shopping can not only cut down the number of cars on the roads, but reduce vehicular emissions as well

Heat traps

Aerosols trap heat and increase temperatures

CoP26 report card: Methane’s role in global warming in sharp focus for the first time

105 countries signed pledge to cut emission, 3 biggest emitters didn't join

Scientific reticence is a serious threat when it comes to climate change

Professionals need to speak out on looming dangers even at the cost of getting it wrong

A logjam in the making

Lack of enthusiasm marks the preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development

A site of global struggle

The Kyoto Protocol is part of the 21st century world order: save it

Just talking renewable energy will not do

Huge difference between potential and utilisation of renewable energy

India rejects Microsoft's Office Open XML

A treaty to block cheaper drugs

Developed countries to use a geographical advantage to stop generics

Mayors of the world unite

Want to lead failing climate talks  

World not on track to meet long-term climate targets, shows largest-ever UN assessment

Climate impacts “eroding past human development gains” & lack of adaptation action will make it difficult to make such gains in future