Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023

It’s possible that Earth’s rising temperature will temporarily exceed the 1.5°C threshold of the Paris agreement some time …

Global health spending at record high post COVID-19, but can this be sustained?

India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan received barely 15% of the development assistance for health for COVID-19

Kelp forests losing unique traits due to climate change, says study

Kelp populations at equatorward-range edges particularly vulnerable to climate change

Lutzerath protests: Climate activism watershed or Germany’s ticket to energy security?

What the protests against Garzweiler lignite mine expansion mean for global energy politics 

Carbon dioxide removal: How crucial is the next decade for this novel technology

Innovation in CDR is growing; so is the gap between CDR decided by IPCC and efforts to attain them

Asia-Pacific’s automobile companies discussed EVs 28% more in 2022 than last year, data shows

Indian companies held the most discussions on electric vehicles, according to analytics company GlobalData  

‘Climate change can triple flood damage by atmospheric rivers’

Climate scientist Tom Corringham talks to Down To Earth about bomb cyclones, atmospheric rivers and how global warming can …

India’s G20 Presidency: As a major emitter, bloc is obliged to address climate change, sustainable development

Climate finance remains an area of contention within the G20 as there is an uneven distribution of financial resources to countries that are most …

Global warming has reached remote Greenland ice sheets

New study shows temperatures in Greenland haven’t been this warm in at least a 1,000 years

Has COVAX delivered on its vaccine access promises?

Organisations behind the vaccine arm seem to be losing interest in COVID-19

Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes are rising, putting thousands at risk — we now know why

Surprisingly minor changes in the water balance are enough to explain the lake level rises, finds study

3,026 people, 2 million ha crops: How 314 days of extreme weather events affected India in 2022

Highest number of people were killed in central India, largest crop area damaged in South Peninsula

Tax the wealthy: 2 billion people can be lifted from poverty by levying the super-rich, says Oxfam

Gap between the rich and the poor broadened over the past two years

Ants can’t alter behaviour to deal with warmer climate: Report

Heat stress on the insects will mean higher metabolism and food demands along with a shorter lifespan

‘Fox in the henhouse’: African climate activists decry Sultan Al Jaber’s appointment as COP28 president

Oil company CEO’s appointment as COP28 president will embolden fossil fuel lobbies and derail global climate action, said experts

Threat by monster waves to grow by 2100, coastline caution needs consideration, study suggests

Current estimates on climate change’s impacts on monster waves across 80% of the world’s oceans are unclear

Exxon knew: Big Oil’s scientists documented accurate climate predictions since 1970s, 1980s

ExxonMobil publicly denied climate change, funded misinformation campaign, shows new paper

Grasslands, forests and glaciers decreased in the Kedarnath-Joshimath region over 3 decades

Glacial decrease in Kedarnath and the surrounding region can be attributed to increase in surface radiative temperature & runoff, shows study

US emissions up 1.3% in 2022 despite coal displacement by gas & renewables: Report

Despite some positive trends such as a greater share of renewable power generated, there is no justification for the world’s second largest …

Roman secret to durable architecture? Self-healing concrete

Quicklime, pozzolanic material ‘hot-mixed’ to make concrete can endure for millenia; It can also help reduce environment …

Climate action can help address crop loss in Central India

Small and marginal farmers in the central plateau are gradually finding agriculture non-viable

National Green Hydrogen Mission will establish India as global market leader: Experts

Target of 60-100 gigawatts (GW) of electrolyser capacity by 2030, heavy investment needed

Joshimath’s tragedy again shows us how fragile Uttarakhand’s Himalayas are

Climate change, glacial melt, sedimentation and human activity are a toxic brew threatening the very existence of Uttarakhand

Half of glaciers will disappear by 2100 even if world sticks to 1.5°C goal: Study

Melting glaciers raise sea levels dramatically, jeopardising up to two billion people’s access to water and increasing the risk of natural …

2022 too short, too far: How did the economy fare last year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022