COP28: Discussions over fossil fuel phaseout heat up on the Third Draft of Global Stocktake text

A new text will be considered after informal consultancies with the Head of Delegations is complete

Climate impact on health: India’s heat-related deaths went up by 55%, finds Lancet data

Countries, companies continue to make choices threatening health of the people

Iodine drives substantial ground-level ozone loss in Arctic, climate change altering natural processes: Study

Such high concentrations of Iodine was not seen in Arctic before, say scientists

World Overshoot Day: World has already overshot nature’s budget for rest of the year

This has happened in just seven months this year

Global unemployment projected to stand at 207 million in 2022: ILO

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented a full and balanced recovery of labour markets in 2021

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Continent experienced warmer year in 2022, warming most rapid in Northern Africa

Natural disasters in Africa caused close to $8.5 billion in economic damages in 2022

El Nino and rising temperatures can lead to uptick of malaria in Ethiopia, warns research

Study finds link between malaria outbreaks and El Nino events in the country

Corals are starting to bleach as global ocean temperatures hit record highs

If corals stay bleached, they can become energetically compromised and ultimately die

Wealthy nations less likely to fulfil climate adaptation finance goal: Report 

Support for gender-responsiveness was found to be lacking 

Why did methane emissions spike in 2020? Study offers answers

More than half of methane growth can be attributed to lower hydroxyl sink

Global Eco Watch: Will Britain fall, ask folklorists after raven disappears from the Tower of London

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Climate change impact on agriculture leads to 1.5 per cent loss in India’s GDP

By 2030, rice and wheat are likely to see about 6-10 per cent decrease in yields

Analysing climate change in 2016

Last year was bad for our planet. Here’s a round-up of things that jeopardised us

Three reasons to be cheerful about limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees

Amid the gloom, here are some hopeful signs that we can meet our climate obligations

Ocean warming ‘hiding’ effects of global warming

Indian, Pacific Oceans have been trapping more heat than previously thought

End of creepy crawlies?

Studies show global warming is making it difficult for lizards to survive

Climate notes

Impacts of climate change in the Himalayas

Goodbye maples, pines

Climate change may cause some tree species to disappear

Out of wind

Baby's days are out

It's pack-up time for around 12,000 two-stroke baby taxis in Dhaka

Bytes

Scientists say palm trees can predict climate change

Glaciers in the tropics are threatened

Antarctica's volcanic hot seat

‘1.5°C target far from perfect’: Renewed focus on Paris global warming goal as COP28 nears

Figure was reached at three decades ago; also, different regions warm at their own rates