Shift to public transport should conserve energy

A shift to public transport should avert the energy crisis

Unhealthy surroundings kill more than other factors do

Science and Technology - Briefs

World shrinks for oysters

Eastern Mediterranean, West Asia warming 2 times faster than global average: Report

Temperatures projected to rise by up to 5°C by 2100

More harm than good: New study scans global treaties on environment, rights

Kyoto protocol was not not as successful as finance and trade treaties

Why 2024 may see action on biodiversity credits

Regulation is needed urgently to ensure that they are effective

COP28: GGA talks stall, ministers take over

If the GGA is not adopted at COP28, it would mean that one of the mandated outcomes for the Dubai meet would not come to fruition

Fashion industry may use quarter of world’s carbon budget by 2050

Emissions from this sector are to rise by more than 60 per cent by 2030

Atlas of human suffering: IPCC report stresses on interconnections among climate, biodiversity, well-being

It warns of irreversible damages but also offers solutions

Climate change will force transboundary fish stocks to move from habitats, migration paths: Report

Shifts in regions highly dependent on fishery can lead to conflicts between countries

One-day temperatures breach 2°C warming point for first time: Report

Breach associated with climate phenomenon El Nino, long-term human-caused climate forcing

The future of transport is electric

Countries need to get the policy mix right to encourage the switch to electric vehicles  

India, Indonesia and the Philippines account for over 60% drop in tuberculosis reporting in 2020 and 2021

WHO report finds TB still world’s second leading cause of death from a single infectious agent

Floodplain loss: Basins of Irrawaddy, Tapi, Indus, Cauvery rivers flowing through India altered most due to human activities

Asia lost the biggest area of floodplains among all continents from 1992-2019

WHO has ended the COVID-19 global health emergency — what happens now?

The ‘end of the pandemic’ might have several ramifications

Extended monsoon, warm winter reduce Alphonso mango yield by 40%

Shortage in supply of the popular variety may keep the prices high

What do the top climate change stories of 2021 tell us

Fighting climate change: Why we need more policy experts, green jobs in India

We cannot leave the creation of green jobs to the future; they need to be created now

India adds highest rooftop solar capacity for a quarter in July-Sept: Mercom

Gujarat accounted for 55 per cent of the new capacity

IPCC report on climate science: 5 things to watch for

Did climate change fuel recent extreme weather?

Climate emergency: Tipping points are already here, scientists warn

Limited time available to shift priorities to alleviate climate crisis  

The next round of climate targets will worsen the crisis

Countries need to announce new 1.5 degrees Celsius-compliant targets in 2020

Every 9th person in the world went hungry last year: UN report

Around 700 million were exposed to severe food insecurity in 2018

India launches IRNSS-1G, gets own navigation system

The last of the seven navigation satellites was launched from Sriharikota on Thursday