How a saviour of the ozone hole became a climate change villain – and how we're going to fix it

HFCs were created to replace ozone-damaging chemicals, but they turned out to be major contributors to climate change

Climate change spurs rapid growth of trees in Tibet

Warmer weather is melting the permafrost of the plateau, moistening the ground and making nutrients available to plants

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

India is hedging its bets on coal to bring power to the people

India is at a crossroads: how to bring electricity to millions of people without power, while …

Global food production threatens to overwhelm efforts to combat climate change

Apart from CO₂, two other potent greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming are methane and nitrous oxide

‘Natural gas not climate-friendly’

Study counters earlier claims; natural gas is a bridge to nowhere, says Robert W Howarth, ecologist and methane expert

Net-zero emission means doubling energy supply from renewables

World currently depends on 25 per cent of low-emission sources for its energy requirements

Climate Logjam

After wrecking the climate talks in The Hague, the US-led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in Oslo

Look who's talking

The president of the world’s most polluting country blames India for global warming

Americans not very different from their president

The US citizens are more concerned with cost than action to arrest climate change

Compromise on climate

Nation manages to resuscitate the Kyoto Protocol by a watered-down agreement

Should fat cats guard the cream?

Industrialised countries want to monitor their own compliance to the Kyoto Protocol.

Cheers Chiraq!

The French President calls for equity

Equity Primer

A look at why equity is so important at the climate negotiations

Safeguarding Ozone and Earth

As we celebrate the 22nd International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, Down To Earth takes a look at what should be done to …

Derailment of climate action will be catastrophic for India

With major GHG emitter backing off, any action to combat climate change will be insufficient, and that's not good news for India

To withdraw from climate deal is to reject the idea of global cooperation

American pressure was fundamental in retaining voluntary emission reductions for countries and eliminating possibilities of penalties in the …

China ratifies the Paris Agreement, US expected to follow suit

China’s ratification would put pressure on other G-20 leaders to initiate and complete their domestic ratification process soon

Report promotes win-win situations in food habits

Dietary habits across the world having low environmental impacts can also ensure good health, experts say

Record signing of Paris Agreement a welcome step but tough work ahead

The swift ratification of the Paris Agreement is essential for serious, concerted global climate efforts

Cold war winners

GHH inventory

Curb HFCs

How do your favourite fashion brands score on climate card? Quite bad

Sports brands fare better than fast fashion ones on climate commitments as well as switch to low-carbon materials in manufacturing

The sinking debate

The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications