The global road-building explosion is shattering nature

Roads have sliced and diced almost the entire land surface of Earth, leaving huge areas prone to illegal logging, mining and hunting

Parts of US, Europe and Asia still grappling with problem of high level of ozone pollution

Parts of southern Europe, South Korea, Japan and China are experiencing more than 15 days a year of ozone levels above 70 ppb

Why we need to look beyond the farm to achieve sustainability in agri-food systems

Time is ripe to start focusing on the whole agricultural value chain to tackle the three-fold challenges of rural livelihoods, climate adaptation …

Not a single cool month in the last 628 months

India, which just experienced one of the hottest Septembers in the last century, loses at least 400 people to heat waves every year

Saving coral reefs like these can save other ecosystems

Limiting greenhouse gas emissions, rebuilding fish stocks and improving quality of water can help protect reefs

South Africa: Greenhouse gas emissions up 10% in 17 years

Developing countries like South Africa emit much less per capita than developed economies; hence chances of emissions shooting up is higher

Hidden cost of global food, land use at $12 trillion: Report

This is expected to rise to more than $16 trillion a year by 2050, finds a report by Food and Land use Coalition 

India, China lead climate actions, but US inaction will still cause rise in global emissions

While China and India have reduced growth of their emissions, some of the other largest emitters will fail to honour their commitments

Climate Crisis: IPCC Synthesis Report says the vulnerable are suffering the maximum losses and damages

Global temperature rise may touch 1.5 degree by 2030 and India is experiencing high loss and damage; say experts

Incoming corporate wave in food systems will threaten farmers and consumers: Report

This will trigger massive shift of rural dwellers to urban areas, exacerbate land and resource grabs by corporations 

IPCC report warning: Mumbai will be worst hit among Indian metros

The city is set to experience the highest increase in total annual rainfall among other metropolitan cities in the 21st century; mean …

Greenhouse gas emissions from man-managed grasslands similar to global croplands

Study highlight need to use sustainable management to preserve and enhance soil carbon storage of grasslands

COP24: World is politically unwilling to fight climate change

India manages to climb three spots and is ranked 11th in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index

Heat waves likely to last ‘25 times longer’ in India by another 2-4 decades, says climate report

 The heatwaves will last over five times longer if global temperature rise is constrained to about 2°C, says report launched ahead …

Indian Railways likely to become world’s first ‘net-zero’ carbon emitter by 2030

The Indian Railways transports 24 million passengers every day across the subcontinent on 13,000 trains covering approximately 67,956 km; it’…

'The biggest driver of tropical deforestation is industrial agriculture'

Wealthy countries should provide adequate funding for tropical countries that conserve forests, says environmental economist Jonah Busch 

World likely to see 2°C warming by 2050 even under low-emissions, predicts new study

Global warming is already on the verge of crossing the 1.5°C threshold 

Bioenergy crops create cooling effect on cultivated areas: Study

Global air temperature decreases by 0.03~0.08 °C, after 50 years of large-scale bio-energy crop cultivation 

EU’s carbon border tax: A new report shows Africa stands to lose $25 billion every year

Costing the pathway to transition in combination with required policy adjustments should form the basis of an African response

Hot century ahead: India can’t beat the heat even if global warming is capped at 2°C

Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat to experience extremely hot days (over 51°C) every year through 2100

Are we finally about to get a global agreement on aviation emissions?

The upcoming meeting in Montreal looks set to approve a mandatory system of carbon offsetting for international flights

Severe heatwave in Mediterranean Sea for 70 days, mass mortalities in marine life expected

At 27ºC, sea temperatures now close to late Cretaceous period of dinosaurs 

Promote insect-eating to benefit indigenous peoples

Ethnic communities are traditional custodians of entomophagy. They must not be sidelined as policymakers and industry ready plans to promote …

‘Solid, liquid waste may have overtaken fertilisers as the biggest source of N2O emissions’

Nandula Raghuram, chair of International Nitrogen Initiative, talks to DTE on the rise in nitrous oxide emissions, its repurcussions and …

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 …