Annual investments of $260 billion required to halve agrifood emissions by 2030, achieve Net Zero by 2050: World Bank

New report claims twice the amount spend on agricultural subsidies; suggests India replace diesel irrigation pumps with solar

‘Environment ministries in most countries are still led by junior politicians’

Despite global consensus on the climate emergency, action remains inadequate, says economist Nitin Desai

Squaring off

F(ired)-gases

4th major oil shock in 30 years

No let-up in fossil fuel consumption. Why?

Scientists develop salt tolerant rice variety

The variety can withstand salt concentration of up to 200 micromole per litre

Oceans of evidence

The heat is on

The hottest temperatures recorded in the last century in Australia were in the 90s

Myth exploded

Curbing global warming not such an expensive proposition

Quid pro no

Blair fails to budge Bush on climate controls again

Denmark legally binds farmers to reduce GHGs emission by half in 9 years

Denmark had adopted this plan in December 2019; 3 sectors — transport, energy and agriculture — account for the country’s …

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 …

Climate colloquy: All about net zero

An exclusive series based on CSE’s new book Climate Change: Science and Politics to answer your climate change queries.

Physical stores emit more GHG than home delivery, less than online stores

Study by European researchers assessed three types of shopping including traditional and two types of online

When climate change and other emergencies threaten where we live, how will we manage our retreat?

Developing the new legislation will involve difficult decisions about why, when, how and where retreats take place — and at whose cost

IIT Madras inks pact with ExxonMobil to boost biofuel research

The five-year agreement is focused on data analytics, gas conversion and transport and is aimed towards finding low-emission solutions

Four Indian companies among 100 global businesses with highest carbon footprint

Coal India tops the list with 2,014 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emission, which is about 86 per cent of country’s total CO2 emission

Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt

This would be the cost of “negative emissions” technologies required to remove CO₂ from the air

Climate change affects world's lakes

By 2080, the world's lakes will experience a temperature change of up to 6.7c caused by greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by the uk-…

"We increasingly rely on inorganic fertilisers"

James Galloway, chairperson of the US-based International Nitrogen Initiative,tells T V Jayan that problems associated with nitrogen cycle …

Excessive personal consumption has serious global consequences

Those who accumulate the most wealth are also the main emitters of greenhouse gases

2020 was the hottest year globally despite cooling La Niña

Matches temperature record of 2016 which began with warming weather events

NASA spots 50 methane super-emitters on Earth

Most of these sites have ties with agriculture and fossil fuel industries

Why this California town has declared ‘climate emergency’

Calls upon its residents to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

US public says yes to Kyoto Protocol