Degradation, loss of coral reefs can affect 4.5 million people in southeast Asia: IPCC report

Corals occupy only 0.1% of the global sea surfaces; but more than 25% of marine biodiversity is supported by them

IPCC report warning: A 5.3°C temperature rise in Delhi by century-end under worst emission scenario

Under the bestemission scenario, Delhi may experience a 2°C rise in mean temperature by 21st century-end to pre-industrial period  

Power demand is back and it is not all green

Coal-fired power plants continue to play a major role in global energy sector DESPITE a climate emergency    

Fertilizer companies will not allow meaningful action in agriculture during COP 21: report

The report says the role of fertilizers in contributing to climate change has been severely misunderstood 

IPCC in for change of climate

Big changes are expected as the global body acts on review committee’s advice at plenary meet in Busan, South Korea

Latest IPCC report reeks of northern agenda

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group Report III suggests historical emissions are a thing of the past; it endorses carbon …

Climate change: IPCC report warns of looming food crisis

The report—Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability—says erratic and extreme weather, like severe droughts, floods …

Disaster deaths, sinking: Unprepared Kolkata face multiple climate risks, warns IPCC report

Scientists offer solutions how city can contain impact of climate change

R K Pachauri resigns from UN climate panel

It only gets hotter

Climate crisis: Drought causes mass elephant deaths in Zimbabwe game reserve

Drought conditions had earlier also prompted a mass-movement of elephants from Hwange into neighbouring Botswana in a search for water, food

IPCC Special Report: Climate adaptation needs multi-level support

Adaptation is a local process that needs involvement of local authorities and communities in designing and implementing adaptation policies

Himalayan meltdown: ‘Besides global warming, pollution also impacts glaciers’

ICIMOD director general talks to Down To Earth about the first-ever assessment of climate change impacts on Hindu Kush Himalayan region and how …

Rewind 2018: How much India changed with climate change

Here are the major policies framed, studies conducted and steps taken in the last year to protect the world from climate change

IPCC report warning: 4.5°C rise in Kolkata by century-end, rise in cyclones, sea level

Sea level close to Sundarbans at the southern fringe of Kolkata expected to rise 60 cm by century-end  

Voluntary carbon markets need integrity as much as growth

Task force launched by United Nations Climate Finance envoy must widen its task  

Oceans are heating up 60% faster than IPCC claims: study

The researchers claim that devices used to measure ocean temperatures are not evenly distributed

Global warming risks “severe, widespread and irreversible”, says IPCC

Warns both frequency and intensity of extreme weather such as floods, and droughts will go up

Climate Emergency CoP 25: New proposal by CoP Presidency will undermine next round of climate targets

The lack of accountability for past under-performance has consequences  

Loss & damage: 85% of costliest climate-linked disasters in 2023 were floods & storms; mostly affected poor

Recovery cost of Cyclone Freddy in Malawi was around 5.2% of its economy, highest among 20 most expensive global disasters in 2023

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

It warns of irreversible damages but also offers solutions

Gore, IPCC share peace prize

What did the last IPCC report say

Before IPCC releases the special report on global warming, take a look at how the panel has warned us before

Then and now: Prime polluters

China, US and EU-27 (excluding the UK) currently emit over 50% of the world’s 36.44 GtCO2 Africa and India, each with 17% of the world’…

Clear signs: 1.5°C warmer world to be catastrophic for India

DTE pieces together latest IPCC data to chart how temperature, rainfall patterns in India’s states will change in a 1.5°C warmer world