Climate change induced droughts major driver of food insecurity: IPCC report
India’s rice output may decrease 30% if global warming rises to 4°C above pre-industrial levels
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’…
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 …
IPCC report: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C
Even in the most optimistic scenario, there is only a 50:50 chance that global temperature rise will stop there
Impacts: The hare and the tortoise
While findings on the impacts of climate change get bleaker and bleaker, the negotiations still hobble along at a snail's pace.
The lateral push
India must think in parallel because extreme weather events—both known and unknown—are becoming the order of the day
By 2050, the world will lose $38,000,000,000,000 to climate change, dragging down average income by 19%
Poorest countries may have income reductions 8.9 percentage points greater than richest countries
High road to Dubai COP28: What to expect at the upcoming Bonn climate conference
It’s all about the money this year
IPCC's grim projections for Indian monsoon, agriculture
Latest IPCC report predicts more monsoon break days, floods and reduced grain yields
Look what’s swelling the sea
Use of groundwater accounts for 0.8 mm sea level rise
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 …
CoP 26: Greening of polar ice should top agenda; here’s why
Greening will convert the ‘net reflective’ ice caps to ‘net absorptive’, accelerating polar ice melting
Battling Climate Change
Technologies exist to arrest global warming. But the political will toimplement them is missing
Climate change kills 98% insects in Puerto Rico’s rainforest: study
This decline will majorly impact the forest plantation and the animals living there
Bonn climate meet ends amid concern over lack of urgency in accelerating negotiations
While the Bonn meet was packed with hundreds of parallel meetings, progress on readying a text for COP 24 has been slow
South Korea’s leadership did not translate into an ambitious climate plan
A country that has produced many climate leaders has failed to reflect commitment in its actions
IPCC suggests adaptation and mitigation efforts needed to tackle climate impacts
Synthesis report suggests sector-wise strategy for policy makers to make their people, especially the poor, climate resilient
IPCC to release vital report ahead of climate talks
Last in the series under fifth assessment report, it will be one last big appeal from science before the negotiations begin for a final climate …
India is not prepared to tackle climate change impacts
Warming will slow down economic growth and make poverty reduction more difficult, and further erode food security
IPCC report warns of human health impacts of climate change
Low income and developing countries will be affected more
Share of non-CO2 pollutants contributing to global warming almost as much as carbon dioxide: Study
World needs to target non-CO2 pollutants and CO2 pollutants to achieve climate targets, it added
Carbon budget will exhaust in 10 years at current emission levels: IPCC report
The world can emit approximately 400 billion tonnes more of carbon dioxide before hitting the 1.5°C limit, the report said
IEA Roadmap modelling its way out to remove emissions with tech
To make the IEA Roadmap for the global energy sector a reality, global development in clean and green energy needs to vastly pick up the pace and …
‘Ratcheted’ NDCs lack ambition; gaping distance between country pledges and IPCC limits
Revised pledges submitted towards Paris Agreement will cut emissions by only 0.5% by 2030 compared to 2010 levels
Factsheet: Carbon budget and INDCs
In its fifth assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published an emission budget which tells us how much CO2 …