Climate change and water: First victims
Research is needed to understand the social dimensions of the affected because it has the potential to shift the trajectory of the climate change …
Post-COVID clean cooking schemes: By and for women
Clean cooking schemes designed with women at their centre will help India maintain its progress towards abatement of indoor air quality and help …
When did CO2 become our planet's arch enemy?
Carbon dioxide was always essential for our planet, but when did it become too much?
The world can help its climate crisis — by giving more power to women
Climate change worsens women’s plight: When it causes natural resources to become scarce, traditional gender roles intensify
Extreme heat and rain: Thousands of weather stations show there’s now more of both, for longer
Unusually warm days are becoming more common throughout Australia; New Zealander also experiencing more days with temperatures 25℃ or more
Lessons from a pandemic: Urgency for climate action
Much like the claimed behaviour of an ostrich burying its head underground in the face of risk, we demonstrate our capacity to ignore risks like …
Migration reduces transmission of pathogens between species: UN Report
The migration behaviours of several species is changing because of man-made factors like climate change and habitat loss
The paradox of cooling
For a tropical country like India, there is not much to cherish about. The number of unbearably hot days experienced by India and Bangladesh will rise
Climate resilience needed for COVID-19 recovery, flags UN commission
Global Commission for Adaptation has asked world leaders to align policies with long-term climate objectives, mobilise private sector support
World to need 10 bln-plus more cooling machines: Report
Energy-efficient cooling can help avoid the equivalent 460 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere
‘A wake-up call’: Why this student is suing the government over the financial risks of climate change
Katta O’Donnell argues Australia’s poor climate policies — ranked among the lowest in the industrialised world — put the …
Centre launches pilot project to reduce emissions from agriculture
The project will be implemented in Mizoram, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttarakhand
Coastal flooding set to rise 50% over 80 yrs: Study
It could threaten assets worth 20% of global GDP, amounting to $14.2 trillion
Book Digest: Tracking COVID-19 lockdown, climate crisis impact on young people and more
From stories of climate crisis to new sustainable water management practices, DTE tracks contemporary books on environment and development from …
Extreme weather: Understanding birds’ response can help conservation efforts
All birds respond differently to different extreme weather events; long- and short-distance migration bird species are impacted differently …
Green bonds: Is it green finance or green-washing?
A foremost requirement to develop a robust green bond market is to harmonise international and domestic guidelines and standards for …
We need to treat extreme events as connected, not as anomalies
Clear trends of interconnected extreme weather events intensifying and becoming more frequent can be seen across the world as the climate crisis …
This summer was the hottest on record for the northern hemisphere, says NOAA
Planet Earth suffers third-hottest three-month season and second-warmest August, according to US’ weather agency
In deep water: Emissions can add 15 inches to 2100 sea level rise, study finds
Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could together contribute to this 38-cm rise — beyond the amount that has been projected …
How ready is India for climate change? Not much, says this report
All south Asian countries fared poorly in the 2020 World Risk Index on strengthening their abilities to prepare and adapt to extreme events
What the tourism sector can learn from Cape Town’s drought
The 2015-2018 drought, one of the longest and the worst to have affected Cape Town, affected tourism badly
Amid hurricanes and wildfires, Trump gives science a cold shoulder
“I don’t think science knows actually. It’ll start getting cooler,” US President Donald Trump said during a briefing on …
COVID-19 can be a wake-up call for nature-based solutions
Money alone won’t solve the problem; but governments hold powerful levers to make markets value nature and attach a cost to …
Greenland ice melting fastest in 12,000 yrs: Study
Increased loss likely to raise sea level 2-10 cm by the end of 21st century
Book Digest: Women who saved the planet, COVID-19 vaccine route and more
Role of fisheries in alleviating malnutrition to the mining sector’s contribution to SDGs, DTE tracks new books on environment and …
