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 …

Bring the US back to the climate conclave: CSE

CSE media briefing insists on finding ways to re-engage the US in climate change negotiations and setting up a democratic framework with right …

Cyclone Gaja live analysis: 10% of world's cyclonic storms put 1/3rd of Indians at risk

Around 76% of the total loss of human lives from cyclonic storms have occurred in India and Bangladesh

'Permaculture can feed the world'

A permaculturist who believes that hunger is more about distribution and quality of food than quantity and production, Malvikaa Solanki says …

MOP 28: Countries close to agreeing on a dual baseline for HFC phase down

Experts suggest that this could lead to a change in the status quo of differentiation mechanism for Montreal Protocol parties

Will current INDCs prevent global temperature rise by more than 2°C?

The INDCs submitted to the UNFCCC are grossly inadequate to prevent catastrophic global warming, finds an analysis done by Delhi-based non-profit …

BASIC nations stick to 'equity and fairness' principles in climate talks

In the run up to Lima climate negotiations, emerging economies in BASIC group say their mitigation efforts are 'far higher' than that of …

Earthquake in Odisha leaves one dead, many injured

About 34 villages of two districts in the state are tsunami prone

Carbon capture made easy

Salt, sugar and alcohol can help trap the greenhouse gas

"Emissions targets a must for developing countries"

UK reneges on climate aid

Climate talks inch ahead

Let the journey choose the vehicle

Heather Allen looks at issues related to sustainable development at the International Association of Public Transport, Brussels. Pradip Saha …

EU proposes

Should we play weather god?

Debate continues despite consensus to ban geoengineering

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गर्मियों के दौरान ओजोन एक प्रमुख प्रदूषक होने के साथ-साथ इसमें प्रदूषण के कण (पार्टिकुलेट मैटर) भी होते हैं, जो स्वास्थ्य को गंभीर नुकसान ...

Antarctic ozone hole — one of the largest, deepest — closes

The annually occurring ozone hole over the Antarctic had rapidly grown from mid-August 2020 and peaked at around 24 mln sq km  

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बढ़ते तापमान के कारण, सदी के दौरान कैस्पियन सागर का सतही क्षेत्र 23 से 34 फीसदी तक सिकुड़ जाएगा, इसकी वजह से जैव विविधता ...

World to breach 1.5°C threshold by 2027-2042: Study

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had estimated global warming threshold will cross between 2020 and 2052 

A history of climate change negotiations for beginners: Then and now

China’s announcement of achieving net-zero by 2060 is a stepping stone in fight against climate change. But it means nothing until …

जलवायु परिवर्तन प्रदर्शन सूचकांक-2021 में भारत एक पायदान फिसला

क्लाइमेट चेंज परफॉरमेंस इंडेक्स में भारत को इस बार अक्षय ऊर्जा श्रेणी के तहत 57 में से (7.89 अंकों के साथ) 27 वें स्थान ...

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 …

While nations play politics, cities and states are taking up the climate challenge

Efforts to reduce global warming are advanced by the pedestrian, daily choices of households, businesses and sub-national governments

India has climate targets for 2030

Twenty years from now, India's per capita greenhouse gas emissions will be below the 2005 global average of 4.22 tonnes CO2-equivalent

Bearing climate burden?