Odisha’s tourism sector hit by Cyclone Fani

The cyclone hit Odisha coast at a time when large number of tourists were expected to flock to the state

Fighting global warming may yield health benefits worth trillions

New study finds strongest, potential near-term health benefits in China and India

Drought-prone Banda district awaits the shower of poll promises

Poverty, hunger and deprivation plaguing the Bundelkhand region hardly become a poll issue

Climate change knowledge management in India

India’s climate adaptation needs are high but also diverse, given the bio-geographic and climate variations

Drought causes Bundelkhand’s farmers to turn defaulters

In Uttar Pradesh’s portion of the Bundelkhand region, farmers’ lands are being auctioned due to their inability to pay loans

What India should do to tackle climate impacts

All development programmes need to incorporate features to tackle climate change risks and act locally

Planting forests no panacea for the climate crisis: IPCC

The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land says land-based carbon sinks are not limitless

2020 US elections: No Democrat candidate offers bold plan for climate action

A number of polls suggest that Democrat voters also consider climate change to be a top-tier issue, as important as healthcare

Benefits of climate adaptation far outweigh costs

The world can accrue net benefits worth $7.1 trillion by spending $1.8 trillion on climate adaptation, according to latest Global Commission on …

Focus on economic diversification imperative to cope with climate crisis: Report

Extreme weather events such as floods, hurricanes can lead to ‘physical stranding’ of natural resources, rendering them impossible …

Is ozone layer depletion a ‘solved problem’?

On the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, here is a reminder of how continued adherence to norms is key if we don’t …

A new kind of climate leadership

Today’s climate and environmental movements lack a diversity of perspectives and people, and don’t acknowledge or adequately value …

Greta, 15 other children filed a UN complaint against 5 countries. Here's what it'll achieve

Whether or not the petitioners are successful, the mere act of filing the complaint has already brought the matter into the public eye

Alaska SC hears young activists' lawsuit against fossil fuel policy

The state’s energy policy is violating right to a safe climate, argue 16 young climate activists

Factsheet: The state of negotiations

The international response to climate change has been in the form of a global climate  regime  under the umbrella of the UN, the United …

Factsheet: Sharing the climate burden

Equity has been central to the multilateral negotiations on climate change mitigation and adaptation...

Factsheet: HFCs - Safe for Ozone, yet a Potent Greenhouse Gas

Montreal Protocol, the multilateral treaty to protect the ozone layer, has been a successful environmental agreement. But animpasse over …

AOSIS ultimatum to BASIC

THE DURBANATOR REPORTS - Saturday, December 3, 2011 - 19:26

At Cancun the move is to replace the regime to voluntary targets for all

India's shift in policy to support this regime will be disastrous for an effective and equitous agreement

The Last Hurrah, soaked in 'spirit of compromise'

Negotiators have a menu too long on the last day, here how they are poised

Climate Finance - Update I

EU leaders agree on climate finance

NGOs in glass houses

Northern NGOs should focus on getting their own countries to meet commitments, rather than coming up with unfair methods of reducing emissions in …

The latest Indaba text: bad for the developing world

It only allows developed countries to continue polluting and shift the burden of mitigation to the developing countries

Warsaw Climate Talks: Day 11, November 21

China reminds parties of equity being key at Durban and the mandate for a workshop on equity and equitable access to sustainable development

Carving the carbon cake

NGOs literally cut up a carbon cake and distrbuted crumbs to the G77 president while the US delegates refused to accept their overwhelming portion.