Climate finance needs could cost India 85.6 lakh crore by 2030
Climate adaptation measures need to take into account the infrastructure gap caused by climate events
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 …
Make trade work for climate
EU’s carbon border tax won’t take us towards a cooperative world required to combat climate change
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 …
Degrowth: Slowing down rich economies to deal with climate change is a flawed idea
The notion of “degrowth” was recently given a platform at European Parliament’s “Beyond Growth” conference
Stockholm+50: Measuring progress will be a big deal
Sustainability will command top priority when the world meets to review Stockholm; post-pandemic recovery must be inclusive
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
Climate vulnerability maps developed for Himalayan states
Vulnerability to climate change varies from state to state and district to district, it also depends on various socio-economic factors
Just 3 of every 1,000 queries in Lok Sabha during last 2 decades on climate change: Study
Most of the MPs who asked questions were based in Maharashtra (181), Andhra Pradesh (105), Tamil Nadu (99), Uttar Pradesh (98) and Kerala (69)
Stockholm+50: Little to cheer
The Stockholm Conference of 1972 had put environmental issues on the global agenda for the first time. Today, over 176 countries have …
What the Asia-Pacific needs to leap forward on climate action
To break their 'two steps forward, one step back' routine on climate action, the Asia-Pacific needs to start delivering on ambitious emissions targets
COP27: The need for “New Collective Quantified Goal” in Climate Finance
Global South is spending five times more on debt repayments than on addressing the climate crisis's impacts
Stockholm+50: Is science for just solutions
If science-policy interfaces are to deliver just and effective solutions to climate change, they must involve indigenous peoples and local communities
Resource literacy of the poor
We must invest in economies of poor, build capacities so they can withstand & overcome calamity
Let’s discuss food’s climate impact
More than any other economic sector, agriculture creates a divide between the world that emits for survival and the one that emits for luxury
Holistic approach makes agrarian systems more climate-resilient: Study
Initial watershed development interventions in the studied areas intensified agriculture, but led to declining groundwater tables and …
Ecopoetry is artistic resistance, says K Satchidanandan
In a conversation with Down To Earth, the bilingual poet speaks profoundly on the capitalist idea of development and consumerist madness …
High road to Dubai COP28: Here is what to expect at Bonn on climate mitigation
The Mitigation Work Programme can be a constructive space for developing countries to lay out their financing and technologies needs for an …
Sunita Narain ‘national climate leader’ from India for 2019
Non-profit Climate Scorecard's first National Climate Leader awardee list published in Global Spotlight Report #22
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
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 …
Germany to provide Rs 720 crore loan to flood-hit Kerala
The amount would be used to promote climate-resilient transport infrastructure. Besides, a Rs 24 crore grant for international expertise in the …
How Africa can benefit from Earth observation technologies
The first Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa Forum explores innovations and sustainable development using Earth …
World off-track to meet SDGs; global hunger back to 2005 levels, says UN secretary general
Halfway to 2030, a third of the goals have stalled or gone into reverse, emissions continue to rise & gender equality is 300 years away, says …
Climate change threatens livelihood of 70% in Mozambique: WFP
Broken rainfall patterns, droughts a threat to agriculture