Is India ready to face the silent disaster?
Heat waves are likely to increase by up to 30 times by 2100; the government needs to focus on the most vulnerable population, including the poor, …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Technologies being experimented to become net zero carbon
Natural sinks cannot sequester all the carbon we currently emit each year
Climate crisis: Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels remain at record high in 2022
Emissions from coal and oil are expected to increase from 2021 levels
COP28: Article 6 negotiations see late night deliberations striving to find consensus
Parties also discussed the definition of cooperative approaches
Subsidies don’t help fight climate change, World Bank report finds
In 2021, countries shelled out $577 billion to actively lower the price of polluting fuels such as oil, gas, and coal
2020 Climate Targets: The Paris Agreement legally requires better targets this year
Climate justice can grow out of science and law, but it requires political leadership to take these twin dictates seriously
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Madrid, the longest CoP ever, ends in disappointment
Never-before-seen disconnect between what climate science and people demand and what governments deliver on display at the summit
More companies pledge ‘net-zero’ emissions to fight climate change, but what does that really mean?
Some companies take advantage of carbon reductions elsewhere by buying carbon credits; but it draws criticism because it allows those …
#FridaysForFuture: Students demand climate action
Inspired by Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, thousands of youth from across the globe hit the streets
Carbon dioxide emissions in the United States spiked in 2018: study
Emissions surged because of more use of air travel, freight transport by road, burning of fuel oil in winter and increase in the number of …
Why world cannot afford a 2°C rise
The climate change goal must be fixed at 1.5°C so that we get a chance to avert the worst impacts
No way forward in climate negotiations
Developed and developing countries agree to disagree as climate negotiations hit a stalemate in Paris
Paris Agreement inches closer to entry into force this year
Thirty-one countries deposit their instruments of accession with the UN Secretary General, 14 more pledge to join Paris Agreement
Voluntary carbon markets need integrity as much as growth
Task force launched by United Nations Climate Finance envoy must widen its task
Trump Administration files notice to withdraw from Paris agreement
The notice has no legal weight and does not begin the process of departure from the landmark climate agreement
Why Brexit is bad news for climate change
EU had some of the most progressive policies on cutting greenhouse gas emissions but post-exit UK will likely roll back some of these in order to …
Is Trump doing what his people want?
Seven in ten registered voters of the United States want the country to participate in the Paris Agreement
Climate change impacts will not wait for slow government negotiations like Bonn
By 2018 end, the Paris Agreement rule book has to be finalised. But efforts to finalise these set of rules at Bonn was marred by tardy pace and …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: New proposal by CoP Presidency will undermine next round of climate targets
The lack of accountability for past under-performance has consequences
The next round of climate targets will worsen the crisis
Countries need to announce new 1.5 degrees Celsius-compliant targets in 2020
Fighting climate change: Why we need more policy experts, green jobs in India
We cannot leave the creation of green jobs to the future; they need to be created now
After Paris, UK's latest 'carbon budget' just isn't ambitious enough
British people will still be able to emit 60% more than their fair share
'Paris Agreement signing would mark critical global efforts to address climate change'
In a couple of days, the Paris Agreement document will be open for signatures by states
Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather
There were between 12,000 and 19,000 heat-related child deaths per year in Africa from 2011 through 2020
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India’s mixed role
India continued to push developed countries on climate action but played a less-than-constructive role on other issues