International Mountain Day: Highland people to face vagaries of weather, food insecurity
Released on the occasion of Mountain Day, two reports highlight climate threats to high altitude areas
Store water in the sky
Three decades after 'ice man' Chewang Norphel first harvested water in the form of artificial glaciers in Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk, a young …
US senators introduce bipartisan bill to tackle ‘super pollutants’
A Democrat and a Republican senator have together proposed legislation to cut short-lived pollutants like black carbon, methane and HFCs
Climate change impacts on Africa to be substantially greater than rest of the world
Sea-level rise, food scarcity are major worries; even after strong adaptation efforts there will be further loss and damage in the continent, …
Three African regions at high risk from climate change
Uncertainties in assessing climate change impacts and lack of data is a cause of worry for experts
Indonesia’s forests degrading fastest in the world, palm oil blamed
About 40 per cent of total forest loss occurred within protected forest lands
Typhoon Rammasun claims 12 lives in Philippines, millions evacuated
Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the country in November last year, had killed more than 6,000
July 2015 is Earth’s hottest month ever recorded
Ocean surfaces across the world also experienced record warmth
Snowstorms will continue to occur despite global warming
It takes greater climate warming to reduce the intensity of extreme snowstorms than to reduce average seasonal snowfall, says new research
Forest fires now more frequent across the globe
Given strong relationship between climate and fire, these fires are expected to occur more frequently, says US climate assessment report
Ladakh’s mountains of serenity and uncertainty
Battling extreme-weather events is not the only concern for the residents of high-altitude villages
Big dams stage a comeback as concerns over climate change grow
Fund flow for hydropower projects increases in the name of combating climate change but what about social and environmental safeguards?
Winter 2014 set to be 'coldest of the century'; climate change may be held responsible
In the UK, winter may even equal the record historic winter of 1947 which saw snowfall every single day between January and March
Climate change to be blamed for alarming decrease in groundwater around Dead Sea
The lowest lake on Earth is one of the biggest tourist attractions in West Asia; more than four million people rely on the groundwater resources …
Ireland world’s ‘best’ country, India ranked low at 81
While Iceland and Canada are the nations scoring high on climate and planet specifics, the United Kingdom led the league of nations in technology
Brazil kicks off carbon neutral goal for FIFA World Cup
Transportation is expected to account for about 80 per cent of the carbon footprint during the event, says a report released by FIFA
Economic potential of carbon-rich mangroves untapped: report
Policy interventions and carbon finance mechanisms needed to restore conservation
Forests changing more rapidly than expected
Shifts in species composition associated with environmental change and increased biomass have been identified
Green Climate Fund gets richer after G20 pledges; Australia refuses to contribute
Contributions are believed to be a vital step towards reaching global climate agreement in Paris
UN-backed summit pledges to save oceans, promote 'blue growth', food security
Improved governance, eliminitaion of harmful subsidies on fishing, sharing of knowledge and solutions through information technology are a few …
Civil society groups call for an end to carbon markets, green economy
Margarita Declaration, issued at the end of the four day pre-COP conference in Venezuela, was backed by UN but goes against the global agency's …
Ace swimmer Lewis Pugh swims seven seas to raise awareness
The initiative is to campaign for dedicated Marine Protected Areas across the world