3 things a climate scientist wants world leaders to know ahead of COP27

Earth desperately needs COP27 to succeed; lack of progress at past talks means there is less optimism towards COP27 to achieve what is needed

Run-up to COP27: Here is how India counts loss and damage due to extreme weather

While the actual process of loss and damage assessment for a disaster in India varies from state to state, the procedure broadly remains the same

Early warning for all: WMO unveils $3.1 bn plan at COP27

Early warning systems have still not reached 33% of the global population

Rising to the climate call: How to tackle the impact

A series of interactive infographics to explore the 21st Century's toughest development challenge: The planet's changing climate

Climate change in Africa: 39% business affected by floods over the last year, shows survey

Drought second-most reported physical climate event, with agricultural companies worst hit  

COP27: ‘Translation between change in weather and damages is not linear’

Down To Earth talks to Friederike Otto, climate scientist at Imperial College London about the science of weather attribution

IN PHOTOS: Climate change can wipe out these species, says IUCN

Climate change is causing physiological, behavioural, ecological and other types of changes that could lead to their eventual extinction

Extreme weather hits economies, hurts Asia most: WMO report

Loss due to landslides increased by 147% compared to average in the past 20 years

World Toilet Day: So far, we have overlooked sanitation in the climate resilience discourse

Safe and inclusive sanitation solutions can play a pivotal role in safeguarding against risks imposed by climate change 

India lost 6 people daily to extreme weather events in October

The month was unusually wet, with 47% more rainfall than the long period average

As told to Parliament (December 7, 2022): 71% Indians can’t afford nutritious food, member of Parliament cites DTE report

More than 1.7 million people die every year due to diseases caused by poor diet, DTE reported

Cyclone Mandous: Tamil Nadu on ‘red alert’ tomorrow as IMD predicts extreme rainfall

Chennai in direct path of cyclone; southern Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry coasts may also see significant impact 

Embrace disruption and keep walking the green way

Too much time has been wasted in looking for answers that are convenient, not real

India’s extreme weather events | October 2022

At least 197 people died due to the extreme weather events in October. This roughly works out to six deaths a day for the month

Climate disaster: Wave of drought-induced cholera in Kenya

Acute water shortage & rationing due to prolonged droughts led to poor sanitation, cholera outbreaks across Africa

2022 too short, too far: Data stories that show the true impact of climate change this year

Did you know that India experienced extreme weather events on 291 of the 334 days from beginning of year to November 30?

Extreme weather in India: Heavy rains, floods on 18 days of rainfall-deficient November 2022

The events in November were spread across 12 states / Union territories, most of them in South Peninsula & Northwest regions

Increasing population, demand for food in Africa need urgent attention: Experts

Policies, mega plans by governments needed as 2023 priorities for action for food systems

Delhi shivers at 3°C, season’s coldest; Rajasthan dips to -1.5°C

Cold wave over north, northwest Delhi to stay for next two days

Another atmospheric river storm is battering California

Emergency declared in the US state; Third such storm to affect it since December 26

Climate action can help address crop loss in Central India

Small and marginal farmers in the central plateau are gradually finding agriculture non-viable

Damp, snowy weekend ahead: Minimum temperatures to rise, dip again from January 14

Dense fog and cold wave over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the next 24 hours

Another cold wave expected in North India

Some predictions suggest temperatures can dip as low as -4°C  

Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term, says WEF report

‘Failure to mitigate climate change’ and ‘failure of climate change adaptation’ are world’s top two most severe …

India experienced an extreme weather event on 314 of 365 days last year

The events from January 1 to December 31, 2022, claimed 3,026 lives, affected 1.96 million hectares of crop area, 423,249 houses and killed over …