No new coal by 2021: Zimbabwe, South Africa may become outliers, flags report

The two southern African countries have new coal projects in the pipeline amid clamour to move away from coal to cleaner fuel

IPCC report: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C

Even in the most optimistic scenario, there is only a 50:50 chance that global temperature rise will stop there

UN calls for swift zero carbon recovery action at climate summit

There is a 40% chance of annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius in at least one of the next five years, …

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

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Two different worlds exist at CoP 25 in Madrid

The world of political negotiators behind closed doors and that of young activists and other stakeholders outside is hardly seeing eye-to-eye

Only 13 of 132 largest energy cos committed to net zero emissions: Study

The research reveals that the global energy sector has hardly achieved any progress in achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, four …

New climate targets to limit emissions from 28 companies

Hewlett Packard, Levi Strauss, Unilever, Vodafone & Mahindra Group are among the 28 companies who vowed to limit temperatures to below 1.5°…

COP24: No time for limitless negotiations, says Guterres

At Katowice, United Nations chief warns of catastrophic changes to climate if Paris Agreement terms not implemented

Ocean heatwaves likely to increase as planet warms: study

Marine heawaves have already become longer-lasting and more frequent, extensive and intense and this trend is likely to accelerate under further …

COP23 ends; US plays the spoilsport again, says CSE

US continued with its business-as-usual obstructionist agenda in the negotiations and hampered meaningful progress on equity and finance issues

COP23: Parties arrive at consensus on key decisions on pre-2020 climate actions

A draft decision on the implementation and ambition of pre-2020 climate actions has emerged

Slow progress on all procedural issues at COP 23

Parties have held only preliminary discussions on all issues, which have been captured in informal notes prepared for all agenda items

Commitments under Paris deal one-third of what is needed: UN Emission Gap Report 2017

If the emission gap is not closed by 2030, it is extremely unlikely that the goal of restricting global warming to well below 2°C can be met

Centre's order allows granting of mine leases to applications without environment clearance

The ministry’s order, however, states that mining activity cannot begin before the environment clearance is obtained

COP 22: US must respect climate change commitments, says French President

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hoped that climate action will be implemented with swiftness and special focus on equity and justice

Adaptation in the time of 'climate apartheid'

The inequality against developing and under-developed countries is increasing in global climate negotiations

Does the monsoon this year means forests for India?

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill 2015 has crossed the doors of the Lok Sabha, but is set to face the Rajya Sabha test during the monsoon …

Taking stock of the Paris climate debate

Climate change is about two things: mitigating the global warming effect and adapting to the changed climate

El Niño not solely responsible for poor monsoon

This season, parts of India witnessed one of the driest monsoon spells

Trash crisis in Lebanon, protests turn violent

Protests that started over garbage dump and shortage of landfills evolved into demonstrations against the government

What made people in Delhi choose Aam Aadmi Party

Both BJP and the Congress need to look beyond what went wrong with their election strategy

‘Climate crunch time’: Battle to secure planet’s future will be won or lost in next 18 months, says Antonio Guterres

UN chief urges countries to slash emissions, protect people and nature from climate extremes, boost climate finance and clamp down on fossil fuel …

Severe Cyclone Michaung: Rainfall in Chennai comparable to 2015 floods. Here’s how 

The system is likely to move with cyclonic storm intensity in the next six hours, IMD predicted at 6 pm 

October 2021 was the third-warmest in 142 years

October 2021 was only 0.04°C cooler than October 2015 and 2019

Chief executives, investors write to world leaders: Need bold climate action

Need to change rules of the game to prompt corporate action, the open letter said