Mocha among ‘most impactful’ global cyclones in 2023: WMO report at COP28
Paris agreement target under serious threat; act now, urges document
Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality — new research
India has suffered over 24,000 heatwave-related deaths since 1992
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Technologies being experimented to become net zero carbon
Natural sinks cannot sequester all the carbon we currently emit each year
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
Is Chennai prepared for a severe bout of northeast monsoon rainfall?
At least 6 people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Chennai since last week
Déjà vu: Will Chennai see a repeat of 2015 deluge?
Chennai received 215 mm rainfall November 7, the second-highest 24-hour rainfall during the decade
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 …
Water wastage by coal power plants: India needs regulatory oversight, protocol for water audits
Needs uniform format for reporting water consumption data and a protocol for its monitoring and verification through mandatory third-party water …
Voluntary carbon markets need integrity as much as growth
Task force launched by United Nations Climate Finance envoy must widen its task
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
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
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
COP27: Clear battle lines drawn on loss and damage as rich try to divide the poor
This is a clear attempt to create divisions and to make the poor fight the poor, according to Sunita Narain, director-general of CSE
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
World may temporarily breach 1.5°C in the next five years: WMO
There is a 48% chance that global near-surface temperatures may exceed 1.5°C above preindustrial levels at least one year between 2022 and 2026
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 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
CoP26: Countries commit to gender-responsive climate action, making women ‘resilient’ to crisis
Sierra Leone commited to addressing long-standing discriminatory land tenure practices; Nigeria pledged to expand its gender …
National targets to limit global warming: Off by a mile
Even enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions are not nearly enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Many poor countries, with …
UNEP production gap report: Net-zero targets by countries are empty pledges without plans
Governments are planning to produce more than double the production of fossil fuels than what the world requires to limit global temperature rise …
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
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