Rat race

Emissions reduction projects go to large developing nations

Turning on the heat

The international community is being exhorted to enforce a greenhouse regime

Are we ready for global unity?

Bacteria in glaciers

Alarming sign

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are at their peak, claim UK scientists

Warm without carbon dioxide

CO 2 had nothing to do with the Miocene era global warming

CAMEROON

White paper with grey areas

Carbon trading mega-project in Brazil

Energy matters

Quality of light influences stomatal movement

Aggressive expansion of carbon offset deals in Africa, island states raises crucial questions

Projects covering 10% of Zambia & Liberia’s land have been signed with a UAE-based company  

International Day of Forests 2023: Why mass tree plantation drives are an unscientific approach

A holistic view is necessary where all intact natural ecosystems are secured and degraded ecosystems are functionally restored

Most of India’s export emissions from cattle and sheep, import emissions from oil crops: Study

India’ emissions from agricultural imports went up 39 per cent during 2004-2017

Earth getting greener, NASA's new maps confirm

A significant increase in green cover in boreal and Arctic regions was observed in the updated maps

Ozone conundrum

Refrigeration and air-conditioning industry has switched to ozonefriendly hydrofluorocarbons. But these are super global warming gases and need …

UNEP calls Nord Stream methane leak ‘biggest-ever’; plume over Europe fading

Earlier this year, UNEP showed that oil and gas fields worldwide have been causing massive methane leaks, mostly due to faulty equipment  

How did James Webb telescope detect CO2 in a giant Jupiter-like planet? Experts tell us

Detecting CO2 allows experts to understand the history and evolution of planets  

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future – not skyscrapers

Densely built, low-rise environments are more space and carbon efficient, while high-rise buildings have a drastically higher carbon impact

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words

Heads of oil industry had been privately informed by their leaders that their products would alter the climate of the planet long ago; they …

COVID-19 pandemic has not slowed climate change: UN

Unless urgent climate action is taken, the world could be in for catastrophic changes, according to a UN report  

Airports globally saved 320,000 tonnes CO2 in 2018

Three Indian airports are rated carbon neutral under the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme

Consenting adults in a hot world

Since we are all humans, and all equal, the question comes down to whether in the process of climate negotiations we are going to act like a …

Factsheet: Who is emitting what

As per the latest data, China, comprised of 19.2 percent of the world’s population, was the  world’s leading emitter of …

Factsheet: Who is emitting?

As per analysis of the Washington DC-based global research organisation World Resources Institute (WRI) for 2011, China, comprising almost 20 per …

‘The burning of the Amazon will not alter wind patterns’

Down To Earth spoke to meteorologist U C Mohanty about the impact of the Amazon fires on global warming and wind patterns