African delusions

Will CDM really benefit Africa or will it end up like the largely failed AIJ program.

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Carbon capture essential to our future

To allow recovery of the atmosphere, storage of CO2 is necessary for 10,000 years

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Will the world be net carbon zero by 2050

To attain the 1.5°C warming target, the world must completely stop using coal

Desertification in India: Canal, tubewells make saline Jaisalmer green

Increasing agricultural activity reversed soil erosion in the district

Simply put: Green Climate Fund

Delhi Declaration might downplay international finance institutions’ role in mitigating desertification

A key paragraph has been proposed for deletion in the draft declaration

Karnataka flood trigger: Rainfall 3000% above normal in a single day

Downpour 3176% above normal in Mysuru, 2222% in Dharwad on Aug 8

India unlikely to meet carbon sink commitment

The current rate of afforestation is lower than what is needed to achieve the target

Arctic sea ice cover hits its worst record for 2018

It is the sixth lowest ice cover ever, says NASA

Run for cover: 100 days, 44 storms, 16 states, 423 deaths

An unprecedented storm season challenges India's scientific community

By 2100, heat waves in South Asia could be too deadly to survive: study

India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are likely to be the most severely hit

CO2 levels cross 400 ppm even in Antarctica; experts voice concern

This time, rise in CO2 concentration may remain irreversible even if we cut emissions

G7 countries discuss HFC phase down amendment

G7 meeting stresses the need for HFC amendment by the end of this year

Fiji becomes the first country to ratify Paris Agreement

Fiji has also pledged an unconditional 10 per cent emissions cut by 2030

'Large hydropower projects are not safe'

Experts discuss about the negative impacts of building large dams

UNEP releases adaptation gap report 2015

Says the costs of adaptation could be in the range of US$280-$500 billion

The rebuttals all around

India rebutts US and EUs attempts to make developing countries pay for climate finance

Global warming halted 1,800 years of ocean cooling process

Volcanic eruptions had resulted in long-term cooling till the 19th century, say experts

Book says climate change will affect global food security and trade

In several regions of the world, water scarcity will reduce the capacity to grow crops

Climate Talkies

Intense movement

Global warming may intensify water cycle more than believed

G-7 links aid with environment

The World's richest nations reiterate environment is high on their policy agenda

Choppy weather at climate meet

The report vn the economic assessment of a global climate change meet creates mayhem

Rising mercury kills 150

Drought and El Nio

Are periods of drought in India linked to cyclical weather patterns