It is time to own up: Why ‘Anthropocene’ should matter
Disinclination to recognise impact of humans on the planet responsible for a fragile fight against climate change
Trump’s big gamble to gut US power plant emissions rules loses in court, opening a door for new climate rules
The appeals court ruling in the power plant case merely confirms that many of the rollbacks rested on shaky legal grounds. These legal flaws will …
Did stratospheric warming lead to excessive rainfall in Tamil Nadu?
Each district witnessed a minimum excess precipitation of 400%, said IMD
Climate change adaptation: Cost to at least quadruple for developing countries in 3 decades
The current annual adaptation costs in developing countries are around $70 billion
India bore maximum brunt of extreme weather events in 2020: Report
As many as 2,067 lives lost to floods in India through the year, the highest in the world due to climate change-induced events
Paris Accord and beyond, what is the road to COP26 Glasgow?
Two CSE experts discuss the progress so far since the signing of the Paris Agreement and the trajectory of the climate negotiations in the year ahead
Greenland is melting: We need to worry about what’s happening on the world’s largest island
The three largest glaciers were responsible for 8.1 millimetre of sea level rise, about 15% of the whole ice sheet’s contribution
An Indian was the first to scientifically document a tornado’s path: Study
Babu ChunderSikur Chatterjee’s paper was the earliest record of a tornado’s dynamics in the history of meteorology, according to …
A quarter of Bangladesh under water, NASA photos reveal
The flooding this year could be the worst in a decade and the longest-lasting since 1988
Indian economy will be hit hard by rising heat: Global report
By 2030, the average loss in daylight working hours could put between 2.5% and 4.5% of the GDP at risk annually
Prince Charles pushed markets over State at Davos
Entirely at odds with his long advocacy of coercive state action on environmental issues
Locust attack: Excessive pesticide use will take its toll on Thar ecology
The strongest pesticides used to counter locust invasions will leech into waterbodies and crops, say experts
Study shows how Arctic sea ice loss accelerates permafrost thaw
Research finds that Arctic permafrost thawed in the past as well when there was no sea ice, leading to global temperature rise
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Protesters thrown out of venue for opposing slow progress in talks
Protesters have repeatedly pointed out the disconnect between the reality of climate change and the slow pace of negotiations without any …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: ‘No’ to ambition raise, ‘yes’ to Kyoto extension: India
The country will like to concentrate wholly on the implementation of the Paris Agreement
Climate Emergency CoP 25: 22 million people will be displaced in 2019 by extreme weather events, says WMO
The State of Global Climate 2019 says that once-in-a-century climate events are becoming regular
Of stances, tactics and country positions
Key players at the climate negotiations in Durban presented a preview of their tactics which they might adopt over the next 14 days.
Press conference of the delegation of the United States
All countries need to contribute. It is recognised that the emerging economies also need to take action.
Climate equity is in, but what is out
A good way to know the issues that are important in the climate conference is to look at the side event’ list – the workshops, conference
Cost of mitigation: How cheap can it be
All discussions, efforts and side events in Poznan are held with a single point agenda of getting the developing nations to take up some …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Developed countries have largely consumed world's carbon budget
The historical division of the carbon pie has been iniquitous, with rich, developed countries taking the lion's share
The latest Indaba text: bad for the developing world
It only allows developed countries to continue polluting and shift the burden of mitigation to the developing countries
Warsaw Climate Talks: Day 11, November 21
China reminds parties of equity being key at Durban and the mandate for a workshop on equity and equitable access to sustainable development
Things go North
Outside, there are demonstrations; registered observers are being refused admission without much explanation; and some metro stations are said to …
A possible Copenhagen deal emerges
Equitywatch has learned that a draft Copenhagen deal, to be presented to world leaders for their consideration later this morning, will propose …