US bank uses carbon smokescreen

EXIM Bank nearly denied funds to Reliance’s coal-fired plant

BASIC distinct

Developing countries isolate Copenhagen Accord

India desertified

Map of India to change soon. Courtesy: climate change

UNEP report at COP28 reveals $7 trillion invested globally every year on activities directly harming nature

Urgent need to reduce and re-direct finance flows to keep global temperatures below 1.5°C warming

Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Funding to developing nations declines 15% despite international pledges, rising costs

Neither domestic nor private funding sources could help bridge the adaptation finance gaps, report notes

Can carbon capture be new hope for mitigating CO2 emissions?

NTPC Vindhyachal implements carbon capture technology

Maharashtra power plant agrees to set up desulphurisation unit

MAHAGENCO Koradi will be the second inland freshwater-based FGD installation in India

Lost and damaged

Negotiations on loss and damage signal a weak deal

Environmental clearances

Clearances to coal mining projects has been a priority for Narendra Modi government

US battles severe weather events to celebrate Mother’s Day

People were evacuated as hailstorm and tornado lashed large parts of central America

California drought the worst in 1,200 years

Human-induced climate change to be blamed for extreme weather

Clean energy, policy changes can lower greenhouse gas emissions, says IPCC

Report highlights that 47 per cent of emissions come from the energy sector

Degradation of Amazon rainforest affecting its natural function

Fallout could be linked to increasing droughts

Wild relatives of crops at risk in conflict-ridden West Asia

Violence and strife have affected their conservation, threatening global food security.

Hit by slime, Caribbean corals at risk of extinction

Loss of algae grazers could wipe out the corals in the next 20 years

Melting season in Arctic longer by about five days: NASA report

An ice-free Arctic Ocean during the summer might be reached this century, say experts

Science and Technology - Briefs

Disaster fund for cold wave

Decision likely after Madhya Pradesh incurred huge crop losses in January

Aerosol advantage

Scientists claim that sulphate aerosols reduce global warming

Disaster in the pipeline

Victim of changes

High carbon dioxide levels may bring about some unpleasant surprises

Warmer still

Global warming, how much?

The efficacy of computer models in assessing climate change remains contentious

Emission predicting

...in the next century may not be very simple, say climate scientists

Greenland crisis

Study shows glaciers in Greenland are thinning