COP28: Additions and deletions make new GGA text a ‘scary’ one

This is a developed country tactic that has been used before. It was also used during the negotiations on the Loss and Damage Fund at COP27 last year

COP28 diary (December 1): Global food systems & finance in focus; G7 Climate Club launched

A draft text of the GST outcome was released and is currently being negotiated

COP28: Rich countries must commit more climate finance for adaptation of African livestock sector, say experts

Investments necessary to sustain fastest-growing population on planet, write African leaders, scientists and experts

Microalgae are adapting to warming climate, declining nutrient levels in seas with novel strategy

Study finds microalgae are firing up a light-responsive protein to use sunlight for growth

Human-led climate impact rapidly cooling upper atmosphere even as lower atmosphere warms

Study finds stratosphere temperatures 12 to 15 times greater than natural

East and Northeast India recorded second-warmest July in over a century: IMD

Rainfall over East & Northeast India was the 4th lowest since 1901, stated IMD

Extraordinary marine heatwave in North Atlantic Ocean may continue throughout 2023

The month of May this year witnessed the highest sea surface temperature since 1850

Heat index is a critical tool to help beat heat stress

Heat index correlates thermoregulation, relative humidity and the air temperature

High road to COP28: Ditch carbon capture tech, set end date for oil & gas production, report to developed nations

Experts worry investments in CCS could rob funds from renewable energy projects

African mountains are feeling the heat of climate change

Changing patterns of snowfall have big implications for mountain heat budgets

Why is Greenland ice sheet melting faster this September? Experts weigh in

Typically the ice sheet loses ice in the summer and gains mass in the months after

How disasters, poverty fuel human trafficking 

Natural disasters triggered 30.7 million displacements globally in 2020

Iraq’s orange sky is a red flag. Here’s why

Experts link the frequent, intense dust storms in Iraq with climate change

Stolen Shorelines: Journalist’s powerful documentary about dangers facing Kerala’s coastal towns

The 30-minute English-language film will be released end of May 2022

CoP26: Activists protest global leaders’ dilly-dally, demand climate justice now

Greta Thunberg termed CoP26 discussions “blah, blah, blah”  

The New Proposal

Pronk offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks

Mind that CDM: Discounting the future

A look at why CDM is not the solution for the poor or for sustainable development

July 2015 is Earth’s hottest month ever recorded

Ocean surfaces across the world also experienced record warmth

Kenya farmers turn to sorghum for food security

The country has successfully developed drought-resilient sorghum

Gene that acts as moisture sensor in plants identified

The find can help in engineering drought-resistant crops

Crops losing protein

Dire straits

Global warming will have bigger impact on oceans than thought

Cool bug

Dung beetles keep methane from cattle in check

Ghost of climate change haunts Rio

Carbon capture made easy

Salt, sugar and alcohol can help trap the greenhouse gas