2023: Cheer for dissent and dialogue
We have to recognise that an alternative exists
Methane emissions to rise 5-13% by 2030 from 2020 levels under business-as-usual scenario: Report
Human activities release 350-390 million tonnes of methane annually
Five big disagreements on loss and damage as COP27 clock ticks on
Finance, semantics and syntax have slowed negotiations at Sharm El-Sheikh
Texas deep freeze: Satellite images how the state plunged into darkness in days
The historic cold blast claimed almost 30 lives in Texas
COVID-19: In a first, public development banks pledge to end hunger, poverty
Commitment by PDBs significant for over 500 million small landholders
Natural disasters cost $232 bln in 2019
At a loss of $2.98 tln, 2009-2019 was the costliest decade
Climate Emergency CoP 25: A failure on key deliverables
At least developing countries did not cave into weak rules on markets
Climate Emergency CoP 25: World is hotter than ever before, says WMO
Paris agreement has failed to put brakes on emission rise
Press conference by Chinese delegation
New AWG-LCA text out!
Equity Watch
75% decline in Gujarat’s vulture population: Babul Supriyo
In neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, the vulture population has increased by 12 per cent
New Lancet health report lists how bad climate change can hit India
Expect more malnutrition as yield potential of key crops shrink
Poor harvest in 2019 may push 6.3 million Somalis to hunger by year end
The rainy season in 2019 has been the third-driest in Somalia since the early 1980s
CoP26: Carbon budget report puts Net Zero euphoria in place at Glasgow
Net rise of emission for all major countries in 2021
In 5 graphs: How Monsoon 2021 is turning out to be an unusual one
Officially, it is still a normal monsoon but deficit level has been rising since July
‘Zombie fires’ in the Arctic: Canada’s extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future
As global temperatures rise, fires are also spreading farther north and into the Arctic
Chasing monsoon: 2002 saw slowest progression in last 2 decades, shows DTE analysis
Monsoon to cover entire country after July 10 this year
Record ocean warming in 2021, coastal communities should be on alert: Study
This heating will continue until we reach net-zero carbon emissions, say experts
Chief executives, investors write to world leaders: Need bold climate action
Need to change rules of the game to prompt corporate action, the open letter said
North-eastern states live in fear of drought
Monsoon ditched them so bad that they stare at lowest rain deficit in 13 years
Without a longer-term view, the Paris Agreement will lock in warming for centuries
Oceans will continue to warm from the top down, even if no further emissions are made
509 glaciers in ‘Third Pole’ disappeared in last 50 years
The rate at which the glaciers are melting has almost doubled since 2005
The global impact of air conditioning: big and getting bigger
More ACs means more refrigerants that are potent greenhouse gases
Post-Paris: climate realpolitik
India needs a new narrative, a new strategy and new allies
Negotiations move ahead in chaotic manner during multiple parallel sessions
Parties urged to speed up talks in informal groups