India's clean air plan overlooks 231 polluted cities: Report
Air quality targets in National Clean Air Programme must be given proper legal status to make air in India breathable, it added
Win some, lose some: States miffed with Centre for seeking afforestation land to 'develop' Andamans
States give the cold shoulder to Andamans & Nicobar Islands that wants them to compensate for development in its territory
The rising temperature and how it actually feels
Heat index calculates the felt air temperature by capturing the changes in humidity levels, air temperature and wind speed
Migration reduces transmission of pathogens between species: UN Report
The migration behaviours of several species is changing because of man-made factors like climate change and habitat loss
COP27: Carbon emissions, energy consumption due to constructions back to pre-COVID levels
Report reveals 10 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emitted in the atmosphere in 2021; Most significant energy demand in last 10 years
Glacier melting in Hindu Kush: 2 billion people may face food, water shortage by 2100
Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges could lose up to two-third of its ice by 2100, according to UNDP
COVID-19: How heat stress affected livelihood, health of Maharashtra’s rural communities
The COVID-19 situation may improve with increased vaccinations, but temperatures will continue to rise for the foreseeable future, putting …
Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse
The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others …
World leaders should choose people over profit
Rising hunger, inequality, loss of livelihoods, climate change, environmental degradation, war and vaccine inequality pushed excluded people to …
An explainer on El Nino
The weather phenomenon is to affect agriculture, rainfall and other meteorological indicators from this year. A primer on what it actually is
Paris finance meet: Key takeaways from a summit that showed the scale of the challenge ahead
The summit did not precipitate any transformational solutions, but it started a conversation on the climate and development financing crisis, and …
EU’s top 10 emitters are all coal plants — and 7 of them are repeat offenders
Poland, Germany dominate Europe’s emissions; long-term trend of coal power emissions shows a decline
Leading financers who pledged Net Zero are still backing fossil fuel expansion, finds report
Over 100 major coal, oil and gas players given $269 billion by financial institutions part of GFANZ
What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet?
It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 21, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Mainstreaming climate resilience through MGNREGS: Learning from Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai
The district set a record for creating 1,121 farm ponds in 30 days in September 2021, in line with the recently launched state climate mission
Paris Agreement turns 5: Time to demand real, drastic action NOW
The impacts of climate change have been clear every year since the landmark deal, but the necessary transformation to a new energy …
Climate-related weather events to break records in US this year, data shows
The country is on its way to record 17 billion-dollar extreme weather events in 2020, having lost $46.6 billion till September
NASA maps trace causes of global mangrove habitat loss
While overall mangrove habitat loss declined between 2000 and 2016, losses from natural causes such as erosion and extreme weather …
Centre launches pilot project to reduce emissions from agriculture
The project will be implemented in Mizoram, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand’s tulip garden offers glimpse into state’s largest germplasm collection
The garden is minor part of state’s largest germplasm collection of rare, endemic vegetation, put together by Uttarakhand forest dept in …
COVID-19: Can we flatten the un-sustainability curve?
The Earth needs to resurrect and heal. It is the right time to define collective growth and prosperity, not in terms of rising income but rising …
Committee meets to reassess complete mining ban in Jharkhand district
Saranda, Chaibasa in Jharkhand had large reserves of iron ore, wrote Jharkhand's chief secretary
El Niño effect: Even in drought-tolerant forests, seedlings more likely to die
Scientists study effects of drought, find mortality higher in evergreen forests than deciduous ones
Missing green growth: 11 rich countries like Germany, UK will need 2 centuries to meet Paris goals
Emission reductions highly insufficient for Canada, Australia and 9 European countries; calling it ‘green growth’ is misleading …