Himalayas on fire: Himachal’s tinder-dry forests, on its brown snowless hills, burn due to low moisture
Forest fire incidents have increased seven times this year; there have been 2,050 incidents in 3 months, data shows
Changes in precipitation in moderate or very high emissions scenario to impact 3-5 billion people: Study
Regions experiencing robust wetting and drying trends cover a substantial portion of the Earth’s landmass, shows analysis
MoEFCC submission to UNFCCC shows agricultural emissions are still rising
Agriculture emissions rose by 3.2 per cent from 408 MtCO2e in 2016 to 221 MtCO2e in 2019
Marginal triumph at COP28
The world agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28 Dubai, besides operationalising a Loss and Damage Fund; it did not set a deadline …
2023 in a blink: What were emission footprints of transport, manufacturing sectors this year
Cement, steel and aluminium plants led to 108 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of emissions
Century’s largest flood strikes Far North Queensland in the wake of Storm Jasper
The tropical cyclone witnessed by Queensland in Australia during December and during an El Nino year “is not normal”; such …
Fossil fuels’ death-knell sounded at COP28 held in oil-rich UAE; Al Jaber takes credit for keeping 1.5ºC target alive
Experts slam final text as weak, inadequate, with loopholes, and not in accordance with science; hail historical first entry of …
COP28 Diary (December 10, 2023): New GGA draft weaker than previous text, countries talk about finance gaps at Majlis
Parties still not on same page about responsibilities in GST text; final texts on carbon market expected December 11
COP28: Kolkata, 100 km from the Sundarbans, demands loss and damage fund support in Dubai
The demand may be echoed by other vulnerable global cities soon, particularly those in south Asia like Colombo, Dhaka and Karachi
Simply Put: Adaptation Fund siphoned
COP28: Initial text on Global Goal on Adaptation rejected by developing countries
Down To Earth’s Akshit Sangomla discusses the negotiations regarding the Global Goal on Adaptation
The challenge at COP28 really is to have clean language saying “phase out” all fossil fuels: Minal Pathak
Down To Earth talks to Minal Pathak, associate professor at Ahmedabad University and senior scientist of Working Group III of the …
Targeted methane mitigation can avoid 0.1°C warming in 2050, should be adopted with decarbonisation efforts: Report
These solutions are also estimated to be cost-effective, says IEA-UNEP
Queen of rain no more: How Karnataka’s Agumbe lost to little-known Udupi towns
Nadpal and Mudradi received more rain than Agumbe this monsoon
What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?
In six out of nine vital life support systems, we have blown well past the safe zone
Here are some ways to reduce carbon footprint of cement industry
More than 99 per cent of the greenhouse gases emitted from the manufacturing process is CO2
Climate change may cause up to 38% decline of low & mid latitude deodar trees
Droughts and heat stress may also cause infestation in trees, research notes
Arctic sea ice cover hits its worst record for 2018
It is the sixth lowest ice cover ever, says NASA
Run for cover: 100 days, 44 storms, 16 states, 423 deaths
An unprecedented storm season challenges India's scientific community
By 2100, heat waves in South Asia could be too deadly to survive: study
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are likely to be the most severely hit
Why are we sweating in Shillong?
Because temperatures in India’s biodiversity hotspot are on the rise
A new dawn for humanity? COP27 ends; loss and damage fund, other agendas adopted
Low-emission energy to reduce emissions added to Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan
Extreme weather hits economies, hurts Asia most: WMO report
Loss due to landslides increased by 147% compared to average in the past 20 years
COP27: Expert Group zeroes in on weak net zero targets; asks industries to speed up
Indian companies under scanner, prefer to play an wait-and-watch game
Run-up to COP27: Extreme weather events drive mass migration in Odisha’s Kendrapara, Jharkhand’s Palamu, says study
Social factors also played an important role in driving migration