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
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
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
Global Eco Watch: BSF seized 2,800 kg of Bangladeshi hilsa being smuggled into India since February
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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!
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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
Slow, uneven progress at Bangkok climate talks
Finance, equity and addressing interlinkages remain topics of major concern
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
Australia comes up with a weak climate action plan, calls it ‘serious and ambitious’
The proposal has drawn heavy criticism from both home and abroad
Australia sets new emissions target
Scientists say the target is too low for a developed country
Climate of change in Bangkok
Breakthrough in negotiations on phasing down ozone-depleting HFCs
IPCC's grim projections for Indian monsoon, agriculture
Latest IPCC report predicts more monsoon break days, floods and reduced grain yields
Time to redraw the global poverty line
It must reflect new realities of food inflation, climate change impacts