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Black out in Mumbai for global warming

Slow progress at climate meet

A vicious cycle exposed

Curb HFCs

Shells turn brittle

Rain check

Did everybody get it wrong?

Warm winter may affect crops

Wetlands can cope with sea rise

Vegetation and rate of sedimentation are crucial to wetlands’ resilience

Why green projects in India are hot favourite of international NGOs?

US-China climate deal: Maker or breaker?

Equity: the next frontier in climate talks

Planetary waves, soil-moisture deficit likely caused 2021 heat dome over western North America: Study

A burst of heat generated upwind of the region in early June 2021 contributed to an initial temperature peak  

How 2023’s record heat worsened droughts, floods and bushfires around the world

These events showed how climate change is affecting the global water cycle and our livelihoods

Energy scramble for Africa: Fossil fuel extraction is rising but there’s little progress in renewables

The continent’s share accounted for only 2% of global RE investment in last 2 decades, activists highlight at COP28 side event

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

Afforestation not so cool

Planting trees will not reduce global warming, says study

Megadrought demystified

Two major lakes dried up in Africa in the most severe drought recorded in 50,000 years

Melting uncertainty

Debris cover also affects glacial retreat rate