Small country, big example
St. Lucia shows the way at a meeting of politicians and NGOs that was sponsored by the Global Commons Institute, GLOBE, CSE, Climate Network …
Bengal most vulnerable to climate risk, flags India’s first assessment report
The Bay of Bengal region was struck by 41 severe cyclonic storms and 21 cyclonic storms in May between 1891 and 2018
High road to Dubai COP28: Major differences remain as Bonn climate meet concluded on June 15
Many of the crucial agenda items, such as the Global Stock Take, Global Goal on Adaptation and the hosting of the Santiago Network for Loss and …
World Environment Day 2023: Rural India bears the brunt of climate change
Climate change is a global challenge with local implications; important to build coping mechanisms for rural communities
World Meteorological Congress endorses 10-year plan to integrate and scale up climate, health services
Speakers at the 19th World Meteorological Congress also raised concerns over extreme heat and the need to strengthen early warning systems &…
Sea ice on both poles at record low, finds WMO report
Antarctic sea ice cover at record low for 2nd consecutive year; Arctic sea ice extent is also at an all-time minimum
Somewhere over the rainbow… climate impact is visible
India, 5 African countries may see a lot more rainbow days due to increased precipitation, finds study
Climate finance for Small Island Developing States slumped to 2017 levels in 2019: OECD
Small Island Developing States are vulnerable to increased risk of storm surges, sea-level rise and altered rainfall patterns
Unfair trade barriers will hinder climate consensus
Carbon border agreements are in many ways modern instruments of imperialism that punish developing nations for making slower progress towards …
Cold waves to locust attack: How climate crisis impacted India in 2020
Delhi recorded its highest rainfall in 10 years for January 2020; There were 354 heavy rainfall events across India in March, April
Hottest day in Arctic: WMO official warns of more extreme weather
As Verkhoyansk in Siberia recorded 38°C, governments must remember how a hotter Arctic region can affect the whole world
Centre to give Indian Forest Act a facelift
The environment ministry has started comprehensively amending the Act by “weeding out” and updating obsolete provisions
Lessons from a pandemic: Urgency for climate action
Much like the claimed behaviour of an ostrich burying its head underground in the face of risk, we demonstrate our capacity to ignore risks like …
Sikkim, the land blessed by Guru Rinpoche, is being destroyed by anthropogenic activity: Yishey Doma
The author of several books on Sikkimese religion, folklore and culture speaks with Down To Earth in the light of the South Lhonak Lake disaster
Sikkim: Chungthang dam breach another reminder of climate risks associated with hydropower
As parts of the dam washed away due to glacial lake outburst, it reportedly released an alarming 5.08 million cubic metres of water from its reservoir
Dengue: Heavy rains during July 2023 led to outbreaks across India
Down To Earth analysis suggests climate factors to have contributed to vector-borne disease outbreaks
Australia heatwave: New South Wales authorities report facing worst bushfire risk since ‘Black Summer’
Australia officially declares El Nino is underway as Sydney set to break September temperature records
‘We still know very little about the cryosphere’
Down To Earth speaks to Rodica Nitu, head, Global Cryosphere Watch at the World Meteorological Organization
How climate change is killing languages
Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in …
Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”?
Our “normal” climate is dead; the weather has gone insane, and it is annually killing thousands of Americans and millions of people …
The eco collapse we were warned about has begun
This accumulation of tragic evidence, against all the denialist narratives, makes it undeniable that the climate crisis is already here, among us
Oceans cool the planet by releasing short-lived halogens that contribute 8-10 per cent of cooling: Study
Cooling by halogens could increase to 18-31 per cent by 2100 which has not been accounted yet by climate models
High road to Dubai COP28: Here is what to expect at Bonn on climate mitigation
The Mitigation Work Programme can be a constructive space for developing countries to lay out their financing and technologies needs for an …
2023 hurricane forecast: Get ready for a busy Pacific storm season, quieter Atlantic than recent years thanks to El Niño
Tropical storms and hurricanes have caused over a trillion dollars in damage in the US since 1981
Climate change may be causing an apple crisis in Himachal and Kashmir this year; here’s how
Climate change is causing bees to die in Himachal Pradesh and the Kashmir Valley, leading to major losses for apple growers in the region