Departure from the goddess: Sunderbans’ women & Bonbibi suffer the worst of climate crisis

Women live precarious lives in the cyclone-ravaged delta, as people slowly disconnect from Bonbibi worship & its principles of ecosystem …

Environmental disasters and climate change force people to cross borders, but they’re not recognised as refugees — they should be

People displaced by adverse weather developments should be given more than temporary protection

Nigeria floods: Expert insights into why they’re so devastating and what to do about them

Over 1.4 million people have been displaced, 500 died, thousands injured in floods in Nigeria

Climate crisis: A quarter of all critical infrastructure in US may become inoperable in 2021

At least 2 million miles of road face the risk of becoming impassable due to floods 

Two years since Bihar’s ambitious solar streetlight project, village roads still engulfed in darkness

Only 20% of the target has been met with only few months left for the deadline, shows official data

Madagascar’s ancient baobab forests are being restored by communities — with a little help from AI

Deforestation driven by slash-and-burn agriculture and vanishing of large-bodied animals that would spread the boabab seeds major reasons for decline

Major droughts make women 35 per cent more likely to be underweight: New study

Teenage pregnancy & intimate partner violence also grew after drought episodes

Five questions for African countries that want to build climate-resilient health systems

Health systems also need to explicitly address the risks of climate change

Climate lawsuits against major polluters linked with fall in their stock prices: Study

Big emitters hurt the most by new cases and unfavourable verdicts in climate litigation

Simply Put: Annual climate finance COP-out

Heatwave grips US too, ‘excessive heat warning’ for some areas

Biden announces measures to combat climate change  

5% rise in India’s GHG emissions since 2016, driven by energy & industrial sectors

Around 75% of overall greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 came from energy sector, while the industrial sector contributed to 8%

Climate crisis in forests: Wild fruits, sacred groves in Sharavathi valley bear the brunt

Fruiting cycle, intensity disturbed due to weather changes but improvement noticed in patches untouched by human interventions

Managing microclimates — a ‘third way’ to combat climate change

Effective microclimate management has the potential to reduce temperatures by 1.5-2 degrees Celsius

Extreme weather in Africa: Floods affect 2 million children in 3 months in these 3 countries

Severe flooding has pushed children in Nigeria, Chad & South Sudan into increased risk of waterborne diseases, malnutrition

Run-up to COP27: LDCs want clear process to bridge $100 billion fund gap, loss & damage finance structure

Manjeet Dhakal, advisor to the LDC chair, talks about challenges faced by disadvantaged countries & their agenda for CoP27

End fossil fuels: Climate group calls for global occupation of schools & universities 

 Can no longer pretend normality is fine, claims group; announces protest days after global climate strike 

UNEP production gap report: Net-zero targets by countries are empty pledges without plans

Governments are planning to produce more than double the production of fossil fuels than what the world requires to limit global temperature rise …

Act responsibly on climate emergency to protect public health, editors urge leaders

Over 200 editors from across the world call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health

IPCC report: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C

Even in the most optimistic scenario, there is only a 50:50 chance that global temperature rise will stop there

Europe to US to India, it’s been a week of extreme weather events

At least 40 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, Oceania and Africa have been hit by the extreme natural disasters 

Zambians, suffering from climate change-induced drought, lock kitchens, guard fields as theft, prostitution levels spike

Water stress coupled with food stress has also led to livestock diseases, with farmers forced to sell off cattle at throwaway prices to afford …

Climate change to force mass migration of venomous snakes, increase poisoning in people, cattle

Models estimate some species may lose over 70% of their habitat while others gain over 250% 

Euthanasia for mental disorders: In a warming world, will eco-anxiety lead to more such appeals?

In most assisted dying appeals, people say it is the psychological suffering, rather than physical pain, that motivated them

Protect indigenous rights to save Amazon forest, urge leaders at COP28

Amazonian Indigenous leaders will be calling for urgent action to protect their rights, end industrial mining to pave way for Brazil COP