Simply Put: Climate reparations

Climate impact and tourism: Old travel calendars are not relevant any more

Our collective responsibility is to be mindful of our travel privileges, treatment of landscapes and the unequal burdens locals bear

India should receive $57 trillion in compensation from Global North for climate damages

As India has sacrificed 75 per cent of its fair share to balance the excess emissions of over-emitting countries, the country is entitled to …

‘Attribution studies help increase awareness about links between human activities and climate change’

Down To Earth talks to Wenxia Zhang, author of paper on attribution of extreme heat & drought events in 2022 at COP28

The ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got wrong

It is well known that climate anxiety is fuelled by media messaging about the looming climate crisis

Cases for climate justice more than doubled globally since 2017, finds UNEP

While most climate litigation was in the US, about 17 per cent being reported in developing countries, including the Small Island …

High road to Dubai COP28: Bonn meeting begins on discordant note with parties failing to adopt agenda

Parties could not agree on adaptation, mitigation, Global Stock Take and equity among other things

PM Modi: Climate action ambitions must match with action on climate finance

Calls for democratising climate action in a blog article

Wetlands are superheroes: Expert sets out how they protect people and places

They purify water, provide habitats for plants and animals and provide over 1 billion livelihoods globally

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

Access to financial services can help rural India cope with climate risks: Study

Over half the Indian households surveyed who faced climate shocks used their own savings to cope 

What the Asia-Pacific needs to leap forward on climate action

To break their 'two steps forward, one step back' routine on climate action, the Asia-Pacific needs to start delivering on ambitious emissions targets

Simply Put: Save Earth

COP28: New Initiative to tackle debt & climate change launched by Kenya, Colombia, France

Countries announce coalition of experts to review linkages between debt, nature and climate change   

Climate hazard: Heat-related deaths in elderly population to increase by 370% midcentury in a warming world

On average, 86 days of health-threatening high temperatures were experienced between 2018 and 2022

Simply Put: G7 Hiroshima Summit

Montana kids win historic climate lawsuit – here’s why it could set a powerful precedent

In the US states that have green amendments, climate advocates will certainly rely on the Montana youth case as they challenge state laws that …

High Road to Dubai COP28: Fossil fuel lobbyists crawled into ongoing Bonn climate meet, says research

Lobbyists are there to push the agenda of fossil expansion forward to continue to rake in profits, notes research

Recognise ‘Un-enabling’ environment that prevents climate finance access, says Global South at UN talks in Cartagena

Experts & governments met for technical discussions and negotiations on New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance

World’s largest companies are failing on climate action, new report shows

A heavy reliance on carbon offsetting helps companies shirk accountability for a majority of their emissions

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

Climate conferences have a huge trust deficit: How to make COP28 deliver

The fact that after 27 COPs the world is still not demonstrating tangible climate action is contributing to growing frustration

High road to Dubai COP28: The Bonn meet is to end soon; but there is no decision yet about Global Goal on Adaptation

The GGA is being framed as a global target for countries and communities to aspire and take guidance from, something which is proving …

Some key takeaways from the Petersberg Climate Dialogue

The discussions at the event veered around global renewables target, climate finance and Global Stocktake

High road to Dubai COP28: Developing countries demand ambition on financial support in Bonn

There can be no discussion on enhancing mitigation ambition in developing country Parties without an accompanied discussion on enhancing …