India now has a climate programme

ISRO will help build monitoring and research capabilities

How climate ready are we?

Up to 2.6 billion people in Asia, Africa could be exposed to heatwaves by 2090: IOM

River floods are expected to affect up to 156 million people, with 87% of them projected to live in Asia  

COP28: Status of climate finance negotiations in Dubai

An update on climate finance negotiations at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, UAE

Ahead of COP28, disagreements on Global Stocktake remain — highlights from CSE’s briefing paper

It was the most vulnerable countries that clearly called for GST to reference a phaseout of all fossil fuels, analysis shows

2.2 bn people in Pakistan’s Indus Valley & India at risk of moist heatwaves, high temperatures: Study

The impacts expand along the Bay of Bengal as well as into Bangladesh and parts of Myanmar in 3°C and 4°C warmer world

Climate change mitigation: Flood insurance scheme launched to protect small farmers in Kenya

Farmers, experts welcome move, call it ‘game changer’

Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality — new research

India has suffered over 24,000 heatwave-related deaths since 1992

COP27: Adaptation pledge sum 35% less than Glasgow, despite UN call for more support

Forty per cent of adaptation fund pledged in Glasgow not yet met 

COP27: Developing & developed blocks lock horns over new climate finance roadmap

Wealthy nations want to expand the donor base with New Collective Quantified Goal

CoP26: A ‘net nothing’ summit that the UN termed a global compromise

Glasgow failed to respond to climate urgency and betrayed the poor, claim activists

Ed Miliband makes a potentially transformative pitch for CoP 26 Glasgow presidency

He must clarify position on carbon markets, genuinely work in partnership with world

Economic Survey 2019-20: Need was to get serious about climate crisis

Listing ‘green’ programs is not the point

Davos 2020: Above all else, act now, says Greta

Only solution to climate emergency is to immediately stop emissions, she said

Climate Emergency CoP 25: New platform linking oceans and climate launched in Madrid

The new platform aims to integrate sensible ocean-based solutions into climate targets

First casualty

Rising sea levels force Tuvaluans to find new homes

CO2 levels increasing at unprecedented rate: UN report

Average CO2 concentrations in 2016 reached 403.3 PPM, up from 400PPM in 2015

IMD predicts intense heat waves this summer

Climate change held responsible for the growing incidence and severity of heat waves

Cyclones and the threat to delta population

Extreme weather events cause huge loss of lives, livestock and household assets 

Climate fund gets boost at New York climate summit

Nations announce financial support to help poor countries address climate change

Turkish pollen deposited on lake bed helps track climate history

According to report

Death at your doorstep

G8 push for climate funds

South Asia