Equity remains absent from draft climate change agreement

Draft is a disappointment for developing countries like India which have been asking developed nations to take greater responsibility for their …

US senators introduce bipartisan bill to tackle ‘super pollutants’

A Democrat and a Republican senator have together proposed legislation to cut short-lived pollutants like black carbon, methane and HFCs

Rich nations finally delivered on $100 billion climate finance pledge in 2022, finds OECD report; experts flag issues

Target met two years late, loans making up much of the financial flow

Ground report: Climate disasters in Bihar, UP make children more vulnerable to trafficking

Trafficking rackets use climate disasters as opportunities, say experts

Greece passes first climate law

The law envisages decommissioning all lignite / coal plants by 2028 

‘Zombie fires’ in the Arctic: Canada’s extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future

As global temperatures rise, fires are also spreading farther north and into the Arctic

COP24: Sum and substance of climate diplomacy

Climate change negotiations must move from being a zero-sum game to a positive-sum game

Slow, uneven progress at Bangkok climate talks

Finance, equity and addressing interlinkages remain topics of major concern

Without a longer-term view, the Paris Agreement will lock in warming for centuries

Oceans will continue to warm from the top down, even if no further emissions are made

Loss and damage in climate negotiation

An issue of delayed climate justice

Historical burden

Bonn climate conference: Loss and damage discussions nothing but ‘talk shop’

L&D finance must be grant-based so that countries are not further indebted by a crisis they contributed little to, say experts

COP 22: more than 20 nations sign framework agreement on International Solar Alliance

International Solar Alliance is an initiative by India wherein 121 solar resource-rich countries have come together

COP22: opening session on agriculture discusses climate adaptation, food security

Developing countries, especially from Africa, voiced the need to mobilise finance from developed countries

Kampala Declaration on climate change, human mobility now has 48 African countries as members

As many as 105 million people could become internal migrants within the African continent in a business-as-usual scenario  

Wettest May-June in decade hits Kashmir’s cherry growers hard

Farmers growing traditional varieties of cherries are facing more brunt of prolonged precipitation than those growing new varieties

Climate action is fight of our lives: UN head at SCO summit

Important role of SCO members in climate fight, says Guterres; brings up Climate Solidarity Pact, Acceleration Agenda

High road to Dubai COP28: Indigenous peoples demand say in decision-making on loss and damage at Bonn

Indigenous peoples should be leaders of climate actions and not victims of climate policies, Indian indigenous leader Archana Soreng told DTE

Loss and Damaged: Who suffers most from extreme weather events?

While all regions have incurred losses due to extreme weather events, developed countries remain the least affected and most insured from the shocks

CoP26 first draft not good enough; climate finance grossly insufficient: Climate scientist Saleemul Huq

Saleemul Haq, director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Bangladesh, speaks to DTE on CoP26 progress and performance

Local knowledge refined with tech & funds can help climate adaptation in Asia-Pacific: IFAD

Digital mapping along with local knowledge can be useful to identify climate-vulnerable hotspots

More children believe in climate emergency than adults in G20 countries, UNDP survey finds

Conservation of forest land and transition to renewable sources of energy were among policies that received the most approval

Climate change is real & world needs real leadership to fight it

WATCH: As President Joe Biden readies his climate summit for Earth Day, Sunita Narain spells out why and how the US and the …

International Day of Climate Action: All talk, no show on Paris Agreement targets

Countries may have announced grandiose plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they are unlikely to meet the global target to become carbon …

COP24: Developing world continues to seek funds for agriculture

Nations participating in the conference discussed climate change impacts on agriculture at a workshop in Katowice