Darjeeling tea faces climate risk
The West Bengal State Climate Action Plan expressed concern over reduced productivity of Darjeeling tea due to increase in extended drought periods
Facing disasters: lessons from a Bangladeshi island
To save lives, resiliency plans must understand how locals in climate-vulnerable places assess risk.
WHO must play a decisive role in climate adaptation, says chief Tedros
The new director-general emphasised on health impacts of climate change as one of WHO's priorities
Global warming in past caused mammals to shrink, and it could happen again
Will today's animals have enough time to adapt to human-induced climate change that's happening fast?
Climate change can cause selenium deficiency in soil and humans
Deficiency of the micronutrient has been associated with a deadly heart ailment called Keshan disease
COP27: The need for “New Collective Quantified Goal” in Climate Finance
Global South is spending five times more on debt repayments than on addressing the climate crisis's impacts
Climate anxiety deters 61% youth in Egypt from having children
Some 85% people globally agree that poor people will suffer the most from the impact of climate change
Blame climate change! UK heatwaves became 10 times more likely
Climate models are unable to keep up with actual observations & other climate change predictions may also be much more severe than previously …
Simultaneous heatwaves across 5 continents: What’s unfolding in front of us
DTE analyses data put out by climatologist & weather historian Maximiliano Herrera
Stockholm+50: Is science for just solutions
If science-policy interfaces are to deliver just and effective solutions to climate change, they must involve indigenous peoples and local communities
Assam reflects world’s protracted disaster-induced displacement
Latest report on global internal displacement shows disasters continue to displace more and people are living longer in relief camps
Global health systems receive only 4.9% international funds to adapt to climate change: Study
Funds required in early warnings, climate-resilient health infrastructure, say researchers
Climate change will pose greater threat to global security by 2030: Military experts
Forced displacement and scale of natural disasters is likely to increase by 2040, according to survey report
India's agenda on the table at Durban
On the opening day of CoP17 in Durban, India managed keep the issues of equity, intellectual property rights and unilateral trade mechanisms on …
Bangladesh minister talks about the country's national adaptation plan
The special assistant to the chief advisor in charge of ministry of forest and environment from Bangladesh, Raja Devashish Roy, told participants …
A week of non-results
A week of negotiations has passed in Cancun, but seekers of a binding deal on climate change continue to grope in the dark.
The Cancun Camouflage
Historic debt turns 'bad', politics wins over science of climate change
News: China pushes back on adaptation finance
Rejects EU's $3 billion pledge as a paltry sum
Kids facing effects of climate change are taking their governments to court
Besides protesting, youth are also increasingly in the courts, suing governments for their failure to preserve a healthy environment for future …
Poor agri, dietary practices have intensified climate change: IPCC
The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land shines a spotlight on food consumption, modern agricultural practices and …
Climate talks need to re-focus on target-setting
Bonn offered a chance for countries to accept IPCC’s report on 1.5°C. Yet several negotiators, particularly Saudi Arabia & the US, …
Climate change, tourism and the Great Barrier Reef: what we know
Adding complexity to the issue, there is debate locally as to how widespread the coral bleaching reported by scientists really is
Paris Agreement on climate change: the good, the bad, and the ugly
The Paris climate summit was historic as a political achievement but it's not clear how and when the hard problems of emission cuts and climate …
Climate call
Communities are embracing measures to adapt to extreme weather events. Here are some important practices for each of the five agro-climatic zones …
Climate change can affect malaria transmission patterns in Africa: Study
Much of the subsequent increase in malaria transmission could be realised by 2041-2070, according to the study