Climate Crisis: Adaptation limit reached in some parts of the world, shows IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report
The report calls for accelerated actions to bridge funding gap, challenges ‘myth of endless adaptation’
Getting out of fossils
Quickly ramping up cheaper finance should be JET-P’s focus so that the new energy future is clean
Coral reefs can adapt to climate change; you must give them a chance
99% coral reefs will be gone by the end of this century if coordinated efforts are not taken
Loss and damage from climate crisis needs urgent intervention from rich countries: UN chief
Comments in light of Pakistan floods; Guterres urges G20 nations to up climate adaptation financing, emissions reduction targets
Bonn Climate Conference begins with tense stand-off on ‘Loss and Damage’
Developing countries complained about inadequate focus on loss and damage and climate adaptation
Heat waves likely to last ‘25 times longer’ in India by another 2-4 decades, says climate report
The heatwaves will last over five times longer if global temperature rise is constrained to about 2°C, says report launched ahead …
5 days to CoP26: NDCs insufficient, climate finance unmet till 2023
Signals on key issues such as enhanced climate ambition and climate finance point to poor progress
Greta seeks honesty from world leaders at CoP 26
This story originally appeared in Reuters and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global media collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate …
Climate crisis: Deforestation in southeast Asia mountains on the rise
Forests are being increasingly cut down on steeper slopes, which have a high forest carbon density relative to the lowlands
‘50 years of deception’: California sues five Big Oil companies for lying about climate change
Lawsuit against oil and gas companies for “creating, contributing and assisting in the creation of state-wide climate change-related harms …
Paris finance meet: What is the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact about?
Discussions on how to reform Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) to better serve the needs of the Global South will be in spotlight
Everything you need to know about COP27
The 27th international conference is synonymous with climate change. Here is everything you need to know about it.
Debt crisis and gap in affordable climate finance in focus at IMF, World Bank meeting
Spring Meetings 2023 took place from April 10-16, 2023 in Washington DC
Climate change made September heat in South America 100 times more likely
Unusual heatwaves hit continent in early spring; WWA study finds temperatures warmer by 1.4-4.3°C due to greenhouse gas emissions
We just blew past 1.5 degrees. Game over on climate? Not yet
We haven’t yet failed to meet our Paris targets, but the July record shows us we are dangerously close to the line
CoP26 presents make or break opportunity to put world back on track: WMO
Past 7 years set to be warmest on record, sea level at new high, says World Meteorological Organization report
Human activities slowed down Earth’s rotation
Earth has become slightly less spherical & more flattened due to movement of water from pole to equator
Scaling sustainable food production in face of climate change is the defining challenge of our times
Localised and climate-smart agriculture can help preserve agrobiodiversity and reshape the larger narrative of responsible food production &…
COP28 recap: Climate finance negotiations showed little progress
New climate finance goal discussions remained limited to process, substantive elements pushed to COP29
Weather anomalies driven by climate change cause scanty rain, snow in post-monsoon India
This can affect the yield of Rabi crops in these regions and also availability of water in the mountains in general
COP28: New finance goal faces tenuous negotiations
Divergence on Paris Agreement Article 2.1c continues; Brazil points out developing countries’ needs not reflected
Africa Climate Summit 2023: Continent experienced warmer year in 2022, warming most rapid in Northern Africa
Natural disasters in Africa caused close to $8.5 billion in economic damages in 2022
El Nino and rising temperatures can lead to uptick of malaria in Ethiopia, warns research
Study finds link between malaria outbreaks and El Nino events in the country
Fridays for Future: It isn’t too late, say young activists demanding climate reparations, justice
Demands for loss & damage finance raised across the world 6 weeks ahead of CoP27
Wet regions may behave like drylands: Study blames heatwaves, droughts
Europe, US might see desert-like changes due to current heatwaves, authors suggest