A win-win deal
The agreement to amend the Montreal Protocol for hydrofluorocarbon phase-down is a huge success for India
How aerosols lead to extreme rainfall
Aerosols play a crucial role in the formation of clouds. But now scientists are linking both extreme rainfall and drought to higher concentration …
Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”?
Our “normal” climate is dead; the weather has gone insane, and it is annually killing thousands of Americans and millions of people …
The eco collapse we were warned about has begun
This accumulation of tragic evidence, against all the denialist narratives, makes it undeniable that the climate crisis is already here, among us
Holistic approach makes agrarian systems more climate-resilient: Study
Initial watershed development interventions in the studied areas intensified agriculture, but led to declining groundwater tables and …
COP27 diary (November 12): ‘US won't support legal structures for loss and damage liabilities’
A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit
Run up to COP27: Only a quarter of global climate finance flows into Asia; much of that in loan
India received a total of $37.1 billion in climate finance during 2013-2020
IPCC’s new report on climate change is a call to action
The latest IPCC report confirms that we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises …
Green bonds and greener environment: Are they linked?
Green bonds, in particular, may play a key role in the forthcoming economic recovery and may help India achieve the SDGs
CoP18, Doha: An assessment A Gateway that leads nowhere
For the past 20 years, the world has been haggling about who will cut greenhouse gas emissions and how much.
Another bold move by Tuvalu - Update I
As we await news on the status of the Kyoto Protocol plenary (see previous post), Equitywatch offers a more indepth analysis of what's going on.
Another bold move by Tuvalu - Update II
G77 negotiators explain their concerns
Copenhagen talks resumed
Talks have resumed in Copenhagen after informal consultations were held to address concerns of developing countries.
Controversial LCA Text
May remove distinction between developed and developing countries
A possible Copenhagen deal - Update II
Negotiations on a possible Copenhagen outcome text are still underway, but enthusiasm for a deal is on the wane
Political declaration - Update I
A deal just reached between the US and BASIC countries appears to undermine every principle of effective collective action on climate change
Unknown Future
The conference of parties to the un climate convention in Nairobi went along predictable lines.
Global warming in an unequal world
The answer to the current dilemma in negotiations is to make emissions from every citizen of the world count equally
Factsheet: Who is emitting
As per World Resources Institute's Climate Analysis Indicators Tools
African countries to develop climate-resilient agriculture systems
The continent's 55 countries sign a 5-point declaration to strengthen food security
Inaction on climate change risks leaving future generations $530 trillion in debt
This would be the cost of “negative emissions” technologies required to remove CO₂ from the air
Climate change to affect rice productivity, finds a new study
Elevated temperature was found to have a negative impact on rice productivity, even nullifying the positive effects of higher level of CO2 …
Rich nations unwilling to respect UNFCCC principles at Bonn talks
Different elements including means of implementation, equity and adaptation being interpreted against the spirit of UNFCCC by developed countries
Plateful of pain
Climate change will make the disease burden more complex. Breakthroughs may help the affluent, but the poor will not have access to even basic …
Problems faced by the Bahima, a nomadic pastoral community of Uganda
Elizabeth Katushabe, a cattle keeper from Uganda, talks to Down To Earth about erratic weather patterns, which is affecting the cattle reared by …
