Adaptation gap in developing countries widening even as extreme weather events worsen: UNEP

Countries in need received $21.3 billion but $215-387 billion needed every year

‘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

Slow, uneven progress at Bangkok climate talks

Finance, equity and addressing interlinkages remain topics of major concern

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 

COP24: Sum and substance of climate diplomacy

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

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

Climate change is symptom of broader issue of ecological overshoot: William Ripple

The distinguished professor of ecology speaks about consequences of record-breaking temperatures and future climate impacts on humanity

Health sector poorly equipped to prevent heat hazards & impacts of other extreme weather events, says WMO report

Less than 25% health ministries utilise climate information & services to monitor climate-sensitive health risks

Before the flood

Cameroon can set path to climate-resilient economy with prompt reforms: World Bank

Nearly 2 million people in Cameroon live in drought-affected areas

Simply Put: Achieving net zero

Simply Put: The elephant in the room

The common but differentiated challenges of COVID-19 and climate change

Realities of managing 2 planet-wide crises to soon overwhelm utopian philosophy

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Equity should be a practical necessity, not a moral nicety

Richest 10 per cent population produces half of Earth’s fossil-fuel emissions

Invest $1.7 trillion in nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change: UNCCD report

The investment would give four times the return on investment, it said  

India will ratify the Paris Agreement on October 2, says Prime Minister Modi

India’s move will bring Paris Agreement closer to entry into force this year

South Asia

Kidney stones tread north US

Article 6.2 of Paris Agreement in action: A growing number of countries are entering carbon market partnerships

Over two dozen bilateral agreements have been signed since 2020

State of the Global Climate report: 58% of ocean suffered at least one marine heatwave event in 2022

Around 25% of ocean surface also affected by marine cold spells

Countdown to copenhagen

COP27 diary (November 9): $2 trillion needed to finance climate action in developing economies

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit