COP27 must be remembered as ‘Implementation COP’, says Sameh Shoukry

The developing world’s first COP since Marrakesh in 2016 must implement the ‘Paris Rulebook’  

Stop the killing fields

Farmers are in a terrible situation, with no water for crops, livestock or drinking. If we dismiss this year as a freak weather year, we will …

El Nino threatens Great Barrier Reef

The warm current may kill a rugged coral variety that would have otherwise lived for centuries

El Niño may hit Indian monsoon in July

UN agency asks nations to make contingency plans for the expected impact on agriculture, water

Southeast US will bear the worst of this year’s winter, says AccuWeather

This US-based independent weather agency set off gasps of dread and many counter-forecasts last week when it indicated “the return” …

World could soon witness ‘historic’ coral die-offs

Severe coral bleaching has been reported across Northern Pacific

After hottest May, Earth records hottest June of 21st century

Rise in temperature primarily because of warm ocean waters

El Nino fallout: food prices to shoot northward

The weather phenomenon will bring down production, increase food prices worldwide

Salmon hatcheries deplete wild stocks

Introducing farmed salmon in the rivers doesn't help

Global warming, Cyclone Biparjoy worked in tandem to bring monsoon to Mumbai and Delhi on same date

Incident last happened 62 years ago in 1961, confirmed IMD

COP27 diary (November 7): ‘World on a highway to climate hell, with our foot on the accelerator’

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

Global Eco Watch: People of Indus Valley produced earliest dairy products in the Subcontinent

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Under the weather

Scientists say a change in temperature could play a role in spreading childhood diarrhoea

Arid conditions in 78% of India; may affect summer crops

 Southwest monsoon season in Kerala expected around June 4; 80% chance of El Niño event in May-June-July  

Less than 24 hours left: ‘Need extra efforts from all for agreement on loss & damage’

Countries shying away from difficult decisions, need to show political will, says COP27 President

Run-up to CoP27: Parents revive demand to cut fossil fuel financing, urge leaders to prioritise child health

Last year a delegation of mothers presented a letter signed by over a million parents to the CoP president

Sydney’s driest June in a decade is a wake-up call to initiate climate-smart actions

Australia's department of environment removes references to climate change from its official advice on extreme climate

COP27 diary (November 17): Details on loss and damage facility, phasing out coal missing from ‘Cover Decision’ draft

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

Stronger and frequent El Niños are not recent phenomenon

Shellfish fossils along coastal Peru retell the history of El Niño cycles

La Nia Boosts Productivity

The enfant terrible also brings some goodies with it

Bytes

Double standards on fossil fuel, backtracking on pledges: BASIC fires shots at wealthy countries at COP27

India, China and Pakistan to work together in climate forum over common interests of developing countries

Tidal spells

Deep ocean currents could hold clues to climate change

ASEAN nations adopt transboundary haze monitoring system

System would keep an eye on fire-emitting hot spots across the region to curb emissions

Countering El Nio

A call for an international front against the naughty child