Trump’s battle with California busts myths about American climate policy
The development should end the illusion that sub-national action will suffice
Norway on aKutt campaign
Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions
Ocean affects everyone on the planet, but not everyone will have the same relationship to it or the same opportunities to have their opinions heard
Climate clock is ticking: Reset shows world is a year closer to 1.5°C warming threshold
According to recent estimates, only 500 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide can be emitted from 2020 onwards if we are to stay below the 1.5 C …
Best way to remove carbon: Sequestering it in its natural sinks
To curb desertification, we need to restore degraded soil via forestry, improve vegetative cover, enhance water use efficiency, reduce soil …
Defunding environment programmes in US will affect the world
The Energy Star Programme, which has prevented 2.8 billion tonnes of GHG emissions, is being defunded
Cities take the lead by setting emission reduction targets
Cities are responsible for a large chunk of greenhouse gas emissions due to concentration of economic activity
Run-up to COP27: DTE’s coverage of loss and damage in Africa due to climate change
Africa is suffering from losses in agriculture, employment and faces food insecurity due to global warming
How crop burning affects Delhi's air quality
Polash Mukerjee from Centre for Science and Environment explains how crop burning in Punjab and Haryana affects Delhi's air quality
Simply Put: Achieving net zero
Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: How Zambia can make the most of it
The country has substantial reserves of copper and cobalt, critical metals for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
Under the microscope: LULUCF
Several Annex I countries are lobbying for shoddy accounting practices that would weaken their overall emissions targets
Is India on track to meet its Paris commitments
The country may not meet its targets completely but is within reach to achieve a substantial part of it
It’s banned and depletes ozone layer, still China uses it
The Environmental Investigative Agency has found that CFC-11, a gas banned under the Montreal Protocol, is being used extensively in East Asia, …
Paris Climate Deal: ambitions and actions on the ground
National pledges on emission reduction made by countries under Paris Agreements will only account for one-third of what is needed to avoid the …
HFC phase down: what is the relationship between cost and ambition?
Coming to a consensus on the relationship between cost and ambition will be crucial in determining the nature of the HFC phase-down amendment
Centre made over 100 changes in Environment Impact Assessment Notification in past 5 years
The year 2022-23 saw the highest number of changes introduced in the notification
Designed for developing
All programmes to mitigate climate change are being designed for developing nations.
Fall in place
US emissions inflict $1.9 trillion in global losses
A report found that the emissions caused by the US has inflicted severe losses on poorer countries through heatwaves, crop failures and other …
Climate colloquy: All about net zero
An exclusive series based on CSE’s new book Climate Change: Science and Politics to answer your climate change queries.
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
An Interaction with Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh gave details of how the Copenhagen Accord was negotiated, the role of the BASIC group in negotiations and the domestic action …
NASA spots 50 methane super-emitters on Earth
Most of these sites have ties with agriculture and fossil fuel industries
5 charts that show CoP26 has hardly anything to show for itself yet
CoP26 is ending in two days but climate action is proceeding at snail’s pace