Mapping the dirt

NASA comes up with the most comprehensive view yet of global air pollution

Dirty and thirsty

Revisiting economics of congestion

Antimicrobial resistance: India needs to enhance framework for monitoring antibiotics

Global procurement focus shifting to monitoring drug manufacturing practices  

Investment fund firms call for long-term plan to reduce carbon emissions

More than 100 fund managers write open letter to finance ministers of Group of Seven nations

Climate sceptics have swelled from 12 to 25 per cent in US

Survey on Americans' attitude to global warming shows number of climate believers are still more

Over 90% Indians want policies to address green issues and climate action, finds Yale survey

71% respondents said climate change affecting local weather; 76% said it affected monsoons in India

World Migration Report 2024: Climate impacts will force 216 million people to move by 2050

Climate change cannot be considered the sole driver of food insecurity or migration; However, it increases pressure on existing systems and …

Annual investments of $260 billion required to halve agrifood emissions by 2030, achieve Net Zero by 2050: World Bank

New report claims twice the amount spend on agricultural subsidies; suggests India replace diesel irrigation pumps with solar

DTE Coverage: Ottawa talks as they happened

Read our reportage of the fourth round of negotiations for a global plastic treaty in Ottawa, Canada

CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Member states agree to intersessional work

Ahead of G7 summit in Italy, France flags unsustainable levels reached by plastic pollution   

CSE-DTE at Ottawa: As talks progress, ‘North Stars’ bring hope for a Global Plastic Treaty

Rwanda & Peru’s conference room paper on primary plastics and Norway’s  proposal on chemicals of concern offer guidance on …

‘Restoring tree cover may lead to global warming but only in some places’

Forest restoration scientist Susan Cook-Patton on albedo change due to restoring tree cover and ideal places for climate-positive reforestation 

Simply Put: Plastic is forever

Watch: Why farmers in parched Marathwada are uprooting citrus orchards

In this battle against nature’s fury on the warming planet, the sweet lime orchards have become unfortunate casualties

In 2023, global ocean heat content doubled or tripled since the late 1980s, shows study 

The 2023 estimate represents around 4.6 billion Hiroshima nuclear bombs

The disagreement between two climate scientists that will decide our future

The differences between Mann and Hansen are significant for the global response to climate change  

COP28: Important takeaways from the first week of COP28 | Sunita Narain

Here's what we expect from the second week of the United Nations climate change negotiations

DTE Coverage: Drought in the Amazon

How will the hydrocrisis affect humanity's future?

Carbon removal: Why ambitious ‘no nonsense’ plans are vital to limit global heating to 2°C

A decade provides a realistic window to develop the processes needed to reach net zero

Simply Put: Climate Roulette

Outbreak of Moroccan locusts will destroy 25% of annual wheat production in Afghanistan: FAO

Left untreated, locust population can increase 100 times next year

TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa — what went wrong

COVID-19 pandemic, associated lockdowns have set back TB control programmes worldwide

Run-up to COP27: Mozambique braces for more extreme weather events as rainy season begins

Mozambique was devastated by 3 tropical cyclones earlier this year

India’s lakes, reservoirs losing more water every year & climate change may be to blame: Report

An increase in surface area of the water bodies contributes to this loss