The sinking debate
The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications
Factsheet: Climate change FAQs
Climate change refers to a change of climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global …
New Zealand’s new climate change law: Inadequate and not really net zero
Jacinda Arden's law explicitly excludes biogenic methane emissions from net zero target, subjecting the gas to mere 24-47% cuts below 2017 …
Sea level may rise 1.1 metre by 2100: IPCC
This is likely to have a direct impact on the lives of 680 million people living in low-lying coastal zones, according to the report
High CO2 emissions reducing nutrients in rice, wheat
Wheat and rice grown at atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide levels between 546-586 parts per million reduced their protein, zinc, iron …
Double financing for natural ecosystems by 2025 to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report
Current global investments in nature-based solutions $154 billion per year, needs to be $384 billion
Climate emergency: Extreme weather events in Australia to get more frequent, intense
Report says extreme heat, heavy rainfall and coastal inundation, fire weather and drought expected to get worse
There are no ‘natural disasters’
A weather-related disaster doesn’t need to be. By addressing the vulnerability of a society, the worst of it can be avoided
Study warns of a billion human deaths if global warming reaches or exceeds 2°C
Authors suggest aggressive energy policies to decrease carbon emissions, minimise loss of lives
Over 50 African countries agree to work on minimising impact of mineral mining
Addis Ababa declaration signed by 54 nations; acknowledge green challenges of land degradation, desertification and drought
The ‘Gulf Stream’ will not collapse in 2025: What the alarmist headlines got wrong
It is well known that climate anxiety is fuelled by media messaging about the looming climate crisis
World just had the hottest week; shattered records hint we are in uncharted territory: WMO
We can expect more records to fall as El Nino develops further and these impacts will extend into 2024, says WMO
Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks — destabilising its internal structure
This is a tragedy in making for half a billion people populating vulnerable coastal regions
Climate finance is not going to Global South where it is needed the most: CSE
Report launched right before the international summit on New Global Financial Pact in Paris
Cyclones could’ve been a rarity in the Arabian Sea historically; but not storms, say historians
The Arabian Sea is currently witnessing Cyclone Biporjoy having witnessed cyclones Vayu, Nisarga and Tauktae in the past few years
High road to Dubai COP28: Bonn meeting begins on discordant note with parties failing to adopt agenda
Parties could not agree on adaptation, mitigation, Global Stock Take and equity among other things
‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here — we identified the regions most at risk
At-risk regions include Afghanistan, several countries in Central America and far-eastern Russia
Climate impact: Study finds juvenile black rockfish fared better than expected in unusually high ocean temperatures
Fish growth and development were positively related to temperature, but survival to settlement was not directly related to ocean conditions
The Antarctic ice sheet is melting. And this is bad news for humanity
If left unchecked, the complete melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet would cause a global sea level increase of 3.3 metres in the …
Lutzerath protests: Climate activism watershed or Germany’s ticket to energy security?
What the protests against Garzweiler lignite mine expansion mean for global energy politics
US emissions up 1.3% in 2022 despite coal displacement by gas & renewables: Report
Despite some positive trends such as a greater share of renewable power generated, there is no justification for the world’s second largest …
2022 too short, too far: How food systems evolved for the hungry
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022
Changing Arctic: New insight on freeze-melt cycle of sea ice
Accelerated warming is thinning sea ice, affecting exchange of heat between ocean and atmosphere
Carbon credits, green hydrogen can help Africa mobilise climate finance for growth
Report on financing decarbonised growth says access to electricity Africa’s most pressing challenge
La Nina’s rare ‘triple dip’ likely to affect weather patterns globally
Continuation of the La Niña may also mean an extended southwest monsoon season for India and the rest of south Asia