Paris finance meet: Momentum builds for polluter taxes to fund green transition
Panellists discuss shipping and airline levies, financial transaction taxes and fossil fuel taxes at Pact Summit
A submarine robot gives close up of Doomsday glacier, finds more trouble beneath it
It is one of the glaciers on the continent that exhibits the quickest and most unstable changes
Global South water-sensitive cities: Framing the discourse
Simply copy-pasting the concepts from the Global North will lead to sub-optimal solutions
Forests changing more rapidly than expected
Shifts in species composition associated with environmental change and increased biomass have been identified
Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation
Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …
Germs of terror
As terrorists arm themselves with biological weapons, India wakes up to find how ill equipped it is to face this deadly reality
It is a global recession with economic growth among lowest in four decades
Inequalities, lack of uniform growth among countries making global economic recovery difficult, shows UN’s Trade and Development …
Amazon ‘one of the most dangerous places to be a green defender’: Report
One person died every other day while protecting the planet last year, says Global Witness
World EV Day 2023: Why electric mobility in Nigeria is an opportunity to leapfrog in the Global South
Electric mobility is an opportunity for Africa to sidestep polluting internal combustion engines and leapfrog to eliminate toxic exposures and …
Wetlands are key for accurate greenhouse gas measurements in the Arctic: study
Researchers found that between 2006 and 2015, tundra wetlands in Western Russia had remained hotspots of carbon and methane emissions in the region
The Kerala deluge: Global warming’s latest act
The global community has a responsibility not to let Kerala sink as it is reeling under the onslaught of global warming in the creation of which …
Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?
Global warming does not cause wildfires. Rather, global warming exacerbates the conditions and raises the risk of wildfire
Ghana needs stronger laws for fishing
Fisherfolk blame big trawlers but they do not talk about the illegal trade they indulge in
India has warmed rapidly in the past 70 years: study
Global warming is manifesting itself over parts of India in the maximum temperatures observed during the warm pre-monsoon period
The carbon footprint of tourism revealed (it's bigger than we thought)
The carbon footprint of tourism is about four times larger than previously thought, according to a world-first study published in …
The race is on to decarbonize the 50,000-plus ships that carry our stuff around the world
International shipping produces as much CO2 as aircraft. Here’s what we can do about that
India's rank slips further in global hunger index, fares worse than North Korea, Iraq
More than one-fifth of the children younger than five years in India suffer from wasting and over a third have stunted growth
India has been getting warmer continuously, consistently and rapidly
A new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment has indicated that India is warming at a much faster rate than thought previously
Reverse the learning
Continuous economic growth is an illusion. Adivasi economics may be the only hope for India's future
Cholera cases reported in India this summer
Situation similar across the globe as experts predict a spurt in disease due to climate change
Climate scientists say human link evident in extreme weather events
Unprecedented 2016 California drought, the 2011 US heat wave and 2010 Pakistan flood belong to a most worrying series of extremes
Global warming in past caused mammals to shrink, and it could happen again
Will today's animals have enough time to adapt to human-induced climate change that's happening fast?
Here’s how much carbon budget is estimated to be exhausted by 2030
A series of interactive infographics to explore the 21st Century's toughest development challenge: The planet's changing climate
Report: 200 environmental activists murdered in 2021
Fourteen Indians among the 200; Over 1,700 green activists killed globally from 2012-2021
Climate anxiety deters 61% youth in Egypt from having children
Some 85% people globally agree that poor people will suffer the most from the impact of climate change