Global warming to hit India the worst in Asia by 2070
Over 9 billion across the world likely to be exposed to annual average temperatures experienced only in the hottest deserts
Climate change: 14% coral reefs lost since 2010, says study
Corals reefs occupy less than 1% of the ocean floor but over one billion people benefit from them
Global warming likely to affect maple syrup production by 2100: Study
Maple syrup season may begin one month earlier, while the sap sugar content will decrease by 0.7°Brix
Greenland’s ice melting rate increases four times in nine years
A research finds that this is a tipping point, which means global warming has brought summertime temperatures in Greenland close to melting point
Emission impossible
We need to change the way we farm, we eat and we think as agriculture is the largest source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions
Global carbon emission remained static in 2016, but India registered significant rise
Slowdown in emissions is attributed to decreased use of fossil fuels, especially coal, and increasing popularity of renewables
Rush for new development goals
UN works on agenda to follow millennium goals; civil society says it has been given little role
Prelude to extinction
Fishery experts say a global system of management is essential to prevent the extinction of the world's fish stocks, even as the number of …
Visionary
Blind terror: 80 per cent of the world's sightless are in the developing world, and the number will double by the turn of the century. Carl …
The road ahead
While the protocol has succeeded in lowering consumption of CFCs, developing countries still bear the cost burden of using and developing substitutes
Measure for measure
Some countries have failed to live up to commitments. But measures to ensure compliance to the protocol do not address the issue of North-South …
Foot in mouth disease
Only a sea change in farming techniques will help save the European agricultural sector from disasters like the foot-and-mouth disease
By a thin thread
Book>> The Third Bomb by Gregory Berglund Jnanada Prakashan, New Delhi 2009 Rs 250
Killer aid
Book>> War Games: The story of aid and war in modern times • by Linda Polman • Penguin Books • Rs 399
The climate for a change
Are the nations of the world serious in their much-touted efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions? VINAYAK RAO examines the motives, moods …
Why the US is shy
European governments are looking forward to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Although the US wants to follow suit, it has some apprehensions
IPCC report warning: 4.5°C rise in Kolkata by century-end, rise in cyclones, sea level
Sea level close to Sundarbans at the southern fringe of Kolkata expected to rise 60 cm by century-end
Countries’ targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions insufficient: UNFCCC
At the current pace, 86% of the carbon budget for the 1.5°C threshold of warming could be depleted by 2030
Warming planet may drive return of ‘medieval megadroughts’ in US
Rapid increase in aridity and sea surface temperatures around the globe because of human-activities may lead to severe droughts
Hunger can't wait
While the decline in hunger and undernutrition has been robust in some parts of the world, many countries still suffer the indignity of food …
India has highest number of extremely thin children: World Hunger Index
The UN report urges countries to pay special attention to vulnerable groups like infant, children aged under five, school aged children, …
Industrial Revolution kick-started global warming much earlier than we realised
The tropical oceans and the Arctic were the first regions to begin warming, in the 1830s
Need a revolution to save the Earth from climate change: Pope
The Vatican head warns that the planet is beginning to look like an immense pile of filth
Driving home a point without any solutions
Our Country, The Planet -- Forging a Partnership For Survival Shridath Ramphal Publisher: Island Press, Washington D.C. Price: US $15
Uproar over a burning issue
With rising awareness regarding the hazards of incinerating waste, a lot of proposals for incinerators have been ruled out in the West and the …