Morocco should harness its abundant renewable energy potential for climate mitigation: IMF

This can reduce Morocco’s high reliance on imported fuels, give it comparative advantage in neighbouring markets that are embracing green energy

Seabed trawling’s impact on the climate may be wildly overestimated — new study

While preventing bottom trawling from disturbing the seabed could reduce the emissions driving climate change, how much CO₂ it would prevent is …

Bio-CNG projects as carbon credit generators

Carbon credits obtained through the production of a tonne of Bio-CNG varies between 16 and 25, depending on the type of feedstock used  

Climate change first ‘went viral’ exactly 70 years ago

Throughout the 50s and 60s US, Swedish, German and Soviet scientists were examining the issue

Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?

However, tinkering with the atmosphere is likely to affect rainfall and drought patterns and may have other unintended consequences, such as&…

Next stop net zero: Indian Railways plans to become a net zero emitter by 2030; here’s how

Instead of going the usual offset route, the Indian Railways plans to source the bulk of its energy needs from renewable sources to become a net …

Why the cost of mitigating climate change can’t be boiled down to one right number, despite some economists’ best attempts

Precise predictions raise the risk of conveying too much certainty in a constantly changing world

India in top 10 in climate performance ranking, says new report

US, China and EU fared poorly, slid several positions since last year  

National targets to limit global warming: Off by a mile

Even enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions are not nearly enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Many poor countries, with …

IPCC report warning: Mumbai will be worst hit among Indian metros

The city is set to experience the highest increase in total annual rainfall among other metropolitan cities in the 21st century; mean …

Turn of the tide in 120 years: Past, present and future of climate

Rise in average surface temperature of Earth will cross 1.5°C in next 20 years and 2°C by middle of the century; rapid reductions to …

IPCC report: Global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C

Even in the most optimistic scenario, there is only a 50:50 chance that global temperature rise will stop there

Summers may last 6 months, winters only 2: Recent study

Between 1952 and 2011, summer duration increased to 95 from 78 days. In winters, it decreased to 73 from 76 days

These 10 cards show why Planet Earth is still headed for a meltdown 5 years after Paris

The recent UNEP Emissions Gap report, the WMO’s State of the Global Climate Change 2020 and other reports all point to dire consequences 

COVID-19 cut carbon emissions but not enough to dent global warming

The lockdown-related fall in emissions is just a tiny blip on the long-term graph. We need a sustained flattening of the curve - WMO …

EU, first climate neutral continent by 2050, needs 60% reduction in emissions by 2030

Negotiations need to identify concrete hooks to bring every country to the table and agree on the target collectively

Methane emissions from oil, gas rigs may be 50% more than estimated

This finding by researchers led by scientists from Princeton University challenges the accuracy of methane emission estimation processes

How dust storms are adding to pollution woes of north India

Such storms lead to increase in surface ozone, particulate matter as well as harmful greenhouse gases

Chloroform emissions may slow down Ozone layer recovery

MIT study traces rise in emissions to eastern China, where it appears that production using chloroform is on the rise  

COP24: World is politically unwilling to fight climate change

India manages to climb three spots and is ranked 11th in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index

Hothouse Earth: our planet has been here before – here's what it looked like

The first Hothouse state last occurred 125,000 years ago, and the risk of a new one was raised by a study recently 

World’s CO2 emissions to increase by 2 per cent in 2017: Global Carbon Budget

This is the first increase in global carbon emission since 2014, which is mainly attributed to increased coal use in China

Commitments under Paris deal one-third of what is needed: UN Emission Gap Report 2017

If the emission gap is not closed by 2030, it is extremely unlikely that the goal of restricting global warming to well below 2°C can be met

EU ratifies Paris climate deal; pact to come into force by November

The treaty needed to be ratified by a minimum number of parties contributing at least 55 per cent of global emissions

Who are the top greenhouse gas emitters?

This animation shows which countries have been the top greenhouse gas emitters since the beginning of the industrial revolution and their …