Concentration of air pollutants significantly increasing over India: IPCC
Just effective decarbonisation policies not enough to bring SO2, NO2, O3 and NH3 to safe levels; clean energy and waste management would be needed
Monday’s IPCC report is a really big deal for climate change. So what is it? And why should we trust it?
This report puts greater emphasis on regional climate change, on changes in extreme events, and how these events are linked to human-caused …
Climate crisis: ‘There has not been a cool month in 628 months’
If one was born in February 1986, s / he has actually never experienced a month with normal temperature. Each month after this has been a …
Planting forests no panacea for the climate crisis: IPCC
The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land says land-based carbon sinks are not limitless
WMO Report: Mumbai among cities facing biggest threat as global sea levels rise
Besides Mumbai, several major, thickly populated cities across the world are also threatened by the sea level rise
Climate justice, now: Latest IPCC report just told us why we need that
IPCC’s latest climate report provides evidence that climate-justice needs to be at the centre of global policymaking
Draft EU climate law: Too little ambition, net-zero target too late
2050 global net-zero goals only ensure 66 per cent chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C; high levels of ambition needed
Factsheet: Agriculture and forestry
Agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) is a broad category of emissions that has been used by the IPCC since 2006. It widely used in …
NASA’s new tool makes it possible to see future sea level rise
The tool makes it possible to access details based on projections of IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report released August 9
Delhi’s (and India’s) urban poor may have houses to live. But are they habitable
The habitability of housing, rather than just its availability, will be an important factor in the future, given the trends in climate change
Australia’s stumbling, last-minute dash for climate respectability doesn’t negate a decade of abject failure
Australia is the worst-performing of all developed countries when it comes to meaningful climate action
IPCC 2021: How have humans impacted the climate?
Human activity is also the main cause of the global retreat of glaciers since the 1990s and the decrease in Arctic sea ice area
Climate Emergency CoP 25: The inadequacy of net zero
The European Commission's Green New Deal's ambigously worded 'climate neutrality' target is concerning
Poor agri, dietary practices have intensified climate change: IPCC
The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land shines a spotlight on food consumption, modern agricultural practices and …
Asian elephant expert Raman Sukumar now a Vice-Chair of the IPCC
As part of the new IPCC Bureau, he will work on the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report, expected to be completed in the coming 5-7 years
Current climate reports might have underestimated the consequences of the climate crisis
The models do not consider methane emissions from permafrost thawing and carbon releases from droughts
CoP26: The science everyone needs to know about climate change, in 6 charts
Earth’s climate system is interconnected and complex, and even small temperature changes can have large impacts
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Murmurs of Madrid being a failure grow stronger
Negotiations to continue into the wee hours of December 15, as parties are yet to arrive at consensus on most issues
Climate Emergency CoP 25: The European Green Deal is far from good enough
It offers a 50 per cent reduction when it should target complete decarbonisation by 2030
Making agriculture sustainable is good and not for climate alone
The co-benefits are clear, despite uncertainty on the sector’s emissions
Another grim climate report on oceans: What will it take to address the compounding problems?
Rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions must be achieved across institutional boundaries
IPCC Report 2021: What do we expect in future?
The rise in average surface temperature beyond 1.5 or 2°C will be breached much earlier; extreme weather events may become worse with time
Climate emergency: A question of semantics?
Framing the changing climate as an emergency is preventing progress towards climate action
Factsheet: The state of negotiations
The international response to climate change has been in the form of a global climate regime under the umbrella of the UN, the United …
Factsheet: Loss and damage and liablity
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the debate on the link between extreme weather-related events and climate change
