India has climate targets for 2030
Twenty years from now, India's per capita greenhouse gas emissions will be below the 2005 global average of 4.22 tonnes CO2-equivalent
Decoding carbon markets: Role of intermediaries in the web of transactions
Rising interest in carbon markets has increased the number of intermediaries and stakeholders involved
COP27: Climate vulnerable countries, G7 launch plan for quick loss and damage funding
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Senegal, Philippines and Ghana will be among the first countries to receive assistance from the Global …
Climate crisis intensifies: Coastal areas may become unliveable by 2100, flags report
Scientists say under RCP 8.5 scenario, a temperature increase of about 4.3 degrees Celsius by 2100 relative to pre-industrial temperature may happen
Coal here to stay, but measures can cut down emissions by 22%: CSE
Coal to contribute around 50% of electricity generation mix even in 2030, according to CSE analysis
CCS: Fictitious mitigation stumbles
Over the last few days of intense negotiations, Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged as one of the most controversial issues being …
Himachal farmers start growing pomegranate and cabbage, as apple lines recede due to climate change
The apple growing belt is shifting to higher altitudes and intercropping in apple orchards with vegetable crops as it experiences warmer winters …
Climate change projects aren't working because communities are left out
Unless they trust climate change programmes, communities will continue to plunder forests rendering such interventions redundant
Talks progress slowly at Bonn, focus shifts to next COP at Marrakesh
Adaptation, finance, pre-2020 actions and loss and damage should remain the core agenda for the next Conference of Parties
Bonn climate talks proceed with formation of contact group
First round of discussions held on matters including Nationally Determined Contributions, transparency framework and global stocktake
What India can learn from failure of European forests to mitigate climate change
Replacing native species of natural forests with exotic ones reduces their effectiveness as carbon sinks
India endorses outcome text of COP 21
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar said all the points raised by the Indian delegation had been included in the text
What India should do to tackle climate impacts
All development programmes need to incorporate features to tackle climate change risks and act locally
Renewables are a complement
Fergus Auld, first secretary, Climate Change and Energy, in the British High Commission, India, speaks to Mario D' Souza about UK's national …
This summer was the hottest on record for the northern hemisphere, says NOAA
Planet Earth suffers third-hottest three-month season and second-warmest August, according to US’ weather agency
Explaining climate clubs: Rich countries are turning to climate, industrial deals with ‘friendly’ countries
These multilateral deals are premised on cooperation between like-minded countries on industrial and climate policy, but are concerned with …
Titanic submersible: Titan search-and-rescue effort shows risky undertakings need to consider potential rescue needs
Many conventional risk assessments do not pay sufficient attention to available emergency response capacities
Climate doomism is bad storytelling — hope is much more effective at triggering action
Looking at individual solutions can seem trivial, but it is a great way to tap into the power of self-efficacy
What can we expect from the final UN climate report? And what is the IPCC anyway?
It will explain how greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet, then delve into the consequences
Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often and increasingly melting its sea ice
Sea ice loss also contributes to global warming and to extreme storms that cause economic damage well beyond the Arctic
COP27: Switzerland wants ‘major emitters’ and big developing economies to do more on mitigation
Talks on the Mitigation Work Programme November 8 brought back memories of post-Paris mitigation politics, where rich countries asked all to …
What happened at CoP26: A complete report card
Glasgow Climate Pact dismisses climate justice as a concept that is important only for some
A quick guide to climate change jargon: What experts mean by mitigation, carbon neutral and 6 other key terms
Here’s a guide that may help you to follow the news about climate change ahead of CoP26 starting October 31
Commitment phobia: World still not ready to do enough to cut GHG emissions
New national climate pledges combined with other mitigation measures put the world on track for a global temperature rise of 2.7°C by the end …
In deep water: Emissions can add 15 inches to 2100 sea level rise, study finds
Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could together contribute to this 38-cm rise — beyond the amount that has been projected …