Bring the US back to the climate conclave: CSE

CSE media briefing insists on finding ways to re-engage the US in climate change negotiations and setting up a democratic framework with right …

Cyclone Gaja live analysis: 10% of world's cyclonic storms put 1/3rd of Indians at risk

Around 76% of the total loss of human lives from cyclonic storms have occurred in India and Bangladesh

'Permaculture can feed the world'

A permaculturist who believes that hunger is more about distribution and quality of food than quantity and production, Malvikaa Solanki says …

MOP 28: Countries close to agreeing on a dual baseline for HFC phase down

Experts suggest that this could lead to a change in the status quo of differentiation mechanism for Montreal Protocol parties

Will current INDCs prevent global temperature rise by more than 2°C?

The INDCs submitted to the UNFCCC are grossly inadequate to prevent catastrophic global warming, finds an analysis done by Delhi-based non-profit …

BASIC nations stick to 'equity and fairness' principles in climate talks

In the run up to Lima climate negotiations, emerging economies in BASIC group say their mitigation efforts are 'far higher' than that of …

Let the journey choose the vehicle

Heather Allen looks at issues related to sustainable development at the International Association of Public Transport, Brussels. Pradip Saha …

Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them

Much of traditional knowledge in the Pacific for coping with climate change is scientifically plausible

Heatwaves arrive early in 2023; hit 11 states from March 3 to April 18

22 states/UTs recorded above-normal maximum temperature on April 18, 2023

More livestock, more carbon dioxide, less ice: The world’s climate change progress since 2019 is (mostly) bad news

Especially troubling is the unprecedented surge in climate-related disasters since 2019

Bearing climate burden?

Dividing the developing countries will spell disaster for Copenhagen and future climate negotiations

The mean world of climate change

Global warming's point of no return

Book>> The Revenge of Gaia by James Lovelock Allen Lane, London 2006

Market and mitigation dominated G20 climate actions — not a good signal leading to COP28, claim experts   

Woefully inadequate in response to Global Stocktake Report and unlikely to keep temperature rise within 1.5°C  

High road to Dubai COP28: Bonn meeting begins on discordant note with parties failing to adopt agenda

Parties could not agree on adaptation, mitigation, Global Stock Take and equity among other things

Soil carbon sequestration may help fight climate change

New agriculture modelling study shows atmospheric carbon dioxide can be captured, stored in soil 

Greenhouse gas levels hit new high in 2020: WMO

The average global warming would exceed Paris Agreement’s target of global temperature rise of 2°C above pre-industrial levels&…

Antarctic ozone hole — one of the largest, deepest — closes

The annually occurring ozone hole over the Antarctic had rapidly grown from mid-August 2020 and peaked at around 24 mln sq km  

World to breach 1.5°C threshold by 2027-2042: Study

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had estimated global warming threshold will cross between 2020 and 2052 

A history of climate change negotiations for beginners: Then and now

China’s announcement of achieving net-zero by 2060 is a stepping stone in fight against climate change. But it means nothing until …

Climate change and water: First victims

Research is needed to understand the social dimensions of the affected because it has the potential to shift the trajectory of the climate change …

While nations play politics, cities and states are taking up the climate challenge

Efforts to reduce global warming are advanced by the pedestrian, daily choices of households, businesses and sub-national governments

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

A satellite data system will help detect, act on methane emissions

Methane Alert and Response System to help track major emission sources globally