'Indigenous communities are key stakeholders in the climate change talks'
Ekai Nabenyo, 24, is the founder and chair of the Lorengelup Community Development Initiative, Kenya. An ethnic Turkana tribesman, he talks to …
Climate justice takes centrestage at UN, top European court in historic firsts
UN General Assembly passes resolution calling world’s highest court to opine on state responsibilities towards climate protection; European …
Indigenous knowledge is vital in the fight against climate change: IPCC report
The IPCC’s latest report cites various instances of how fast-vanishing indigenous knowledge is an important tool to mitigate the climate crisis
Indo-Gangetic Plain drying up? Water storage declined, ‘stream flow’ rose in Ganga, Indus basins last year, says WMO
Half a billion people live in the Indo-Gangetic Plain across Pakistan, Nepal, India and Bangladesh
Climate change pushing pine beauty moth northward in Finland 50 years ahead of predictions
The insect pest has spread into northern Finland, up to 68°51’N, according to a new study
Sundarbans’ ‘swamp tigers’ could be gone in 50 years, warns study
Climate change, rising seas, industrial development and construction of new roads would hasten the tigers’ end, it says
'We have to use the Paris Agreement for a strong agenda forward'
Sweden will pass a law next year to become carbon-neutral by 2045. Eva Svedling, the State Secretary to the Minister for International …
आईपीसीसी रिपोर्ट: 2050 तक गंगा, ब्रह्मपुत्र और सिंधु के जल स्तर में हो सकती है वृद्धि
अनुमान है कि जहां तेजी से पिघलती बर्फ सिंधु के प्रवाह में वृद्धि कर सकती है वहीं गंगा और ब्रह्मपुत्र में भारी बारिश की ...
Lighting up a solution
Prem Shankar Jha makes a case for solar energy while tracing the history of global warming
‘Europe will witness more extreme megadroughts in the years ahead’
Down To Earth speaks to climate historian Christian Pfister from the University of Berne about Europe’s tryst with drought this year, in …
Sikkim, the land blessed by Guru Rinpoche, is being destroyed by anthropogenic activity: Yishey Doma
The author of several books on Sikkimese religion, folklore and culture speaks with Down To Earth in the light of the South Lhonak Lake disaster
Who is Santa Claus? Can he endure in a warming world?
A cover story published by Down To Earth’s sister publication in December last year delves into the man and the myth
Carved in stone: What are these warning signs that Europe’s drought has revealed
Hunger stones are a common hydrological marker in the region that date back to the pre-instrumental era
Inflation Reduction Act: Experts cautious as US Senate passes landmark climate investment bill
Bill still does not go far enough to meet the scale of climate emergency; the nature of investment is not known at the moment, they say
‘My method’s an addition to the knowledge about climate change ending the Indus Valley Civilisation’
Down To Earth speaks to Nishant Malik from the Rochester Institute of Technology, United States about the new method he has developed to show …
जलवायु परिवर्तन का आपातकाल बहुत हद तक विकसित देशों की देन है : कैथरीन रोवेट
लोग उन चीजों के लिए मतदान करते रहे, जिनके बारे में हम सबको पता है कि हकीकत में वे किसी भी तरह से मूल्यवान ...
Domestic violence to rise as subcontinent heats up: Study
Each 1°C increase in the annual mean temperature associated with a mean increase in domestic violence prevalence of 4.4
'The Sarus appears to be altering its nesting behaviour due to climate change'
K S Gopi Sundar, a well-known expert on cranes, recently conducted a study on how climate change and cropping patterns affect the nesting cycles …
Indigenous islanders complain against Canberra over climate change
The residents of the islands located in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea say the Australian government is not doing enough to …
Eagle Bluff: US wildfire crosses the 49th Parallel into Canada; forces town to be evacuated
State of emergency in Osoyoos to remain in place till August 5, according to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Greenwashers: Big Oil’s words and actions on climate emergency do not match, says study
Such companies spend huge sums of money to portray themselves as proactive on climate action; but their measures to reduce climate change are …
Australia shivers as winter ends; spring to be wet due to negative Indian Ocean Dipole, La Nina
The Bureau of Meteorology recently stated that its three-month climate outlook was of above average rainfall for much of Australia, particularly …
Arctic rivers continue to melt more and more every summer, says report
The Arctic Report Card for 2018 notes that this provides powerful evidence for the intensification of the Arctic hydrologic cycle
Kashmir’s harsh winter, a constant theme in its literature, does not exist anymore: Neerja Mattoo
Down To Earth talks to Kashmiri litterateur Neerja Mattoo as the Valley goes through the last days of Chillai Kalan this season
Climate change may have made Attila and his Huns, feared raiders of the Roman Empire: Cambridge research
Climate fluctuations could have caused the Huns to migrate and change from herders to raiders as a strategy to mitigate climate risks