First-of-its kind UN guidance calls for climate action by States to protect children’s rights

Insufficient progress in achieving global commitments to limit global warming exposes children to hazards like rising temperatures

How droughts can leave people with nowhere to go

Those most affected by climate-induced droughts risk being trapped due to a lack of resources and networks to migrate  

Southwest monsoon progresses after stalling for 12 days

Experts Down To Earth spoke to suspect the stalling is connected with Typhoon Mawar, which has rapidly intensified in the Pacific Ocean

Extreme weather events most severe global risks over next 10 years: WEF

Through 2026, extreme weather events in top 3 risks in 13 countries; climate tipping points expected to change weather patterns

A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it — and here are the results

In March 2022, Antarctica experienced an extraordinary heatwave — most intense one ever recorded anywhere globally

Your aircon could make 2024 the hottest on record

As the world reels from the hottest year on record, the weather outlook for the future looks grim, with extreme heat set to be unavoidable unless …

Weather disasters behind 95% natural calamities in 2023 that cost over $1 billion, finds report

Just 40% weather and climate-related losses covered by insurance; Insurance penetration lowest in Asia Pacific region

Heatwaves have a cost. Here’s why it’s important to quantify it

Extreme heat is often reported as a “silent killer” because its impacts are much more invisible and silent compared to other natural …

Kampala Declaration on climate change, human mobility now has 48 African countries as members

As many as 105 million people could become internal migrants within the African continent in a business-as-usual scenario  

World Environment Day 2023: How a teen climate crusader battled poverty, abuse after Cyclone Yaas

Across the world, there are millions of children who have been displaced from a stable life by climate-change induced natural calamities

State of India’s Environment 2023 In Figures: How CSE-DTE ranked Indian states

Identifying and compiling data, standardisation, weightage assignment, computation and finally ranking were the steps followed  

Why 40°C is bearable in a desert but lethal in the tropics

Heatwaves of similar magnitudes can have very different impacts depending on factors like humidity or how prepared an area is for extreme heat

Dust devils in Mumbai, Delhi caused by merging wind systems

Wind speeds were as high as 107 km / hr in Mumbai and 92.7 km / hr in Delhi 

Droughts, floods to cyclones: African nations like Kenya brace for new normal of extreme weather

Cyclone Hidaya in May 2024 was the first time Kenya experienced a cyclone

Wealthy nations wrestle over seats on Loss and Damage Board, causing delays in fully operationalising Fund

If World Bank does not agree to the terms set at COP28, it could lead to further delays.

Assam floods: Why is Lakhimpur district always badly hit?

Dikorni river from Papuma Pare, Subansiri river from Lower Siang contribute majorly to flooding in the district  

In 2023, for the first time ever, each day was at least 1°C warmer. Why this is worrying

Close to 50% of the days in 2023 were 1.5°C warmer than 1850-1900, compared to just over 20% in 2016

Tropical cyclones cause more damage than we think — and India among countries facing high social cost of carbon

Extreme weather events drive up these costs by more than 20% globally

Links between global climate events getting stronger: Study

Climate teleconnections intensified over last 37 years; southern hemisphere more vulnerable

Increased chance of earth breaching 1.5°C in next five years

One of the years from 2023-2027 could be the warmest ever recorded, warns WMO

Temperatures crossed 1.5°C for the whole of 2023; last month hottest January on record, say EU scientists

While the world has not yet breached the Paris Agreement target (an average global temperature over decades), it is moving ever closer to it

Droughts may have affected larger areas globally than captured by satellites, new analysis suggests

New analysis of global water distribution will help understand how climate change can impact Earth’s water balance

State of India’s Environment in Figures: The first 4 months of 2023 have been more devastating in India than 2022

While heatwaves were the most commonly occurring extreme weather event in the first four months of 2022, hailstorms took over as the dominating …

CSE-DTE mark World Environment Day with release of State of India’s Environment 2023: In Figures

A highlight of this year’s report is a ranking of Indian states on parameters like environment, agriculture, public health and infrastructure

Climate impact: Rajasthan’s pre-monsoon rainfall was three times more than average this year

458% more rainfall for May; Bikaner’s highest single-day rainfall breaks all records