Only 17% Of Peatlands, Vital To Curbing Climate Change, Are Protected
Just 17% of peatlands worldwide are protected, according to a new study, despite the fact…
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How Droughts And Worsening Soil Health Can Increase Carbon Emissions
Researchers have identified a feedback loop between drought, soil desiccation and carbon dioxide emissions that…
Children Are Expensive — Not Just For Parents, But The Environment
People born in the future stand to inherit a planet in the midst of a…
Can Carbon Capture Help Us Achieve Net Zero?
India’s decarbonisation plans have an Everest to climb. The government aims to reach ‘net zero’…
Decarbonizing The Aviation Sector: The Role Of Hydrogen
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) that concluded earlier this week saw delegates…
COP28: We Need Accountability, Not Leadership From Oil Companies
In his masterful polemic, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, the…
Energy Justice Is Key To Global Net Zero Action
Achieving net zero emissions requires compromise but energy justice for all needs to be at…
Clean Energy Conundrum: Glare Hazard From Airport Solar Panels
Earlier in March, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) announced that it will use 100…
Could A Four-Day Workweek Help The Climate?
Source: DW Working five days a week is standard practice in the Western world, but…
Study Looks At Rural Work Guarantee Scheme Through Climate Lens
One of the world’s largest work guarantee programmes, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme…
Gas Boom Threatens World Climate Goal
(Source: PTI) The war-inspired natural gas boom is undermining already insufficient efforts to limit future…
Why Batteries Matter For Our Energy Transition
Batteries are ubiquitous in our everyday lives, powering a wide range of common items, from…
Think In Systems To Deliver India’s Long-Term Climate Strategy
The 2015 Paris Agreement required countries to submit their long-term climate action strategies by 2020….
To Save Forests, India Needs Local Solutions, Not Greenwashing
In the aftermath of COP26 negotiations in Glasgow, the question has been raised as to…
Kerry Says China Crucial To Handling Climate Crisis
China needs to expand its efforts to reduce carbon emissions to help hold back the…
Explainer: The Disappearing Glaciers Of The Himalayas
As the Earth warms, frozen water in its many forms is affected. In mountainous regions…
Fires Ravage Himalayan Forests, Threatening Health & Biodiversity
Wildfires described as “the worst in a decade” have engulfed Himalayan mountain states in a…
Google Maps To Direct Drivers To ‘Eco-Friendly’ Routes
Google’s Maps app will start directing drivers along routes estimated to generate the lowest carbon…
Wielding Machetes, Scientists Count Carbon In The Amazon
The machete-wielding scientists ventured into the Amazon, hacking through dense jungle as the mid-morning temperature…
‘Planet Is Dying’, 8-Year-Old Climate Crusader Warns
When 8-year-old Indian climate change activist Licypriya Kangujam is older, she wants to launch a…
‘You Have Stolen My Dreams,’ An Angry Thunberg Tells U.N. Climate Summit
Teenage activist Greta Thunberg angrily denounced world leaders on Monday for failing to tackle climate…