Climate Risk Index Study Shows Threats To 90% Of World’s Marine Species
Climate change impacts marine life through a bewildering web of complex pathways. Warming oceans and climate extremes are driving species...
Climate Change
NZ Proposes Taxing Cow Burps, Farmers Miffed
(Source: AP) New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing...
Courts Or Policies: Which Matters More For SA Climate Action?
In 2015, Asghar Leghari, a tax lawyer and farmer, successfully sued the government of Pakistan. The Lahore High Court ruled...
What Is COP27 And Why Is It So Important?
COP27 is the 27th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)....
Three Scientists Share Nobel Prize In Physics
(PTI) Three scientists jointly won this year's Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their work on quantum information science...
4 Solutions To Floods In India And Bangladesh
Over a short period in May and June, intense rains lashed Assam, in northeastern India, and Bangladesh. As well as...
Women In Sundarbans Battle Climate Change, Salinity, Menstrual Issues
Climate change has turned the waters saline, making agriculture unviable and forcing them to turn to fishing. For women in...
UN Aid To Pak A Drop In The Ocean Of What Is Needed: Guterres
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday exhorted the international community to step up efforts to help flood-ravaged Pakistan rebuild resilient...
Billionaires In Boats And Other Oddities
'Billionaires in boats' -- if you were to read this phrase on any given day, it would conjure images of...
Can Food Tourism Help Regenerate Our Planet?
The coronavirus pandemic showed us we were on the wrong track to developing sustainable tourism. Reduced mobility and border closures...
Water-Related Disasters Could Cost Global Eco $5.6 Tn By 2050
Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world's largest economies could cause $5.6 trillion in losses to...
Traditional Building Techniques Could Mitigate Flood Damage In Assam
Himanshu Pegu, a resident of Silchar in India’s northeastern Assam state, is one of many forced to live in a...
Climate Change To Impact India’s Renewable Energy Potential
Solar and wind potential in India are likely to face a negative trend in the future due to climate change,...
Which Diet Will Help Save Our Planet?
The food we consume has a massive impact on our planet. Agriculture takes up half the habitable land on Earth,...
Climate Change Could Worsen 58% Of Human Infectious Diseases
Climate change can exacerbate a full 58% of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact with worldwide, from common...
Analysis: India’s New Climate Targets No More Than Baby Steps
India has updated two of its five 2015 commitments to the world on what it will do to combat climate...
‘Moving Everest Base Camp A Ridiculous Plan’
Climbing Mount Everest – at 8,849 metres, the world’s highest mountain – is on many people’s bucket list. Even just...
India Backs UN Resolution On Human Right To Clean Environment
India has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution that recognises the right to a clean, healthy and...
Saffron & Glaciers: Kashmir’s Women Scientists Lead Climate Action
Working in different fields of science and technology, Nasheeman Ashraf, Ulfat Majeed and Mehreen Khaleel are at the forefront of...
Climate Change: Mind Your Language
Heatwaves might seem an opportune time to talk about climate change action -- but research suggests this could prove ineffectual....
Climate Change Adding Layer Of Vulnerability To Fragile Himalayas: Experts
Climate change and ill-planned human interventions in the Himalayas have accentuated the vulnerability of the hills to disasters, resulting in...
The Spectre Of Climate Change And Its Denial
In the last few days, scorching temperatures have hit Europe and surrounding countries, including the UK, now no longer part...
Can Strategic Green Spaces Cool Cities?
Green spaces are not the answer to overheated cities by themselves. Careful urban planning needs to consider their strategic placement....
Wildfires Rage Across Europe As Climate Alarm Sounded
Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after...
Urban Designers Rediscover Age-Old Tradition In India
Dholavira, a 4,670 year old city with orthogonal streets, planned urban spaces and underground water and sewage management was recognised...
