5 Sustainable Solutions To Tackle Extreme Heat In South Asia
As the world warms, there is an urgent need to find ways to keep people cool. This year, several deadly...
Climate Change
How Enforceable Are Climate Pledges?
All is said and done at the U.N. climate talks, and the ink on the COP26 agreement is dry, but...
COP26: Feats, Foibles And Failures
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) drew to a close yesterday, Friday, November 12. When it began, almost two weeks...
‘Definition Of Insanity’: What They Are Saying At COP26
COP26, a two-week U.N. conference critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change, came to an end on...
Pressure Mounts As COP26 Enters Final Day
Negotiators at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow are expected to lock horns on Friday for what is scheduled to...
As Climate Damage Mounts, Poor Nations Press Wealthy To Pay Up
Poor nations are pressuring their wealthy counterparts at the U.N. climate summit to pay up for the mounting damage being...
Frustration And Fury Over Climate Finance At COP26
The fortnight-long UN COP26 climate summit in Glasgow started with a bang but ended the first week with the usual...
What’s The Difference Between 1.5°C & 2°C Of Global Warming?
Over and over at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, world leaders have stressed the need to limit global warming...
Beyond Net Zero: India’s New Climate Pledges Explained
India has joined China, Japan, the UK, the EU and an expanding group of other major economies in a bid...
Why It’s So Hard For World To Quit Coal
Every day, Raju gets on his bicycle and unwillingly pedals the world a tiny bit closer to climate catastrophe. Every...
Experts Break Down India’s Net-Zero Pledge
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi grabbed headlines on 1 November at COP26 with an announcement that India will be net-zero...
India To Be Net Zero By 2070: PM Modi
As the World Leaders' Summit kicked off at COP26 on 1 November, India announced that it would be net zero...
1 Min To Midnight: Johnson As COP26 Opens
A U.N. conference critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change kicked off on Monday, its task made...
Pollution Dominates India’s Climate Worries: Global Study
In India, people increasingly worry about the damage that humans cause to the planet and environmental concerns tend to be...
Only 4 Pacific Island Nations To Attend COP26
Only four Pacific islands will be represented by their leaders at upcoming U.N. climate talks in Glasgow because of COVID-19...
Trillions Missing In Climate Budget Without Private Finance
Almost all developing nations that have updated their climate pledges in the run-up to the UN climate summit COP26 have...
Nagaland Farmers Turn To Coffee To Combat Soil Erosion
For more than 20 years, Gwasinao Thong has been fighting against traditional jhum agriculture in his village of Sendenyu, in...
“Countries Trying To ‘Greenwash’ Pollution”
The head of the environmental group Greenpeace has warned against efforts by countries and corporations at the forthcoming U.N. climate...
Opinion: Protect Climate Refugees Under International Law
Thirty years ago, in its 1990 assessment, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that large-scale human migration...
What’s Causing Heavy Rains That Killed Dozens Recently?
A confluence of cyclonic storms forming in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea is among the biggest reasons...
In Assam, Village Committees Lead The Way During Floods
Over the past three decades, the severity of both droughts and floods has increased in the state of Assam. In...
Climate Talks Must Deliver Finance That’s Fit For Future
The Paris Agreement works on a five-year cycle. Twice a decade, each country is expected to increase its ambition on...
Will 30×30 Reboot Conservation Or Entrench Old Problems?
When governments meet next year to finalise a global deal to halt loss of the biodiversity on which human well-being depends,...
The Real Business Of COP26
The COP26 summit this year will take place under the shadow of Covid-19. It had to be delayed last year...
‘Rich Nations Must Commit Over $100 Bn In Climate Fight’
Rich nations need to commit much more than $100 billion to help poor countries fight climate change due to their...
