COP28: What Does A ‘Loss And Damage’ Fund Mean?
Early on, the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a “loss and damage” fund to compensate...
Climate Change
Climate Change Is Forcing Animals To Evolve But Most Can’t Keep Up
Climate change is threatening the survival of plants and animals around the globe as temperatures rise and habitats change. Some...
Big Wins Eclipsed By Controversy, Discord At COP28
Feel-good, voluntary pledges have dominated the first week of the COP28 UN climate negotiations happening now in Dubai, with host...
Climate Change Talks Do Not Consider Nature In Its Economics
The issue of climate finance and loss and damage funds are taking centre stage at the ongoing climate conference in...
Conflict, Peace & Palestine Make An Impression At COP28
Several world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have used COP28 as a platform to appeal for peace in Palestine...
‘Catastrophic Loss’ To Himalayan Glaciers Even At 2C: Report
Mountainous regions such as the Hindu Kush Himalayas are facing severe consequences from climate change. Scientists are calling for more...
COP28 Puts Food On High Table For First Time, India Stays Away
A landmark declaration on agriculture, food and climate action was signed by 134 countries for the first time in global...
Coal Power Plant Pollution Causes Many More Deaths Than Believed
Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and it’s more...
Kashmir: Loss Of Forest Cover Pits Porcupines Against Saffron Fields
The Indian crested porcupine, a protected species, is entering saffron fields in Jammu and Kashmir and damaging the crop. Experts...
COP28: Pledges Are A Drop In The Ocean
The first day of COP28 climate conference reached a consensus to operationalise the Loss and Damage Fund, a crucial milestone....
The Path To Net-Zero Emissions Runs Through Industry
As government leaders and climate negotiators gather in Dubai for the COP28 United Nations climate conference, an enormous challenge looms...
It’s All About Money At COP28
A former head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) used to describe the annual climate summit as...
Oil, Gas, Coal Are Destabilizing All 9 Planetary Boundaries
It’s well known that the fossil fuel industry made the industrial age possible and raised much of humanity’s living standard,...
Is Water Sector’s ‘Uncomfortable Knowledge’ Missing At COP28?
A year ago, in the final declaration from COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, the global climate community finally started to...
The Disinformation Deluge Targeting Women And Gender-Diverse People
Gendered disinformation weaponises fake news and manipulated photos against the vulnerable. What can be done to stop it? The world...
As World Resources Deplete, How Do We Best Conserve Biodiversity?
The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP, that starts on Nov. 30 in the United Arab...
Opinion: Effective Climate Adaptation Must Be Locally-Led
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report, released in 2021, stated that South Asia will face intensified...
COP28: Poor Countries Eye Disappointment At Dubai Summit
At the COP27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, an agreement to establish a loss and damage fund was hailed as...
Why We Delayed Climate Action For So Long…
We now have a very narrow window to significantly and rapidly slash greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most disastrous...
IPCC Vice-Chair Vows To Give Himalayas The Attention They Deserve
In July this year, Nepali atmospheric scientist Maheswar Rupakheti was elected to the 34-member bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on...
Report Says More Action Is Needed To Protect Freshwater Ecosystems
The COP28 U.N. climate summit, which begins in just a couple of weeks, aims to make water more of a priority...
How Global Warming Shakes The Earth
As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic...
Research Highlights Tenacious Pastoralists Of The Himalayas
The Gaddis are the largest pastoral community in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, with a population of 178,000 recorded...
The Global Biofuels Alliance: An Aspiration That Needs Careful Direction
The Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA), formally launched at the G20 Summit in Delhi in September, has intensified the discussion on...
Book Review: Madhav Gadgil On His Life Spent For India’s Biodiversity
I have never met Madhav Gadgil but kept hearing and reading about his pioneering work as an ecologist, his campaigns...
