The excitement around bringing “all fossil fuels” into climate talks for the first time overshadowed another crucial dimension of the climate crisis, which did not get its time in the…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Presidency of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) delivered an agreement calling on countries to “transition away” from fossil fuels and limit global warming to…
The 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) made history by delivering a decision to launch a fund for climate losses and damages on the first day of the conference. But as…
Adapting to the effects of climate change is hugely challenging for vulnerable countries and communities, especially as gaps in implementation and finance to build climate resilience widen. But what is…
The richest developed countries reduced their emissions by less than 9% over the last two decades, the latest data from their national greenhouse gas inventories, published by the United Nations…
The 28th climate Conference of Parties (COP28) marked a day for Relief, Recovery, and Peace in the two-week-long summit, ushering in the dimension of conflict to a climate platform that…
The annual UN climate summit began on an extraordinarily positive note on November 30, responding to the needs of vulnerable countries facing the unavoidable impacts of climate change. The 28th…
As the 28th annual Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change draws near, countries and Party blocks are evaluating their positions on topics that could…
Meeting net-zero emission targets will be a challenge for emerging economies that are striving to achieve decent standards of living, says a new study that adds to the growing body…
When the Indian government decided to amend the Forest (Conservation) Act earlier this year, it exempted certain “national security” projects from its purview, which activists, researchers, and environmentalists claimed subverted…
On November 4, a framework to provide funds to “particularly vulnerable” countries faced with losses and damages due to climate change was drafted, slowly giving shape to a demand that…
A familiar curtain of toxic smog enveloped the National Capital Region (NCR) and its neighbouring areas in the last week of October, marking the start of the pollution season that…
India is likely to see the highest growth in energy demand over the next three decades compared to every other country and region in the world, the latest World Energy…
On October 3, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change awarded the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project final forest clearance, six years after it was given ‘in principle’ approval. For…
The year 2023 has been marked by disasters that have dented state budgets. In Sikkim, which was hit by a glacial lake outburst flood last week, damages are estimated to…
The breach of the South Lhonak lake in Sikkim that caused the deaths of at least 35 people and the complete destruction of the state’s largest hydropower plant has put…
Every year, September 18 is observed as a day of disaster risk reduction in Sikkim, in remembrance of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that shook the state in 2011. This year…
As India prepares to scale up renewable energy in the short- and medium-term, there is an eventuality it is not adequately prepared to face – the high costs of decommissioning…
Extracting oil and gas from reserves in forests no longer requires project developers to obtain forest clearance, as long as the digging process happens outside forest areas, new government regulation…
Climate change is undermining the achievement of nearly all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said, which adds that existing science…
