The mysterious black dust speeding up Arctic ice melt: What’s behind it?Arctic faces a new threat. Soot from Canada's massive wildfires darkens ice and snow. This speeds up melting. The albedo effect worsens war...
07 Jul, 2025, 02.20 PM IST
Delhi chokes again: Why clean air must become a year-round right, not a seasonal fixDelhi grapples with a persistent pollution crisis, evidenced by recent AQI spikes following a severe dust storm. The city's fragmented appr...
16 May, 2025, 11.42 PM IST
Carbon cuts 'miles short' of 2030 goal: UNGreenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling "miles sh...
28 Oct, 2024, 04.02 PM IST
India's emissions rose by 6.1% in 2023, but historical contribution stands at only 3%: UN studyIndia's greenhouse gas emissions rose by 6.1 per cent in 2023, making up 8 per cent of the global total, according to a UN report. However,...
24 Oct, 2024, 09.51 PM IST
Human-caused global warming hits record high, scientists reportClimate experts gathered in Bonn to prepare for COP29 in Baku, emphasizing the urgent need for global cooperation in mitigating climate cha...
06 Jun, 2024, 07.08 PM IST
2023 officially warmest year on record by a huge margin, WMO confirmsStrictly, the WMO found that the annual average global temperature was 1.45 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels. They consoli...
13 Jan, 2024, 05.34 PM IST
In landmark court case, 6 young activists take on 32 European nations over climate actionSix young people from Portugal are taking 32 European governments to the European Court of Human Rights, arguing that they have failed to a...
27 Sep, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
Firms take cognizance of sensitising those in managerial rolesThis comes post the video that went viral in June of a prominent bank's senior VP berating his junior colleagues for not meeting their mont...
04 Sep, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Fossil fuel subsidies hit $1.3 trillion despite government pledges to end themA report by the International Monetary Fund studied both implicit and explicit subsidies for fossil fuels. This study was conducted across ...
25 Aug, 2023, 08.52 AM IST
27 feedback loops, or global warming accelerators, need to be accounted for in climate models: StudyScientists have identified 27 global warming accelerators known as amplifying feedback loops, including some that the researchers said may ...
19 Feb, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
27 feedback loops, or global warming accelerators, add urgency to respond to climate crisis: StudyScientists have identified 27 global warming accelerators known as amplifying feedback loops, including some that the researchers said may ...
18 Feb, 2023, 06.15 PM IST
India's G20 presidency key to resolving climate finance issues: Germany's climate envoy"I think this G20 presidency is key for COP (Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and laying...
15 Feb, 2023, 10.14 PM IST
Nations approve major UN report on climate impactsThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that debates had concluded over the report's crucial "Summary for Policymake...
27 Feb, 2022, 05.09 PM IST
India occupies top spot globally in emissions related to crop burning: ReportThe data in the report reveals new insights into recent trends in biomass fires, including emissions from forest and crop residue fires in ...
19 Oct, 2021, 09.08 PM IST
India occupies top spot globally in emissions related to crop burning: Report19 Oct, 2021, 09.08 PM IST
Why the time for India to set ambitious climate action targets is nowAccording to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, India was the seventh most-affected country by the devastating impact of climate change gl...
22 Sep, 2021, 01.48 PM IST
With US return to Paris Agreement, stars align for accelerated climate actionThe United States rejoined the Paris Agreement on Friday, under its new President Joe Biden after just three months out of the accord.
19 Feb, 2021, 11.18 AM IST