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No immediate relief in sight from climate crisis

In a world faced with the need to transition to cleaner energy and fix climate disturbances, dominance of fossil fuels in quest for energy security continues

Trucks wait to be loaded with coal, to be taken to a coal-fired power plant, at a coal storage facility in Chongqing, in southwest China on February 12, 2025. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (AFP)
Published on Feb 15, 2025 08:05 PM IST

Climate risks grow, hope for action fades

The needs are clear: Keep the Paris Agreement goals alive even as LMICs double down on funding for mitigation and adaptation from high-income countries.

TOPSHOT - -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 -- A woman wades through flood waters at an inundated residential area in Garissa, on May 9, 2024.. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 (AFP)
Updated on Feb 13, 2025 08:07 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

India among countries worst hit by extreme weather, made up 10% of global deaths

India ranked sixth in the Climate Risk Index, facing over 400 extreme weather events from 1993-2022, causing 80,000 deaths and $180 billion in losses.

The country was ranked sixth in the Climate Risk Index, 2025 published by Germanwatch, an independent development, environmental, and human rights organisation. (HT Photo)
Published on Feb 13, 2025 03:00 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi, New Delhi

India, China among most impacted by extreme weather: climate risk index

Globally, extreme weather events caused almost 800,000 deaths and 4.2 trillion US dollars in damage caused in 30 years

India, which ranks 6th among most affected countries, was affected by floods, heatwaves, and cyclones during the period between 1993 and 2022. (File Photo)
Published on Feb 12, 2025 06:32 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

India is world’s inspiration on clean energy transition, says Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband asserts the clean energy transition is inevitable due to economic benefits, with India leading the way despite US setbacks on climate policies.

UK energy security secretary Ed Miliband (Bloomberg)
Published on Feb 12, 2025 05:34 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Hottest Jan ever as La Nina fails to moderate temps

January’s average surface air temperature reached 13.23°C, soaring 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels, according to data released on Thursday by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service

Some experts said a weaker La Nina could be indicative of a stronger effect of the climate crisis – the long-term warming of the atmosphere. (HT File)
Published on Feb 07, 2025 06:16 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Why climate action plans fall short

This article is authored by Eilia Jafar, humanitarian and development professional and Anil Kumar Gupta, professor & CEO (ICARS), IIT Roorkee Gr. Noida campus.

Climate crisis(Pixabay)
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 07:14 PM IST

Tread carefully on the Himalayas

The GLOF in Sikkim underscores climate crisis impacts; while dam redesign aims to enhance safety, experts warn mega hydro projects in the Himalayas are risky.

Shimla: Snow-covered Himalayas mountain range, seen from Shimla, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (PTI Photo)(PTI02_09_2024_000167A)(PTI12_30_2024_000217A) (PTI)
Updated on Jan 27, 2025 08:21 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

Localising COP agenda: Enabling local self-governments to lead climate action

This article is authored by Arindam Banerjee, co-founder and partner, PDAG and Vinuta Gopal, co-founder and CEO at ASAR.

The platform is aimed at promoting mutual trust and confidence in climate action. (COP29 website)
Published on Jan 26, 2025 10:02 AM IST

Authors of fiction, poetry and nonfiction receive $10,000 prizes for blending art and science

Authors of fiction, poetry and nonfiction receive $10,000 prizes for blending art and science

Authors of fiction, poetry and nonfiction receive $10,000 prizes for blending art and science
Published on Jan 22, 2025 08:33 PM IST
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Trump-shaped climate disaster

Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and rollback of climate policies signals a return to fossil fuels, risking a worsening climate crisis.

Homes reduced to rubble by the Palisades Fire are seen in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (AFP)
Updated on Jan 22, 2025 08:28 AM IST
ByHT Editorial

Trump withdraws US from Paris climate agreement, again

This the second time Trump is ordering the US to abandon the Paris agreement — he did so in a 2017 order as well — and the process is expected to take a year

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday. (AFP)
Published on Jan 21, 2025 09:17 PM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Renewables: The economics of energy

This article is authored by Arif Aga, director, SgurrEnergy.

An aerial view of the world’s largest renewable energy plant, the 30 GW Khavda Renewable Energy Park, in Kutch.(ANI)
Updated on Jan 20, 2025 05:04 PM IST

India’s cooler months warming faster: Data

Rising temperatures across India are blurring seasonal distinctions, with traditionally cooler months warming at a faster rate than warmer months over the past century

The trend comes against the backdrop of the climate crisis manifesting ever more clearly globally, with 2024 marking India’s –– and the world’s –– warmest year (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 18, 2025 07:18 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi, , New Delhi

Weather Bee | Why is the global temperature high despite La Nina's arrival?

Since the La Nina is expected to be weak and short-lived, its influence may be even more insignificant than in recent years.

Snow covers a rock as drifting broken sea ice, floats on the surface, off the extreme western point of Replot Island, in Kvarken archipelago, near Bjorkoby, in the northern part of the Baltic Sea on January 15, 2025. Due to a mild winter and temperatures above zero degrees centigrade, the open sea has not frozen. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:17 PM IST

Collapsing on the track made me want to speak up, says Olympian Rhydian Cowley

‘I use solar power at home. I am reducing the amount of meat I eat. I’m not perfect, I hope to provide others with an example of action,’ Cowley says.

Rhydian Cowley, 34. (Photo: Athletics Australia)
Updated on Jan 17, 2025 08:13 PM IST
BySukanya Datta

My Head for a Tree: Author Martin Goodman discusses his new book on the Bishnoi

This community of desert-dwellers sees no separation between themselves and nature. What can a world in crisis learn from the Bishnoi? An exclusive interview.

Martin Goodman with an injured chinkara (Indian gazelle) fawn at the Khejarli animal sanctuary. (Ram Niwas Budhnagar Bishnoi)
Updated on Jan 18, 2025 01:37 PM IST
ByNatasha Rego

Terms of Trade | Can capital be inherently socially progressive?

To go to war with capitalism from a class perspective, you need to have a solid class alliance behind you.

Supporters of President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)(AP)
Published on Jan 17, 2025 06:12 PM IST

Building a climate conscious India

This paper is authored by Himanshu Dixit, Rajkumar Balasubramanian, Kanagraj Ganesan, Karthik Ganesan, Manna Elizabeth Sam, Sonal Kumar.

Climate crisis(Shutterstock)
Published on Jan 15, 2025 02:58 PM IST
ByHimanshu Dixit, Rajkumar Balasubramanian, Kanagraj Ganesan, Karthik Ganesan, Manna Elizabeth Sam, Sonal Kumar

Life in a city that can’t breathe

The needle on Delhi’s toxic air has only moved towards the deep red in the past decade, a period that has seen two election cycles.

Tourists wear face masks amid smoggy conditions near India Gate in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Jan 15, 2025 08:37 AM IST
By, Saurya Sengupta

At 150, IMD eyes hyperlocal forecast for climate extremes

IMD plans to enhance predictions of localized extreme weather through Mission Mausam, improving forecasts and resilience against climate change impacts.

The IMD issued a nowcast warning at 1.30am on June 28 saying intense rain was approaching the national capital, and hours later, it woke up to the highest rain it recorded in a day since 1936. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:23 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi

Boiling seas and scorched land

A study reveals 2024 saw record ocean warming, worsening the climate crisis and threatening marine life, coastal regions, and extreme weather events.

(FILES) A man is seen in front of smoke rising from an illegally lit fire on a maize field that borders a rainforest reserve, in Sinop, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on August 9, 2020. . (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (AFP)
Updated on Jan 12, 2025 11:44 PM IST
ByHT Editorial

India launches forum to focuson clean tech manufacturing

The Bharat Climate Forum — a national platform dedicated to unifying stakeholders from policy, industry, finance, and research to accelerate cleantech manufacturing in India — was launched on Friday.

Former CEO of the NITI Aayog and India's G20 Sherpa, Amitabh Kant poses for a group picture at the Bharat Climate Forum 2025, in New Delhi. (ANI PHOTO)
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 06:42 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi, New Delhi

5 out of 6 climate trackers show ’24 crossed 1.5°C mark

To be sure, Friday’s release does not come as a surprise. It has been known for some time that 2024 would breach the threshold mentioned in the Paris accord

Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. 2024 is confirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to be the warmest year on record globally, and the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level. (AFP)
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 03:35 AM IST
ByJayashree Nandi, New Delhi

Urbanisation in India’s hills: Persistent challenges and plausible pathways

This paper is authored by Snehashish Mitra and Atmaja Gohain Baruah, ORF.

GDP (Shutterstock)
Published on Jan 07, 2025 02:11 PM IST

Joe Biden slaps tight Donald Trump with this 72-year-old act

Joe Biden has announced the protection of 625 million acres of offshore areas from oil and gas drilling, complicating plans for the Donald Trump 2.0.

President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday. (AP)
Published on Jan 07, 2025 09:18 AM IST

Three challenges world has to confront in 2025

Global leaders will need to address questions arising from wars, the climate crisis, and evolution of Artificial Intelligence

New Orleans, New York, and Las Vegas have once again made it amply clear that the veneer of US invincibility can be breached from within (REUTERS)
Updated on Jan 05, 2025 08:22 PM IST

Role of capital markets for raising green and transition finance

This article is authored by Ajay Tyagi and Rachana Baid, ORF.

Green finance(Pixabay)
Published on Jan 05, 2025 09:01 AM IST

Literally melting? There are climate emojis, or climojis, for that

Searches for “flood”, “storm”, “pollution” throw up nothing in the existing Unicode emoji library. An independent project is helping plug that gap.

Climojis for
Updated on Jan 03, 2025 08:17 PM IST
BySukanya Datta

The battle to beat the heat

UN chief Guterres warns of a climate crisis as 2024 becomes the hottest year on record, urging urgent action and accountability from developed nations.

Shimla: Flames billow out after a fire broke out in a forest near residential area, in Shimla, on Sunday night, May 26, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)
Updated on Jan 02, 2025 10:24 PM IST
ByHT Editorial
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