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IPCC to deliver ‘synthesis’ report only by end of 2029

An abandoned canoe lies on the cracked ground at the Sau reservoir, which is only at 5 percent of its capacity, in Vilanova de Sau, about 100 km north of Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP)
Updated on Feb 09, 2024 05:44 am IST

Concerned over bid to rush IPCC report: India

IPCC chair Jim Skea. (AFP)
Updated on Jan 29, 2024 07:48 am IST

Funding the climate burden

Activists hold placards and shout slogans during a protest, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday. (REUTERS)
Published on Dec 08, 2023 10:16 pm IST

Amid soaring global heat, hopes that G20 will recognise crisis

The expectation from the Delhi leaders’ summit is that its communique will have language on global peaking of emissions by 2025.
Updated on Sept 09, 2023 10:40 am IST

Sea surface temp soars to highest in recorded history

Forecasts from Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) also show that the south Bay of Bengal and south Arabian Sea are expected to temperatures of a record 30-plus degrees C SST this week. (AP)
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 05:25 am IST

Explaining India’s shift from 13th hottest February to 5th coolest April so far

A mother shields her child and herself from heat as temperature rises in Mumbai. (Praful Gangurde/ HT Photo)
Published on Apr 12, 2023 10:19 am IST

India can lead the world in carbon sequestration

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Only an urgent system-wide transformation to decarbonise global energy production and transport sectors would put us on such a track, and this transformation must occur within the next seven years. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 08:48 pm IST

Climate and Us | India should expect, and prepare for, unexpected weather

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Such warming led to increased concerns that the wheat crop quality and yield will be impacted for the second year in a row.
Updated on Apr 03, 2023 05:07 pm IST

At COP15 summit, India warns developed nations 'one-size-fits-all' unacceptable

Delegates take souvenir photos during a snowfall outside the convention centre at the COP15 UN conference on biodiversity in Montreal, on Friday. (AP)
Updated on Dec 17, 2022 04:30 pm IST

Policies and People | Step up efforts to rescue SDGs

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To achieve SDGs, world governments must focus on urgent transformative action and evidence-based approaches on a global scale. 
Updated on Jul 15, 2022 01:08 pm IST

Policies and People | Climate misinformation: A clear and present danger

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To solve the climate crisis, we must also tackle the information crisis. 
Updated on Jun 18, 2022 12:20 am IST

Climate and Us | The global climate story is at a crossroads

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Two rapid attribution studies have concluded that the climate crisis made the unusual spring heatwave in India several times more likely. 
Updated on Jun 13, 2022 03:32 pm IST

Climate and Us | Plan for the vulnerable: India's heat emergency must be humane

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The first thing to do is study the impact of the heatwave on both mortality and morbidity. 
Published on May 17, 2022 03:23 pm IST

A fellowship between people and the planet

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We have collectively failed to bridge the here and now and a future that is also already here. 
Published on May 03, 2022 08:01 pm IST

Climate and Us | Who will compensate the Indian subcontinent for this heatwave?

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The economic impacts of the spell could be far reaching because of the impact of heat stress on agriculture, productivity and labour. That will also have to be published. 
Published on May 03, 2022 05:05 pm IST

Climate and Us | For scientists, approving the new IPCC report was no mean feat

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India objected to the use of GHG emission flows by regions from 1990, even though multiple databases go back to 1850. 
Published on Apr 11, 2022 07:07 pm IST

Climate and Us | The Parvati Valley forest fire is a sign of the times to come

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Today, IPCC will release its second report of this year and third report since last August spelling out what is a living reality for millions of people. 
Updated on Apr 04, 2022 03:45 pm IST

Climate and Us | What a reply in Parliament tells us about climate adaptation  

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India needs large scale adaptation interventions to protect its poor and vulnerable populations. 
Updated on Mar 28, 2022 04:33 pm IST

A four-point action plan to achieve national targets on climate 

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As India prepares its strategy for COP27, the adoption of such strategies will impart the much-needed coherence between India’s existing global climate commitments and domestic policy decisions. 
Published on Mar 22, 2022 07:26 pm IST

Policies and People | On climate adaptation, what India needs to do

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High temperatures would also hurt economic growth. 
Updated on Mar 19, 2022 09:46 am IST

IPCC: Report on rising temp likely to be out today

The IPCC report will highlight which ecosystems are under stress and can possibly no longer tolerate the impacts of the climate crisis. (Shutterstock/Representative image)
Updated on Feb 28, 2022 04:38 am IST

Mapping India’s climate vulnerability: A district-level assessment

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The first tranche of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report is a grim reminder of the make-or-break choices that we need to make in a 1.5°C-breaching climate.
Published on May 09, 2024 06:43 pm IST

Macron, Biden set to meet to ease tensions

Joe Biden held a phone call with the French president on Wednesday, the first time the they spoke since the submarine deal was announced last week.
Published on Sept 23, 2021 12:13 am IST

Climate change, competition, and power sector

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Along with global warming, climate change has also led to an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events, including more intense rainfall and flooding. 
Updated on May 11, 2024 03:23 pm IST

International Climate Summit 2021 on Friday, focus on clean energy transition

Boats of fishermen are seen on the shore of the Parana River during a historic downspout in Corrientes, Argentina. The river, which runs through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, is suffering its worst downspout in over half a century - a phenomenon believed to be the result of climate change.
Published on Sept 02, 2021 12:31 pm IST

India says UN report on climate change a clarion call: 10 points

The IPCC report noted that carbon dioxide has been and will continue to be the dominant cause of global warming.
Published on Aug 10, 2021 08:48 am IST

Implication for India: Glacial retreat, cyclones and intense heat

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The global water cycle will continue to intensify as global temperatures rise, with rainfall and surface water flows projected to become more variable and unpredictable within seasons.
Updated on Aug 11, 2021 07:37 am IST

Code red: UN report rings climate alarm

A man watches as wildfires approach Kochyli beach near Limni village on the island of Evia, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Athens, Greece.
Updated on Aug 10, 2021 02:26 am IST

Key report on climate crisis may issue stark warnings

People gather along a road partially washed away at Mahad on July 24, 2021, as the death toll from heavy monsoon rains climbed to 79, with nearly 100,000 others evacuated in the western state of Maharashtra. (AFP)
Updated on Aug 08, 2021 03:00 am IST

Climate change is real. There is a way for India to deal with it, smartly

Headlines this week warned that much of Mumbai and its suburbs could be under water due to climate change-related sea-level rise by 2050.
Updated on Nov 02, 2019 08:58 pm IST