Australian state declares emergency amidst record heat wave, raging wildfires
The Australian state of Victoria shattered its own monthly heat records this month after it…
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The COP of bracketed failures
Two weeks of negotiations at the COP25 UN climate summit finally wrapped up in Madrid…
Warsaw International Mechanism: Lost and Damaged?
This year, like the past so many, has been defined by unprecedented weather extremes and…
2019 concludes decade of extreme heat, weather events: WMO
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) declared that the year 2019 concludes a decade of significantly…
Loose ends persist with COP 25 high-level segment set to kick off
Environment ministers and government delegates from around the world have descended on Madrid as the…
COP25: Week 1 ends with little progress, on us now on ministers to deliver on sticking issues
The COP 25 in Madrid opened on December 2 with a clear mandate of resolving…
No celebrations, the silver jubilee COP is all about urgency and anxiety
It’s that time of the year again- the two weeks when climate dominates headlines. The…
Expanding Indo-Pacific warm pool changing global rainfall patterns: Study
In the longstanding effort to understand how global climatic weather patterns have been changing in…
Atmospheric CO2 concentration rose again in 2018, no slowdown in sight: WMO
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) this week reported that CO2 levels in the atmosphere breached…
India’s tribals fight for their lands; govt withdraws proposed amendment to forest act
Forest land in India is also in danger of being lost to development. But forest…