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Members of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis gather for a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Climate battles are having their day in court

As lawsuits for climate go up, lawyers are getting creative using new legal arguments to challenge companies and...

3 July 2020 9:33 AM IST

The Bobcat Fire burns on a hillside on September 15, 2020 in Monrovia, California. Californias national forests remain closed due to wildfires which have already incinerated a record 2.5 million acres this year. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to over 40,000 acres. (AFP)

Satellite data shows smoke from US fires has reached as far as Europe

Estimates show that the blazes have spewed out more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide since mid-August this year

16 Sept 2020 3:49 PM IST

Dalai Lama (PTI file photo)

COP26: Climate change must be addressed on cooperative global level,...

The Dalai Lama said he was encouraged to see that the younger generations were demanding concrete action on climate...

31 Oct 2021 10:32 AM IST

Though 50 countries have promised net zero emissions by 2050, the experts feel that the roadmap is vague. Representational Image. (AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India set to score brownie points at...

In Paris, there was a commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030

29 Oct 2021 3:03 AM IST

Queen Elizabeth II greets Bill Gates at the reception for the Global Investment Summit in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Tuesday, Oct. 19.

Kishwar Desai | Queen caustic; many take an 'Earthshot' to 'fix' the...

The Queen had a reception for the rich patrons who are going to pour money for fighting climate change

25 Oct 2021 1:47 AM IST

The absence of a central authority to define rules for sharing a depletable, common resource is the central problem behind global warming.Representational Image. (AP)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Glasgow COP looming: Feel earth move under your...

At the current rate of around thirty-four billion tons of CO2 emissions per year, we could exhaust our carbon budget in...

25 Oct 2021 1:10 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the World Leaders Summit Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment session at the COP26 Climate Conference. (AFP)

Padma Rao Sundarji | A cop-out for the world, but a triumph for India

India's unassailable position as a world leader in climate negotiations was reaffirmed by PM Narendra Modi in a simple...

16 Nov 2021 11:33 AM IST

A girl holds a draw reading Save Our World as demonstrators take part in the Fridays for Future Scotland march, during the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Is there hope for planet, or will prophets of doom...

As with Covid, humanity is in this together

6 Nov 2021 2:43 AM IST

One of the implications of climate change that has not received much attention is its impact on civilisations. Representational Image. (ANI)

K.C. Singh | Can India change, make its policies climate-friendly?

But the United States, the European Union and China renounced the overseas funding of coal-related projects

3 Nov 2021 12:39 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 1, 2021. (AP /Alastair Grant, Pool)

PM lists India's five key climate targets; pledges 'Net Zero'...

A country reaches its net zero target when the amount of greenhouse gases it adds is no more than the amount taken away...

2 Nov 2021 7:12 AM IST

Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg. (AFP)

Greta Thunberg's generation most likely to believe climate change is a...

70% of people under 18 believe climate change is a global emergency versus 58% of those over 60

27 Jan 2021 8:52 PM IST

While global temperatures are already up by 1ÂºC, the temperature rise in India indicates increasing heat waves. (Representational Image/AFP)

Meteorologists forecast heat waves for ensuing summer

India had been the 7th most affected by climate change globally in 2019, reveals the Global Climate Risk Index 2021...

26 Jan 2021 4:08 AM IST