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Even as India reels from a growing frequency of heatwaves, floods, cyclones and air pollution emergencies, the Union Budget 2026 has offered only a modest boost to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), raising questions about whether climate action is receiving the urgency it demands. The environment ministry has been allocated Rs…
By the time 2025 came to an end, the signs of a warming planet were unmistakable, and the year’s final assessment simply confirmed what had long been evident. The year ranked among the three hottest ever recordedcontinuing a trend that has seen temperature records broken with increasing frequency. In simple words, what made 2025 stand…
Two weeks of frenzied negotiations over the planet’s faltering fight against climate change had come down to this: a pre-dawn battle over shifting away from fossil fuels. The European Union, the UK and other nations had drawn a red line on the second-to-last day of COP30 in Brazil, insisting they would walk away rather than…
Author Amitav Ghosh, who is in the forefront of raising awareness about environmental damage and climate change, termed the California wildfires and particularly the Los Angeles inferno as “completely predictable”. He also pointed at the poorly understood idea of safety amid the climate crisis as “wealth and affluence” alone cannot save people. In an interview…
The Hague, Netherlands: As marathon climate change hearings wrapped up Friday at the world’s top court, a representative for vulnerable nations voiced “huge disappointment” at the attitude of top polluters and urged judges to make them legally accountable for historic emissions. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has played host to history over the past…
2024 is officially on track to be the hottest year in history, surpassing even last year’s record-breaking temperatures. Data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows that global temperatures from January to November have already risen 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, marking a concerning milestone. This is the first time temperatures have crossed this…
Paris, France: With the UN climate summit to start in Azerbaijan in a week, here is a recap of 10 key dates in the battle against global warming. 1988: key UN body created Alerted by scientists to signs that the Earth’s surface is warming, the United Nations in 1988 establishes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
These findings have prompted concerns among scientists about the potential for societal collapse. The world’s top climate experts have warned that humanity’s future hangs in the balance as Earth’s vital signs have reached alarming record extremes. A 2023 report assessed 35 key indicators, with 25 showing worsening trends, including carbon dioxide levels and population growth,…
The ruling confirmed that climate change is a matter of fundamental rights, said Youn Se-jong, a lawyer. Seoul: South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that much of the country’s climate goals were unconstitutional, handing a landmark victory to young environmental activists, who wept for joy on the court steps. The first such case in Asia,…
In a tragic reminder of the growing impact of climate change, the landslides that devastated Kerala’s Wayanad district on July 30, 2024, were exacerbated by human-induced climate change, according to a recent study by the World Weather Attribution group. The landslides, which claimed the lives of over 200 peoplewere triggered by intense rainfall that was…