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2023 was adjudged hottest year, January 2024 was ‘hottest’

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2023 was adjudged hottest year, January 2024 was ‘hottest’

Visakhapatnam: Year 2023 has been adjudged the hottest year ever since the time record-keeping began, notes a report by...

8 March 2024 10:49 PM IST

The figure doesnt include the indirect costs of burning oil, coal and gas, such as the harm fossil fuel emissions do to the environment and human health. (AFP Photo)

DC Edit | Rich nations must pay for decarbonisation

World has acknowledged that a climate deal should involve transitioning away from fossil fuels

15 Dec 2023 8:29 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the opening of high-level segment for Heads of States at the COP28 on Friday. (Image: DC)

PM Pitches India to Host COP33 in 2028

New Delhi: At the opening session of the World Climate Action Summit (COP28) in Dubai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on...

1 Dec 2023 7:40 PM IST

Suman Sahai | In India, has the environment now been destroyed beyond recovery?

Suman Sahai | In India, has the environment now been destroyed beyond...

With dramatic changes in the climate overtaking our world, the ferocious pollution in Delhi, the most polluted city in...

20 Nov 2023 12:05 AM IST

US Southwest swelters under dangerous heat wave, with new records on track

US Southwest swelters under dangerous heat wave, with new records on...

A dangerous heat wave threatened a wide swath of the Southwest with potentially deadly temperatures in the triple digits...

16 July 2023 9:41 AM IST

DC Edit | In next 5 yrs, India to face big challenge as heat rises

DC Edit | In next 5 yrs, India to face big challenge as heat rises

Even more dire warnings may be in store for humanity as the world has been progressively losing control over global...

19 May 2023 12:10 AM IST

Himalayan rivers like Indus, Ganges will see flows reduced as glaciers recede: UN

Himalayan rivers like Indus, Ganges will see flows reduced as glaciers...

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges and...

23 March 2023 8:46 AM IST

If those who are relatively immune to the direct impact of climate change are fortunate, those who are able to enjoy the cold weather during these months designated as winter are luckier. (Representational Image)

DC Edit | How warming has changed winters

As you talk to friends in different parts of the world, or even across India, or check their social media photographs,...

3 Dec 2022 12:15 AM IST

Activists from the group Just Stop Oil block a road in London, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 demanding to stop future gas and oil projects from going ahead. British climate activists who have blocked roads and splattered artworks with soup said Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, that they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major highway around London. (Photo: AFP)

Historic compensation fund approved at UN climate talks

Pakistan, Bangladesh to benefit among other poor countries at risk of being submerged

20 Nov 2022 9:29 AM IST

The decline in emissions of dangerous PM10 and PM2.5 particles across Delhi ranged from 20 to 50 per cent, indicating that the air quality was better than in previous years, the DPCC said in a statement.

Cities globally warming nearly 30 per cent faster than rural areas:...

BEIJING: Cities worldwide are warming by 0.5 degrees Celsius on average per decade, 29 per cent faster than in rural...

3 Oct 2022 3:23 PM IST

Even a modest temperature increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius will spell serious consequences in India, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Brazil and Egypt (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Warming may lead to more frequent, longer-lasting droughts in India:...

For India, nearly 50 per cent of the population is projected to be exposed to a severe drought lasting 1 year or longer...

28 Sept 2022 12:46 PM IST

An artist paints a mural based on Covid-19 coronavirus safety protocols on the walls of an underpass during an ongoing weekend curfew imposed in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Do our recent health crises offer teachable...

It is a global warning. The cosy thought that “it-can’t-happen-here” is past its expiry date. It can,...

30 July 2022 12:22 AM IST