The United States of America is set to formally re-enter the Paris Agreement this week. On assuming the presidency of the US, Joseph R. Biden accepted the Paris Agreement and every article and clause ...
Strides on the path of survival come with additional responsibility. India, reportedly the only country among the G20 nations to be on track towards fulfilling the climate change mitigation commitment...
Sir — Law-abiding citizens of the country are unable to understand how a governor, the holder of a constitutional post, can question a chief minister’s administrative decisions by accusing...
If we want to stay within 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, there are just about three decades left for ‘Energy Transition 4.0’ to culminate in ‘net zero’ emissions. Trans...
Last month was the world’s hottest September on record, with unusually high temperatures recorded off Siberia, in West Asia, and in parts of South America and Australia, the European Union&...
The U.S. research vessel Sikuliaq can break through ice as thick as 2.5 feet (0.76 meters). In the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska this month, which should be brimming with floes, its limits likely wo...
Paradise has been lost in California, not to the biblical flood but to fire. The town of Paradise, home to around 27,000 people, lies charred after being singed by a devastating wildfire, reportedly t...
Sir — A new study claims that the ecosystems of the world’s tropical oceans are headed for a collapse in the next 10 years. This comes on the back of one the most consistent bouts of global warmin...
Global warming is a concern worldwide, and the negative environmental effects of buildings — through energy consumption, carbon emission, raw material use and waste — are well-known. A growing wor...