Climate Change

Book
Book Review

How Humans Ravaged the Earth—And Themselves Too

Sunil Amrith's "The Burning Earth" is 'history as literature and history as social science, and occasionally, history as natural history as well. It blends and brings together…
▶24-Feb-2025
Ramachandra Guha

What the Donald Trump Presidency Implies for Climate Change

Trump’s promised actions to reverse many US policies to combat climate change – some of which he has already carried out – will not only cause damage to the US and its people but will also weaken…
▶25-Jan-2025
Nagraj Adve

Summer is Around the Corner. Is India Ready for the Heat?

Heatwaves have become a regular phenomenon in the summer. Policymaking needs to step up to mitigate the effects of extreme heat on vulnerable sections of the population.
▶13-Jan-2025
Naresh Singh, Priti Agarwal, Geeta Sinha

Mexico's New Scientist President May Not Be Able to Save the Country

Mexico’s new President, Claudia Sheinbaum, an energy engineer and climate scientist, faces huge challenges. Yet, she has so far largely stuck to her predecessor Lopez Obrador’s politicised policies.…
▶02-Dec-2024
Joy Langston

Towards Operationalising a New Climate Right for India

The Ranjitsinh ruling of the Supreme Court is potentially far-reaching but its limited view of action on climate change risks causing an inadequate framing of policy. It is legislation that is built…
▶19-Sep-2024
Navroz K Dubash, Shibani Ghosh
Explainer

Making Sense of Climate Models

Predictions of climate have become an important element of global and national policies. Climate models warn us about the dangers ahead and the urgency of public action. How do scientists build these…
▶07-Sep-2024
Ganga Prasath

Decline in India’s Wheat Production: Is Heat Stress in Evidence?

Decline in wheat production over the past two seasons because of rising temperatures has reduced domestic availability.
▶01-Jul-2024
Biswajit Dhar

Every Breath You Take

Ranging from stubble-burning to real estate development and infrastructure creation, India and Pakistan have similar climate change dilemmas. Talking to each other could help.
▶09-Apr-2024
Kamal Siddiqi, Aditi Phadnis Mehta
Book
Book Review

We Need to Talk About Climatism

A single-point focus on global temperatures as a proxy of human welfare in the face of climate change has structured the latter's science and politics. This is a problem.
▶27-Mar-2024
Anshu Ogra

Climate Change, Agro Ecology, and Nutritional Security: Food for Serious Thought

The agricultural practices of the Solegas, a forest-dwelling tribe in southern Karnataka, offer lessons on how diverse crops and techniques combat climate risks. By embracing diversity, traditional…
▶02-Mar-2024
Shreelata Rao Seshadri, Sheetal Patil, Dhanya Bhaskar