Money to compensate developing nations for climate change promises to be hot topic at COP28
Sunil Kumar watched helplessly in July as his home and 14 others were washed away by intense monsoon rains lashing the Indian Himalayas.
Himalayas
Monstrous sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap ‘now inevitable’
The loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27 centimetres regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists say.
Climate Migration: Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee their riverside home
When the Meghna River swallowed Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum’s tin-roofed family home overnight in southern Bangladesh just over a year ago they had no choice but to leave their ancestral village.
How will Earth handle the global glacial meltdown?
Mountain glacier melt contributes more than a quarter of extra volume to the world’s oceans, disrupting ancient cycles of creation.
India-China conflict is bad for the planet
A battle with China would be devastating for India, and potentially the whole world given that these are both nuclear-armed powers. But even if full-scale war is avoided, the conflict could have grim consequences for the rest of the planet.