December 2025

India’s water shortage is a significant concern as global warming approaches a 1.5-degree threshold. Increased temperatures and monsoon pattern changes brought on by climate change make water scarcity worse, endangering the stability of agriculture and necessities. Urgent action is necessary because unsustainable practices and growing urbanisation deplete water sources. India has to accept the harsh […]

After much speculation of a weak early onset, Southwest Monsoon 2022 finally arrived over its first post, Kerala on May 29. Normal onset date of four-month long season over Indian mainland is June 1, with an error margin of +/- 4 days.  Pre-Monsoon season looked promising, with rains peaking during the second half of May […]

The impacts of global warming are now at our doorstep. This section covers stories of communities and regions that are battling extreme events, climate-induced displacement and migration, and coming up with innovative ways to adapt to their changing environment.

The loss and damage fund is a global financial package designed for the countries facing the cascading effects of climate change. The fund aims to ensure the rescue and rehabilitation of such countries. The loss and damage fund was first announced at the COP (Conference of Parties) 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, last year. However, […]

The twenty eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP  28) this year opened with a discussion on the Loss and Damage (L&D) Fund. A global financial package aimed at ensuring the rescue and rehabilitation of countries reeling under the disastrous consequences of climate change, […]

A new research paper by Nature, ‘Quantifying the human cost of global warming’ suggested that current climate policies will expose more than a fifth of humanity to dangerously hot temperatures by 2100. The study was conducted by researchers at the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, associated with the Earth Commission, and Nanjing University. Population […]

Not all climate change impacts are rapid. This section examines the effects that emerge gradually over time, such as desertification, rising sea levels, coastal erosion, and droughts, which are just as devastating as the immediate effects, if not more.

The wait for Southwest Monsoon 2023 will be a little longer for India, with a cyclonic storm Biparjoy developing in the Arabian Sea. The weather system is presently sustaining the strength of a very severe cyclone. According to meteorologists, atmospheric conditions and cloud mass are indicating that the system is likely to sustain the strength […]

Adaptation is an essential line of defence in the climate battle. This section covers stories related to policies and plans that aim to reduce the vulnerabilities of both urban and rural populations to the changing climate

June 16, 2013 could be counted as the blackest day in the history of Uttarakhand, when the swollen Himalayan rivers ravaged thousands of lives, human settlements, livestock and agricultural land down the stream. The tourism and hospitality sector, which contributes a major chunk to Uttarakhand’s GDP, collapsed completely. A decade has passed since the tragedy, […]

“Significant areas of glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region are retreating at an alarming rate,” according to a study recently published by the Observer Research foundation. The report Retreating Glaciers and Water Flows in the Himalayas: Implications for Governance,  authored by Anjal Prakash, research director at the Bharti Institute for Public Policy, Indian […]

Ever heard of the boiling frog? A chilling myth used to illustrate how creatures (including humans) tend to ignore slowly worsening dangers until it’s too late.  It describes a frog failing to perceive the danger of slowly heated water as it boils to death, unlike the frog thrown in boiled water that jumps right out. […]

July 3, 2023 was declared as the hottest day globally ever recorded, according to climate scientists, based on data from the US government’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction. The average worldwide temperature on Monday was recorded at 17.01°C, surpassing the all-time high record of 16.92°C, which was reported in August 2016. According to latest analysis, […]

“Safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections by 2024 to all households in rural India” – this is the ambitious mission statement of the current Indian government’s flagship water management programme, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). The scheme is a continuation of the previous government’s National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). With hotly […]