Climate change tracker

A satellite image of Cyclone Ditwah that devastated Sri Lanka and flooded Tamil Nadu. (Getty Images)

How 2025 was a forgettable year when promises of climate action were betrayed

4 min read . 17 Dec 2025

People in Brazil protest against the use of fossil fuels. (AP)

Why the COP30 climate conference is coy about phasing out oil, coal and gas

4 min read . 19 Nov 2025

People fleeing the flooded waters of the Beas river in Kapurthala district in Punjab. (AFP)

Most people want strong climate action, so why are governments ignoring them?

4 min read . 10 Sept 2025

Human beings are a part of nature and we forget this only at our own peril. (Getty Images)

Why humanity’s disconnection from nature is accelerating the climate crisis

4 min read . 14 Aug 2025

Children born in 2025 will experience a world of climate breakdown and extreme weather. (AFP)

How climate change is making the world extremely unsafe for our children

4 min read . 09 Jul 2025

A snowless Shimla and high Himalayan ranges in December 2024. (PTI)

When winter melts into summer: Climate change redefines seasons across India

4 min read . 26 Mar 2025

Activists at the COP29 global climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Reuters)

Why 2025 is a do-or-die year in the fight against climate change

5 min read . 29 Jan 2025

To become a Type 1 space civilisation, human beings must first embrace renewable energy. (Istockphoto)

In order to conquer space, human beings must first beat climate change

4 min read . 27 Nov 2024

The Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan will host the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference. (Reuters)

Will the COP29 climate summit break the cycle of broken promises?

5 min read . 30 Oct 2024

Tourists at Khardung La in Ladakh. (Istockphoto)

How Ladakh is facing the double threat of climate change and overtourism

5 min read . 25 Sept 2024

People walk through flooded streets after heavy rains in Vijaywada. (AFP)

We are living in a different climate reality, and it's showing

5 min read . 04 Sept 2024

Where is everybody? (Istockphoto)

What the search for alien life can tell us about exhausting Earth's resources

4 min read . 31 Jul 2024

For two months, large parts of India has seen extreme heatwaves for a record number of days. (AFP)

Heatwaves are a sneak peak into a future of climate breakdown

4 min read . 26 Jun 2024

Peripheral clouds of Cyclone Remal before landfall at Bakkhali in West Bengal. (Chirasree Chakraborty)

Heatwaves and cyclones: India's tryst with climate change

4 min read . 31 May 2024

Once considered stable, Antarctica's glaciers and sea ice is melting. (Getty Images)

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe

5 min read . 12 Apr 2024

The world is heating up faster than ever before. (Istockphoto)

The accelerating chaos of the climate crisis

4 min read . 22 Mar 2024

Extreme rains caused the Yamuna to overflow its banks and enter the Taj Mahal compound. (AFP)

Iconic climate scientist James Hansen says that global heating is accelerating

2 min read . 21 Jul 2023

Deficit monsoon rainfall has added to extreme heat and humidity. (PTI)

El Niño and what it means for rising global temperatures

2 min read . 07 Jul 2023

Women gather under a tree in Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh. (Reuters)

How Climate Change turned the Uttar Pradesh heatwave deadly

2 min read . 23 Jun 2023

The IPCC synthesis report on the climate crisis is the scientific guide the world needs. (Istockphoto)

How to defuse the climate change time bomb

7 min read . 24 Mar 2023