Category Climate Change

Climate Change, Feature

Making Polluters Pay: Inside the UN’s Push to Fund Climate Loss and Damage Through Global Taxes

The United Nations is considering a groundbreaking proposal that could fundamentally change how the world pays for climate damage. Under a draft framework being negotiated at the UN, fossil fuel companies and the world’s wealthiest individuals could be taxed to…

Aayushi Gour
February 7, 2026

Fact Check, Global Warming

Fact Check: Do Solar Changes and Not CO₂ Explain Modern Climate Warming?

A viral X post claims that climate change is driven primarily by the Sun and natural cycles, not human carbon dioxide emissions. The widely shared video by astrophysicist Willy Soon makes several such assertions, arguing that solar variability, data manipulation,…

Aayushi Gour
January 31, 2026

Climate Change, News

India’s Infrastructure Spending Surges as Climate Risk Strains Insurance Coverage

India has stepped up its infrastructure drive, with capital expenditure on roads, ports, energy, and urban projects now exceeding 3% of the country’s gross domestic product. But a new analysis suggests that rising climate risks from floods, cyclones, landslides and…

Vivek Saini
January 28, 2026

Climate Change, Feature

From Climate Exit to Fossil Expansion: Inside Trump’s Escalating Climate Rollback

If headlines could melt ice caps, the planet might be safer. But as 2026 unfolds, the United States under President Donald J. Trump is doing the opposite- withdrawing, dismantling, and doubling down on fossil fuels even as climate impacts intensify…

Manjori Borkotoky
January 27, 2026

Climate Change, Feature

Is Green Arabia Possible Again? Inside Saudi Arabia’s Desert Greening Plan

Saudi Arabia has long been known for its vast sand seas, but officials now envision a very different future.Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) promises to plant 10 billion trees and rehabilitate tens of millions of hectares…

Rashmitha Diwyanjalee
January 13, 2026

Climate Change, Fact Check

Breaking Down Climate Misinformation: Five Claims Explained by Real Science

A recent X post circulating widely makes several sweeping claims — from questioning the greenhouse effect itself to dismissing CO₂ as a major driver of global warming. Statements about the greenhouse effect, carbon dioxide, water vapour, or energy systems can…

Aayushi Gour
December 13, 2025
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Climate Change, News

US Government Downplays Fossil Fuels’ Role in Climate Change, Eyes Promotion Under G20 Presidency

In a move drawing sharp criticism from climate scientists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed references to fossil-fuel burning — widely accepted by experts as the main driver of modern global warming — from a prominent government web…

Feature, Global Warming

From Black Earth to Climate Gold: Can Soil—and the Amazon’s Terra Preta—Help Cool the Planet?

For centuries, the Amazon rainforest was seen mainly as a vast green carbon sink above ground. But beneath its trees, an even more remarkable climate story has been quietly stored pretae soil itself. Scattered across the basin are patches of…

Climate Change, News

Climate Concern Falls in Wealthy Nations as Worry Rises Across Turkey, Brazil and India

Public worry about climate change is shifting in unexpected ways around the world. A new international survey by non-partisan thinktank Pew Research Centre shows that concern is falling in many high-income countries, even as people in several middle-income nations report…

Vivek Saini
November 20, 2025
254 Comments

Climate Change, Feature

From Sinharaja to the Knuckles: Climate Change Pushes Sri Lanka’s Forest Ecosystems to a Breaking Point

Sri Lanka’s lush forests – from the misty Knuckles mountains to the ancient Sinharaja rainforest – are coming under new pressure as climate change shifts the island’s weather. Altered monsoon patterns, more frequent droughts and heatwaves are stressing trees and…