ENVIRONMENT

The report of the United Nations General Assembly noted the alarming global trend of enforced disappearances targeting individuals defending land, natural resources, and the environment across various sectors in different countries around…

Amplifying that the ozone layer is slowly recovering, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Ozone Bulletin 2024 noted that Earth’s protective ozone layer is steadily healing. The ozone hole last year was smaller than in recent years,…

Monitoring the concentration of human-made atmospheric pollutants is critical for advancing science, understanding the consequences of emissions, and developing policies and mitigation measures, the WMO bulletin noted. By Salam…

The increasing frequency and intensity of such events pose a significant risk to the livelihoods of people across the globe, according to a study (Global Climate Highlights 2024) published by Copernicus Climate Change Service and ECMWF…

A recent risk analysis by the XDI (Cross Dependency Initiative) in their Global Data Centre Physical Climate Risk and Adaptation Report (July 2025), around 8,868 data centres worldwide revealed that climate risks are not a distant future…

A series of cloudbursts have devastated large parts across the HKH region in India this month, and earlier. Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim has tasted the fury of nature in earnest. By Salam Rajesh So, what’s up…

A special report on the cryosphere by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicated that changing snowfall and rainfall patterns due to climate change have made the Himalayan mountains quite vulnerable. Glacier retreat and…

As India pivots away from Chinese dependency for rare earth elements (REEs), the ecologically fragile North East becomes the new frontier. A silent battle brews between development goals and environmental survival. By Salam Rajesh…

The megaflash lightning that occurred in October 2017, during a major thunderstorm complex, extended from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, equivalent to the distance between Paris and Venice in Europe, the WMO report (postmarked 31 July,…

The GWO 2025 report concludes with a harsh note: There is an urgent need to scale up funding for wetlands aligning finance with sustainability by investing in conservation, restoration and wise use, while redirecting harmful subsidies.…