Climate Impact

A new report found that climate change fuelled extreme weather in 2025, worsening heatwaves, droughts, storms, and wildfires, and pushing millions close to the ‘limits of adaptation’. The annual report by World Weather Attribution said global warming made 2025 one of the warmest years on record.

This year, recent cyclones in Asia like Ditwah and Senyar, which claimed more than 1,600 lives, became more intense due to human-induced climate change. This was the central finding of an analysis by the World Weather Attribution.

Oil palm is hard to miss in Malaysia. Its plantations are visible along the highway between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Kuala Lumpur itself. A few days later, when CarbonCopy travelled to the eastern province of Sabah in Borneo, oil palm was omnipresent there as well. Flying over Sabah’s forested interior, we saw large geometric patches, each a much lighter shade of

The recent storms in South and South East Asia have triggered deadliest floods and extreme monsoon season. The rise in temperature because of the rise in greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels has been attributed to be the major cause of it. More than 1,000 people were killed as a result of different storms during the extreme monsoon

A new report revealed that the Paris Agreement has spurred new approaches to climate governance and policy in countries. The report titled “A Decade of National Climate Action: Stocktake and the Road Ahead” from Deep Decarbonization Pathways (DDP) Initiative, an international consortium of researchers working towards decarbonisation

A new report called for multilateral solutions ahead of COP30 as climate change risks a fifth of migratory species to extinction which serves as an essential link in the ecosystem that sustains human life. The report was released by Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) based on the findings of a workshop on how climate change is affecting migratory species around the world.

After wreaking havoc in the Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, extreme rainfall led to flooding in north Bengal. The resultant landslides affected the districts of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri badly, claiming up to 24 lives, according to The Hindu.

A new study showed that wildland fires in the Arctic region are delaying snow cover formation, which is accelerating regional warming and is shortening the snow season. The research paper, titled “Delayed formation of Arctic snow cover in response to wildland fires in a warming climate” by Nature, said that these wildland fires have delayed more than five days in the formation of snow cover.

The high carbon footprint of the fashion industry, especially fast fashion brands, is well known. But there is an opportunity to change that, if the industry decides to act on it. Its best decarbonisation process would be by going for clean heat — using renewable energy during manufacturing.

The harms of burning fossil fuels have been known for decades, but the precise impact on human health was not explored thoroughly. A new report by Global Climate and Health Alliance reveals a global overview of the health consequences associated with fossil fuel use at every stage of their lifecycle, from extraction to waste, and across the human lifespan, from pregnancy and pre-birth to old age.

In the mist-clad valleys of the Himalayas, where villages cling to fragile slopes and rivers roar with monsoon fury, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is grappling with one of its greatest challenges: predicting the unpredictable. Each year between June and September, unusual bursts of

Host stadiums across the US, Mexico and Canada are facing dangerous heat, escalating drought, and intensifying storms ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A report titled “Pitches in Perils” by Football for Future, a non-profit organisation for football sustainability, said players’ health is increasingly at risk and grassroots pitches are even more at risk.

A new study revealed that tropical deforestation is inducing local warming and a potential human health risk, having been linked to elevated human heat stress and reduced safe outdoor working hours. This research by Nature found that tropical deforestation is linked with an estimated 28,000 heat-related deaths per year.

In the Indian Himalayas, there were two deadly extreme weather events that led to deaths of dozens in two different states — Uttarakhand, and Kashmir. Both events were cloudbursts. In Uttarakhand’s Dharali, sudden and intense rainfall unleashed flash floods, leading to the damage of homes and other buildings. Thanks to early warnings, the number of casualties were less — five, according to official count.

A new study revealed that parked cars play a much larger role in intensifying the urban heat island (UHI) effect, the phenomenon describing warmer temperatures in urban landscapes compared to surrounding rural areas. The report by the City and Environment Interactions showed that thermal and radiative properties of cars