Rishika Pardikar
@rishpardikar.bsky.social
Environment and climate reporter covering science, law & policy | Drilled, Article-14, AGU's Eos, African Arguments, The Hindu, The Continent
📍Bengaluru, India
📍Bengaluru, India
Key messages from the Berkeley Earth report berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Key messages from the Berkeley Earth report berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...
Over three decades since the UNFCCC and the largest emitter by far continues to expand oil and gas production. If anything, the UNFCCC worked despite the US. And because other countries wanted it. Many international agreements exist despite the US wrecking their intent over decades
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Over three decades since the UNFCCC and the largest emitter by far continues to expand oil and gas production. If anything, the UNFCCC worked despite the US. And because other countries wanted it. Many international agreements exist despite the US wrecking their intent over decades
The Ganga river at Assi Ghat. Varanasi, India
December 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The Ganga river at Assi Ghat. Varanasi, India
This is the reality we face. It is not physically possible to limit warming to 1.5°C. The required levels of emission cuts are impossibly steep
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is the reality we face. It is not physically possible to limit warming to 1.5°C. The required levels of emission cuts are impossibly steep
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
drilled.media/news/cop30-g...
This sentence makes it seem like the 30 year timeframe is the constraint. It is not. The constraint is the carbon budget. The carbon budget left for 1.5°C is less than five years of current annual emissions
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
December 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This sentence makes it seem like the 30 year timeframe is the constraint. It is not. The constraint is the carbon budget. The carbon budget left for 1.5°C is less than five years of current annual emissions
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It has been a year of a lot of travelling and learning. This from the latest (and first-ever) trip to Bangladesh. Finally catching up on the 2 year-old aim to understand India's neighbourhood better. I also spoke to some members of the Tibetan community for a report for the first time this year
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It has been a year of a lot of travelling and learning. This from the latest (and first-ever) trip to Bangladesh. Finally catching up on the 2 year-old aim to understand India's neighbourhood better. I also spoke to some members of the Tibetan community for a report for the first time this year
Cox's Bazar is a tuk-tuk town.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Cox's Bazar is a tuk-tuk town.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
I could screenshot many more parts of this interview which I'd like highlighted. But I'd rather recommend a subscription. It's a good magazine
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I could screenshot many more parts of this interview which I'd like highlighted. But I'd rather recommend a subscription. It's a good magazine
Interview with an Indian economist about why climate negotiations on finance continue to stall, low-productivity coal and clean energy manufacturing in India, unsustainable consumption and the Brundtland Commission and a lot more.
frontline.thehindu.com/environment/...
frontline.thehindu.com/environment/...
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Interview with an Indian economist about why climate negotiations on finance continue to stall, low-productivity coal and clean energy manufacturing in India, unsustainable consumption and the Brundtland Commission and a lot more.
frontline.thehindu.com/environment/...
frontline.thehindu.com/environment/...
Context: this claim in the recent CarbonBrief report is wrong. And I await TWN summary on these issues
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Context: this claim in the recent CarbonBrief report is wrong. And I await TWN summary on these issues
Now that COP is over, rich countries can go back to not pretending. Until next COP when both them and their pet journalists can celebrate their climate leadership
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Now that COP is over, rich countries can go back to not pretending. Until next COP when both them and their pet journalists can celebrate their climate leadership
Summary by Earth Negotiations Bulletin #COP30. This section captures the crux enb.iisd.org/belem-un-cli...
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Summary by Earth Negotiations Bulletin #COP30. This section captures the crux enb.iisd.org/belem-un-cli...
4. I have my reservations about this paragraph. How many African negotiators did the journalist speak to and how many of them said they supported the roadmap outright?
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
4. I have my reservations about this paragraph. How many African negotiators did the journalist speak to and how many of them said they supported the roadmap outright?
Unintended impacts that are also unpredictable and unintuitive. Had covered such issues a while ago eos.org/articles/clo...
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Unintended impacts that are also unpredictable and unintuitive. Had covered such issues a while ago eos.org/articles/clo...
Correct framing here in @amywestervelt.bsky.social's newsletter drilled.ghost.io/there-can-be...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Correct framing here in @amywestervelt.bsky.social's newsletter drilled.ghost.io/there-can-be...
This is a good example to understand what gets classified (often wrongly, in my view) as obstruction by some developing countries. Seeking equitable climate action and opposing phaseouts that are not supported and funded is seen and portrayed in media as inherently bad cssn.org/wp-content/u...
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is a good example to understand what gets classified (often wrongly, in my view) as obstruction by some developing countries. Seeking equitable climate action and opposing phaseouts that are not supported and funded is seen and portrayed in media as inherently bad cssn.org/wp-content/u...
The EU won 'Fossil of the Day' award at COP30 for a "committed and impressively diverse portfolio of obstruction and avoidance". Context for people wondering why some developing countries have concerns about fossil fuel phaseout. It is because of lack of support
climatenetwork.org/resource/sol...
climatenetwork.org/resource/sol...
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The EU won 'Fossil of the Day' award at COP30 for a "committed and impressively diverse portfolio of obstruction and avoidance". Context for people wondering why some developing countries have concerns about fossil fuel phaseout. It is because of lack of support
climatenetwork.org/resource/sol...
climatenetwork.org/resource/sol...
An earlier paper showing how IPCC-assessed scenarios in AR6 project very high CDR and CCS in developing countries. This is why India raised concerns about overshoot scenarios and CDR last week at COP30
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM
An earlier paper showing how IPCC-assessed scenarios in AR6 project very high CDR and CCS in developing countries. This is why India raised concerns about overshoot scenarios and CDR last week at COP30
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
IPCC website is also down
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
IPCC website is also down
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
At COP30, developing countries raise concerns about unilateral trade measures like the EU's CBAM twn.my/title2/clima...
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
At COP30, developing countries raise concerns about unilateral trade measures like the EU's CBAM twn.my/title2/clima...
Important perspective. Why assessing 'climate ambition' based on what countries say and not what they do is problematic. By @ndubash.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Important perspective. Why assessing 'climate ambition' based on what countries say and not what they do is problematic. By @ndubash.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I have closely followed four COP negotiations. This is the first time I see the EU openly agree with the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) on an issue like Article 2.1(c) which often brings out very deep divides
enb.iisd.org/belem-un-cli...
enb.iisd.org/belem-un-cli...
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I have closely followed four COP negotiations. This is the first time I see the EU openly agree with the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDCs) on an issue like Article 2.1(c) which often brings out very deep divides
enb.iisd.org/belem-un-cli...
enb.iisd.org/belem-un-cli...