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Govt to spend Rs10,900 crore to enhance electric vehicle mobility
The primary objective of the PM E-DRIVE scheme is to expedite the...
Govt clears ‘Mission Mausam’ with an outlay of Rs2,000 cr for transformative initiatives on climate-related science
The mission's focus will include improving observations and...
Rash-causing moth spreading due to warming, scientists find
The growth and spread of the moth is tied to increasingly warm weather, especially in the fall, the scientists wrote recently in the journal Environmental Entomology. And, unfortunately, climate trends suggest upcoming years could be even worse A forest pest that...
As climate change wreaks havoc globally, IPCC report flags ways to adapt
"The growth in climate impacts is far outpacing our efforts to adapt to them," UNEP chief Inger Andersen warned this month. She urged nations, cities, businesses and individuals to turn adaptation efforts "into a sprint". BARCELONA: From Madagascar, where hunger is...
Rising incomes more harmful to environment than population growth
The Global Population Growth and Sustainable Development report, launched on Wednesday, is the latest in a series on major demographic trends The number of people on the planet more than tripled since 1950 and could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century,...
IRFC raises $ 500 million foreign currency Climate Bond
The funds raised will help Indian Railways to meet its target of carbon neutrality and the wider target set by the government to meet the emission and carbon norms set in COP26. This Transaction makes IRFC the first Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) to list its...
Wildfires projected to rise 50% in this century due to climate crisis and changes in land use: UN Report
“Wildfires are made worse by climate change through increased drought, high air temperatures, low relative humidity, lightning, and strong winds resulting in hotter, drier, and longer fire seasons,” UNEP said UN: Wildfires are projected to rise by 50 per cent by the...
Airbus and engine maker CFM to test hydrogen plane propulsion
Airbus has said it will produce a small "ZEROe" passenger aircraft powered by hydrogen to enter service in 2035. It told the European Union a year ago that most airliners will rely on traditional jet engines until at least 2050, according to a briefing made public...
EU draft law would require firms to check suppliers for human rights, environmental ethics
EU firms will have to make sure that their suppliers are not using forced labour, child labour, of inadequate workplace health and safety, exploitation of workers, or environmental offences like greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, or biodiversity loss and ecosystem...
China’s answer to rising sea levels, food insecurity: ‘seawater rice’
Climate change has made the task more urgent. China’s coastal waters have risen faster than the global average over the last 40 years, a worrying trend given the country’s deep reliance on its long and low eastern coast for grain production. Successfully growing...
Frequency of extreme events may increase all over India due to enhanced warming: Jitendra Singh
“Frequency of extreme precipitation events may increase all over India, and more prominently so over the central and southern parts in the near future as a response to enhanced warming,” Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh had said in a written reply in the Lok...
IndiGo takes delivery of first Airbus plane operating on sustainable fuel
In a statement, Ronojoy Dutta, Chief Executive Officer, IndiGo said, We are pleased to take delivery of this Airbus aircraft which will run on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), as part of our journey towards sustainable aviation" IndiGo had in July 2021 said it aims to...