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Infants, older adults in India exposed to more heatwave days in last decade, Lancet report reveals
Estimating economic impacts of heat in India, the report found that...
India updates biodiversity action plan, to conserve 30pc areas by 2030
Reducing threats includes eight targets focused on major...
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...
Environment ministry notifies guidelines on EPR for plastic packaging
Environmental compensation shall be levied based upon polluter pays principle, with respect to non-fulfilment of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) targets by producers, importers and brand owners, for the purpose of protecting and improving the quality of the...
French insurer CNP to stop financing new oil and gas projects
The company said it was acting in response to scientific reports, including one by the International Energy Agency, which said new projects weren't needed if the world wanted to limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial norms Paris: France's CNP...
U.S. banks urge regulators to be flexible on climate-risk rules
The sweeping proposal applies to lenders with over $100 billion in assets. It touches on everything from board room governance, liquidity, credit and operational risk management, to the way banks project hypothetical future losses on their books and their ability to...
Climate actions need adequate financing, says PM Modi, asks developed countries to fulfil financial commitments
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, re-design and re-manufacture have been part of India's cultural ethos, said PM Modi, adding, India will continue to act for climate-resilient policies and practices as we have always done New Delhi: Noting...