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Soil degradation on 30 pc of India’s land poses threat to agriculture: Union Agri minister
"We are producing more than 330 million foodgrains annually and...
“Judiciary has crucial role in upholding environmental laws” NGT chairperson
Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Chairperson, National Green Tribunal...
Many places in central, western India may record `aove normal maximum temperatures: IMD
For the plains, a "heat wave" is declared when the maximum temperature is more than 40 degrees Celsius, and at least 4.5 notches above normal. Maximum temperatures are likely to remain above normal in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, major parts of...
UN climate report urges world to adapt now, or suffer later
While governments need to drastically curb their emissions to prevent runaway global warming, they can also work to limit suffering by adapting to the conditions of a warmer world, the report says. That will take a lot of money - to finance new technologies and...
Sydney told to brace for heavy rains, floods in ‘one-in-a-one thousand’ year event
Brisbane, Australia's third largest city, received around 80% of its annual rainfall over the last three days, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Tuesday. New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet described the wild weather as a "one-in-a-one thousand...
‘Delay means death’ – UN climate report urges immediate, drastic action
On nearly all counts, the report makes clear that climate change is impacting the world far faster than scientists had anticipated. Noting that nearly half the world's population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the report calls for...
Kenyan farmers test insurance to ward off climate-driven hunger
On Monday, a key science report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned of growing pressure on food production and people's ability to get enough to eat on a hotter planet, which it said would fuel malnutrition, especially in vulnerable regions like...
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...