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India’s decarbonization journey poses $15 trillion economic opportunity by 2070, says report
The five pillars -- energy, mobility, industry, infrastructure and cities, and agriculture -- contribute to over 90 per cent of India's greenhouse gas emissions, it said, adding India will need to address these pillars, alongside four cross-sectoral enablers, as part...
Shipping emissions must fall by a third by 2030 and reach zero before 2050 – new research
International shipping is a crucial part of the global economy — 90 per cent of the world’s trade is transported by sea. But almost all ships use fossil fuels and so the sector is also a major emitter of greenhouse gas pollution — with emissions roughly on a level...
PM Modi launches ‘Infrastructure for Resilient Island States’ for most vulnerable countries impacted by climate change
Glasgow: India on Tuesday launched an ambitious initiative for developing the infrastructure of small island nations, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying it will give a new hope, a new confidence and satisfaction of doing something for the most vulnerable...
Flood-prone Mumbai digs in to tackle warming-worsened ‘monsoon mayhem’
Mumbai is part of the C40 Cities network, a group of nearly 100 major cities globally working to drive faster action on climate change. Each has committed to delivering a climate action plan designed to spur uptake of clean energy, boost adaptation to climate shifts and turn the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change into an on-the-ground reality.
Mumbai launched its first Climate Action Plan (known as MCAP) this month. Amid dire predictions that large parts of the city could face inundation by 2050, it brings together different arms of the administration to try to fast-track solutions.
AIIB increases Green Public Rail Transport options in India,$356.67 million approved to expand Chennai metro system
The project’s design and construction will have environmentally friendly features to help reduce its carbon footprint. In addition to solar panels installed on the roofs of the elevated stations, the project will have dedicated spaces for bicycles and green vehicles, and signage to raise environmental awareness. The project also integrates climate change resilience features to reduce its vulnerability to climate-related events.
Govt ready with the blueprint to manage disasters in India: Amit Shah
Now, the government has also prepared a plan to integrate all the agencies and departments, even the smallest of the units. Whether it is a small village or a big metro city or a remote district, or a coastal city, every place has a plan ready to respond to the disaster.
The change in approach has yielded very good results, the 1999 cyclone alone killed 10,000 people and this year there have been three cyclones but the death toll is not more than 50.
Coal power plant pollution in India could lead to additional premature deaths in 6 cities: Study
Dr Rachel Huxley, Head of Knowledge and Research at ‘C40 Cities’ said, “Current national plans would expand the coal fleet by 28 per cent between 2020 and 2030 and not reducing it by 20 per cent, threatening the health and well-being of the urban residents in Delhi while undermining India’s climate and air quality targets.” She further stated, “Current national plans could nearly double the number of annual premature deaths from coal power plants air pollution in the city.”
Oil will be world’s No. 1 energy source for decades, says OPEC
OPEC says that more electric vehicles on the road and the push for alternative and renewable energy will indeed usher in an era of declining demand for oil in rich countries.
But the energy needs of expanding economies in other parts of world will still leave oil as the world’s No. 1 source of energy through 2045, OPEC said Tuesday in its annual World Oil Outlook.
Climate change and cyber risk top the list of concerns in AXA Future Risks Report 2021
“Climate change returned to the top of the experts’ risk ranking in the 2021 survey, having been displaced by pandemic risk in 2020.The survey revealed regional differences: climate concern is higher in Europe than anywhere else, among both experts and the general public. Meanwhile, experts in Africa and the Americas were most pessimistic about their national governments’ preparedness to tackle this risk,” said AXA.
U.S. to declare 23 species, including ivory-billed woodpecker, extinct – media
Government scientists have exhausted efforts to find these 23 species and warned that climate change, on top of other pressures, could make such disappearances more common, the Associated Press reported. “Each of these 23 species represents a permanent loss to our nation’s natural heritage and to global biodiversity,” Bridget Fahey, who oversees species classification for the Fish and Wildlife Service, was quoted as saying in the New York Times.
“And it’s a sobering reminder that extinction is a consequence of human-caused environmental change,” Fahey said. The extinctions include 11 birds, eight freshwater mussels, two species of fish, a bat, and a plant, according to the Times.