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Stress, junk food, pollution among reasons for rising cardiac arrests among youth: Dr Naresh Trehan
"We need to understand that in this current environment, we cope...
NGT fines Birla Carbon unit in UP Rs 12 lakh for discharging untreated water in drain
A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava said an...
Kenya’s president saves fig tree from Chinese-funded highway
“This particular fig tree is just a symbol of the bigger picture of what we are asking for. We want a green and clean city, and clean Kenya.”
Climate finance neglects small-scale farmers – new report
Small-scale farmers currently produce 50 percent of the world’s food calories. However, higher temperatures – together with increased incidences of drought and flooding – destroy crops and livestock and make it difficult for them to continue to feed their communities and earn a living.
“It is unacceptable that the people who produce much of the world’s food, and who are at the greatest mercy of increasingly unpredictable weather, receive the least support. Small-scale farmers living on marginal lands are on the frontline of climate change and should have access to the climate finance they need to adapt their production,”said Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD..
Britain hardens climate disclosures for listed companies
“We will also consult in the first half of 2021 on extending the scope of these rules and also on introducing Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures obligations for asset managers, life insurers and pension providers,” Rathi told an online conference hosted by the City of London.
Delhi-NCR air quality hits ’emergency’ levels after city records AQI of 476
The Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, said the city is witnessing an “unusual” condition and no quick recovery is predicted from the “severe” air pollution.
Top $5 trillion investor group pushes firms to cut out thermal coal
In a report seen by Reuters ahead of its release on Monday, the alliance said all companies owned by the group needed to develop their own plans to transition away from thermal coal.
“If no long-term carbon footprint reduction can be produced the members will need to escalate and ultimately divest,” Günther Thallinger, Member of the Board of Management, Investment Management, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) at Allianz, said.
Biden seen reversing climate deregulation
Among his main accomplishments, Trump withdrew the United Stated from the Paris Agreement to combat global warming; replaced Obama-era rules meant to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and drilling operations; reduced automobile fuel efficiency targets; downsized wilderness national monuments; gave permits to energy companies seeking to build oil pipelines; and proposed opening new parts of the Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans to drilling
Haze Chokes Delhi, pollution levels highest since November last yr
Health experts said that during the COVID-19 pandemic, air pollution has become a serious health concern for about the two crore residents of the national capital.
According to a doctor at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, intake of every 22 micrograms per cubic metre of polluted air is equivalent to smoking a cigarette.
Ajit Jain, the nodal officer for COVID-19 at Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, said air pollution was turning the pandemic catastrophic.
Biden vows to rejoin Paris Climate Agreement
Today, the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement. And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it, Biden tweeted on Wednesday night, reflecting his decision to reverse one of the key policies of the Trump administration on day one.
European Development Finance group to exit fossil fuel investments by 2030
The move comes a week before the world’s 450 DFIs meet for the first time at a major conference in France to discuss accelerating their efforts to help in the fight against climate change as well as to boost sustainable development more broadly.
A key factor will be how open lenders in coal-reliant Asia are to any toughening of policy.
U.S. formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty
“The U.S. withdrawal will leave a gap in our regime, and the global efforts to achieve the goals and ambitions of the Paris Agreement,” said Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).