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Of the 50 per cent cut to emissions needed by 2030 to stay on track...
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Delhi set to record coldest day in 119 years today: IMD
Till 1 pm on December 30, over 500 flights were delayed, 21 diverted and five flights have been cancelled due to dense fog at Delhi airport, news agency ANI has reported.
PM office proposes waiving carbon tax of Rs 400/tonne on coal: Report
If implemented, the move would reduce the price gap between coal-fired power and renewables, and potentially impact Modi’s plan to increase adoption of green energy.
Kerala tops Niti’s Sustainable Development Goal Index, Bihar worst performer
The SDGs are an ambitious commitment by world leaders which set out a universal and an unprecedented agenda which embraces economic, environmental and social aspects of the wellbeing of societies.
Why the worst case for climate change doesn’t look realistic: Viewpoint
A group of climate scientists recently got together on Twitter and tried to figure out what a more realistic scenario looked like. They fed energy predictions from the International Energy Agency into climate models and found out that 3 degrees of warming is a much more likely business-as-usual scenario than 5 degrees.
PM launches Atal Jal Yojana aimed at improving groundwater level
Under the ABY, gram panchayats that will help preserve water will get more funds to do more good work. Urging the 8,300 sarpanches associated with the ABY, Modi said, “Your success will not only make the scheme successful but will also strengthen the Water Life Mission (WLM)”.
NTPC to invest Rs 50,000 crore to add 10GW solar energy capacity by 2022
At present, NTPC has installed renewable energy capacity of 920 MW, which includes mainly solar energy. It has formulated a long term plan to become a 130 GW company by 2032 with 30 per cent non-fossil fuel or renewable energy capacity.
Delhi may witness longest December cold spell in 22 years, says IMD
According to Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the India Meteorological Department’s regional forecasting centre, a “cold day” is when the maximum temperature is at least 4.5 notches below the normal
Cabinet approves Rs 6,000 Atal Bhujal scheme for ground water management
ccording to a study by the federal government think tank NITI Aayog, 21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater by next year, including the capital New Delhi and the information technology hub of Bengaluru. Two hundred thousand Indians already die every year because they don’t have a safe water supply, the report said. A shocking 600 million people face “high to extreme” water stress.
Australia’s bushfires circle Sydney as temperatures soar
The Gospers Mountain mega fire has already burned almost 460,000 hectares (1.14 million acres) to the northwest of Sydney, and there was a risk it could join up with the Grose Valley fire in the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney.
Global cat insured losses from natural and man-made catastrophes fell 40% to $ 56 bn in 2018: Swiss Re
Climate change is leading to more frequent and more severe secondary peril events, which manifest in different ways: more local flooding, torrential rains,prolonged drought, severe wildfires and other extreme weather events. Together, secondary perils are estimated to comprise more than 50% of this year’s global insured losses from natural catastrophes, demonstrating once again the very significant impact these events can inflict on societies.