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Heatwave claims 44 lives in Bihar, Nitish Kumar announces Rs 4 lakh aid
According to the Patna Meteorological Centre, the state capital registered a maximum temperature of 45.8 degrees Celsius on Saturday, the highest in June in the last 10 years, while Gaya and Bhagalpur recorded a high of 45.2 and 41.5 degrees Celsius respectively.
Britain commits to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Temperatures have already risen about one degree Celsius since pre-industrial times. Scientists warn further increases risk triggering tipping points that could render swathes of the globe uninhabitable, devastate farming and drown coastal cities.
U.S. Judges Grapple with Youths’ Constitutional Challenge to U.S. Climate Policy
The young people argue that government officials have known for more than 50 years that carbon pollution from fossil fuels causes climate change and that policies promoting oil and gas deprive them of their constitutional rights.
Climate scientists partner with McKinsey to push companies to self-regulate
In return, Woods Hole’s research could give McKinsey a lead into the business of helping companies adapt to a new reality ushered in by climate change – whether it be moving headquarters, planning for a heavy carbon tax or reaching a limit on the amount of insurance the U.S. government can offer.
World’s biggest firms foresee $1 trillion climate cost hit
Investor concerns over climate risk have risen sharply in parallel with an upsurge in climate activism in many countries as the heat waves, droughts, wildfires and super-storms fuelled by climate change have become harder to ignore.
Monsoon to be below normal over north, south India: IMD
Monsoon is categorised as below normal if the LPA is between 90-96 per cent and classified as deficient, if below that. Anything above 110 per cent of the LPA is classified as excess.
European Central Bank calls for ‘Deeper Understanding’ of Climate Risks
The ECB said weather events were responsible for over 80% of insured catastrophe losses in 2018, and “physical risks, when they materialize, can significantly erode collateral and asset values and have an impact on insurance liabilities.”
No Planet B, say teen activists as 1.8 mn join global climate change strike
Carbon emissions hit a record high last year, despite a warning from the U.N.-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in October that output of the gases will have to be slashed over the next 12 years to stabilise the climate.
Young and unsettled: Millennials and Gen Z pessimistic on life, says survey
Climate change, protecting the environment and natural disasters topped the list of most respondents on a personal level, but less than three in ten of both the Millennial and Gen Z cohorts cited it as a worry. The next-highest concern for Millennials is income inequality or distribution of wealth. Terrorism, crime and concerns about personal safety were also high on the list.