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“Learning from disasters, Himachal govt to frame strict building norms for rural areas”: HP Minister Rajesh Dharmani
Attributing the increasing devastation to climate change and rising...
Climate change may up health risks, exceed $1.5 trn productivity loss by 2050: Report
“We are entering an era in which protecting worker health is...
Thousands of fires are burning in the drought-wracked Amazon
Climatologists have warned for decades that events like this year’s would come to pass. Droughts in the last two decades have become much more severe and much more common. The last year — the hottest on record globally — brought Brazil’s extremes to a new level Much...
Environmental activist ClientEarth sues Germany over pesticides use
The group said in a statement Germany was not complying with the 2009 Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive. The EU law should have been in force across the 27-member by 2011, but the reality has been patchy implementation, the group said Environmental activist...
New Global Climate ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund names first director
Ibrahima Cheikh Diong,director-designate,The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage This is a key step towards responding to loss and damage by bringing finance to millions of people in developing countries on the frontlines of climate change WASHINGTON: The board of...
Nearly 50% of public infrastructure unprepared for disaster management: CBRE survey
"Floods, extreme temperatures, and cyclones have become more common and severe, causing widespread damage to infrastructure, loss of lives, and disruption of livelihoods, the country is increasingly exposed to man-made risks such as industrial accidents, cyberattacks,...
RE-INVEST 2024: Pralhad Joshi says Rs 32.45 lakh cr finance pledged for renewables sector
Addressing the inaugural session of the 4th RE-INVEST 2024, Joshi said, “we have received overwhelming commitments from the states and UTs as well as from developers, manufacturers and financial institutions to support our goal of 500 GW by 2030.” Gandhinagar: Union...
Sustainable water management needs to be everybody’s business Jal Shakti ministry official
New Delhi: Achieving sustainable water management cannot be done by governments alone, a senior Jal Shakti ministry official said on Monday while emphasising the need for cooperation from industries, academia and civil society on the matter. A day ahead of the start...
Govt to spend Rs10,900 crore to enhance electric vehicle mobility
The primary objective of the PM E-DRIVE scheme is to expedite the adoption of EVs by providing upfront incentives for their purchase, as well as by facilitating the establishment of essential charging infrastructure for EVs. The PM E-DRIVE scheme aims to promote EVs...
Govt clears ‘Mission Mausam’ with an outlay of Rs2,000 cr for transformative initiatives on climate-related science
The mission's focus will include improving observations and understanding for providing highly accurate and timely weather and climate information across temporal and spatial scales, including monsoon forecasts, alerts for air quality, extreme weather events and...
Average annual NatCat losses for global insurance industry reaches new high of $151 billion: Verisk
“While actual annual insured losses over the past five years have been high, averaging $106 billion, they should not be seen as outliers,” said Rob Newbold, president of Verisk Extreme Event Solutions BOSTON, MA: Verisk, a global data analytics and technology...
Expect good Wayanad relief package from Centre; Gadgil, Kasturirangan reports not pragmatic, says Kerala CM
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan dismissed as "not pragmatic" the recommendations made by the Madhav Gadgil and Kasturirangan committees on ecologically sensitive areas of the Western Ghats, saying the panels did not consider the societal expectations and ground...