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Strongest El Niño in 75 years, says US Climate Prediction Center
“Even the strongest El Niño events do not lead to the typical...
South Korea issues first emergency heatwave warning under new rating system
The new warning system was introduced to better deal with a rising...
New vehicle scrap norms may dent auto profits by Rs25K cr
"Once the environmental compensation (EC) cost is notified by CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board), automobile manufacturers may be required to make substantial cumulative financial provisions under the accounting standards (IND AS 37). Preliminary estimates...
Govt proposes Motor Rules Amendments to expand ethanol, alternative fuel scope
Among key proposals, the draft raises the vehicle weight limit from 3,000 kg to 3,500 kg, bringing regulation in sync with global standards for light commercial vehicles. This means more vans, pickups, and small trucks will now fall under the same emission testing...
NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central Himalaya
The bench referred to the report and said four researchers from the Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar and the Defence Research and Development Organisation, Chandigarh, which indicated violation of the provisions of the...
US:Record drought sparks worries about fires, water supply and food prices
“Right now 61% of the country is in drought and that’s steadily been going up for the calendar year.We just haven’t seen too many springs where this amount of the country has been in this kind of shape.'' said Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought...
Record 165 GW of wind power capacity added in 2025, led by China, report says
Asia, led by China and India, commissioned 131 GW of new capacity, which was 80% of the global total. China made up the bulk of that, adding a record 120.5 GW of new wind capacity. Europe was the second-highest region for installations, commissioning 19 GW of new...
APAC Cat Report:Economic losses of $76 bn,Insured losses at $7 bn in 2025, says Aon
Extreme heat is also emerging as one of Asia Pacific’s most consequential climate risks, with rising temperatures placing increasing strain on public health systems, infrastructure and workforce productivity, Across the region, working hours lost to heat stress have...
Global Cat Report:Q1 of 2026 records $37 bn of economic losses and $20 billion of insured losses
The report highlights Q1 economic losses of at least $37 billion (Q1 2025: $113 billion) –the lowest since 2015 and 43 percent below the 21st century Q1 average – and insured losses of more than $20 billion, six percent higher than the 21st century average. Flooding...
Lagos State goes live with Parametric Flood Insurance policy, Protecting up to 4 million people
The parametric flood-risk product was designed by a team of Insurance Development Forum(IDF)member insurance organizations in partnership with the Lagos State Government, including AXA Climate, AXA Mansard in Nigeria, Swiss Re, flood modeler JBA Risk Management,...
‘Polluter pays’ principle must not be reduced to ‘pollute and pay’, SC told
On November 18 last year, a three-judge bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai reversed by a majority of 2:1 its own verdict by an interim order and paved the way for retrospective environmental clearance to projects found violating...
Govt launches carbon market portal,domestic market to start within next 4 months
Manohar Lal the Union Minister for Power & Housing and Urban Affairs said the carbon market would function as a mechanism to balance emissions by allowing entities with surplus carbon credits to sell them to those falling short of compliance targets. New Delhi:The...