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Bajaj Allianz General unveils retail parametric cover for climate risks
L to R -Alpana Singh, Head - Bancassurance, Agri and Govt Business,...
UK polluting water bosses face up to two years in prison
The new measure delivers on the government’s promise to bring...
Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, UN report
Countries lacking adequate early warning coverage have a disaster mortality rate that is eight times higher than countries that do have such systems in place, the U.N. estimates. And without such precautions, regional annual losses from disasters are projected to...
Americans are moving toward climate danger in search of cheaper homes
Many Americans are actually choosing to move to Zip codes with a high risk of experiencing wildfire, heat, drought and flood, according to a new study on domestic migration by Redfin, an online real estate brokerage firm A midsummer quiz: Let’s say you read about an...
Jharkhand inches towards drought-like situation due to scant rainfall: Officials
Birsa Agricultural University (BAU), Ranchi, Director Research P K Singh told PTI, ''The next seven to eight days are very crucial for the farmers of Jharkhand. If we get a good spell of rainfall, farmers will bring more hectares under cultivation and the impact of...
ESG Ideas: Embedding Sustainable Returns
Although, the critics of ESG investing are of the view that higher compliance and disclosure burden put such businesses at a disadvantage to their peers, data suggests otherwise Mohit Ralhan, Chief Executive Officer TIW Capital ESG points to three impact factors...
India achieved its target of producing energy through non-fossil fuel sources ahead of schedule: Singh
RK Singh, union minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy ''India has already achieved the target of producing 43.6 per cent of its total energy through non-fossil fuel sources.The country has achieved nine years ahead of its schedule of 2030,'' he said. India's...
Delhi may suffer losses of Rs 2.75 trillion by 2050 due to climate change: Draft action plan
The plan, which is pending approval, highlights “heat waves/higher temperature and heavy precipitation events over fewer number of days” as major challenges that the city will confront in the upcoming years New Delhi: Delhi is projected to suffer losses of Rs 2.75...
All new tourist vehicles in Goa to be EVs from Jan 2024: CM Sawant
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said new vehicles purchased by the government from January 2024 will mandatorily be EVs As per a recent study, 40 per cent of the total carbon emission generated in Goa is due to the operation of vehicles, he said. Panaji: All new tourist...
Above-average global natural catastrophe insured losses reach estimated $52 billion in H1 2023: Gallagher Re
For all perils, the US accounted for 76% of all global insured losses. Thunderstorms in Europe during June also brought a billion-dollar insurance bill to parts of Germany and France “Governments and private organizations are accelerating their investments to help...
WMO warns of risk of heart attacks, deaths as heatwave intensifies
The WMO has said the extreme weather looks likely to become the “new normal,” underlining the increasing urgency of cutting fossil fuel emissions. The call for action on global warming comes as some European Union nations push back against the pace of the energy...
Climate change has shifted colour of over half of world’s oceans: Study
These colour changes, subtle to the human eye, cannot be explained by natural, year-to-year variability alone, the researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US, and other institutes write in their paper published in the journal Nature New...