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Govt plans to ease nuclear liability laws to attract foreign firms, sources say
A draft law prepared by the department of atomic energy removes a...
Madras High Court bans 28 plastic products in Western Ghats
The bench directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue a...
Climate Risks: Booming demand for ACs to aggravate soaring temperatures
Demand for air conditioners is surging in markets where both incomes and temperatures are rising, populous places like India, China, Indonesia and the Philippines and expanding AC coverage too quickly also threatens to worsen the crisis it’s responding to. Most units...
Singapore Exchange plans to focus on risk-hedging products related to Indian infra, ESG initiatives
Risk hedging products related to the Indian infrastructure development, green initiatives, ESG as well as new energy minerals and metals are some of the areas SGX Group wants to focus on, William Chin, Commodities Head at SGX Group said. Singapore: The Singapore...
Aon launches a new climate innovation hub in Singapore
(Lto R) Greg Case, CEO, Aon and Png Cheong Boon, Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board inaugurating Aon's new climate innovation hub in Singapore “Climate change is a reality, not a probability. In 2022, there were $313 billion in total economic losses from...
India says 50 million people directly dependent on coal mining, says India
"As per our estimation, about 50 lakh people are engaged directly or indirectly in coal mining activities, especially in eastern Indian states. So, just transition has to cater to that challenge," he said India will press for a "just energy transition" at the G-20...
ADB President calls for regional cooperation in tackling climate change at IMT-GT Leaders’ Summit
Masatsugu Asakawa,President,Asian Development Bank ADB is intensifying efforts to deliver $100 billion in climate financing across Asia and the Pacific by 2030, while supporting a range of initiatives like the Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the...
Cyclone Mocha: Overheated Bay of Bengal fuelling a climate crisis
Extreme weather hazards will occur more frequently due to climate change in the years ahead, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned "The linkages between climate change, migration, and displacement are increasingly pressing worldwide," it said,...
RBI invites firms to participate in Greenwashing TechSprint
The number of investment products marketed as 'green' or making wider sustainability claims is growing. Exaggerated, misleading or unsubstantiated claims about Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials damage confidence in these products and the RBI wants...
In major climate step, US govt agency proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
If finalised, the proposed regulation would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, which generate about 25 per cent of US greenhouse gas pollution, second only to the transportation sector...
Climate Change: Indian farmers seek to escape debt and suicide
In a new report linking rainfall deficits to higher farmer suicide rates in India's drought-prone states, researchers said climate change was making "agriculture an extremely risky, potentially dangerous and loss-making endeavour" By Roli Srivastava and Bhasker...
War, natural disasters left record 71 million people internally displaced in 2022, report says
The number of people displaced inside their country at the end of the year because of disasters like floods and famine reached 8.7 million, up by 45 per cent from 2021 The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or...