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Melting Mountain Glaciers- Catastrophic Flash Floods Risk Rises for Millions
The global population depends on the cryosphere – the 10% of the...
Operating mall without environmental nod extremely serious HC upholds closure order
The petitioner company, Grauer and Weil (India) Limited, considers...
Austrian children take government to court over climate
A lawyer for the group said the case submitted to the Constitutional Court is modeled on a similar lawsuit in Germany that prompted the government there to set new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions two years ago. A dozen minors filed a lawsuit with...
Hot temperature to heat up prices, reduce wheat yield, says CRISIL report
The rabi wheat crop yield will be impacted if the temperature is high in March. The crop yield will be on a par - or marginally lesser - than last year's low, said CRISIL in a report. Chennai: The hot temperature if persists in March may not only reduce the wheat crop...
Sebi proposes to introduce 5 new categories under ESG funds
''AMCs should endeavour to have a higher proportion of the assets under the ESG theme and make suitable disclosures,'' the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in its consultation paper issued on Monday. Mumbai: Capital markets regulator Sebi has...
Climate Risks: Indian Insurers should focus on green premiums and provide eco-friendly advice to industry, experts
(Lto R) G. Srinivasan, Director of the National Insurance Academy,,Satyajit Tripathy, CMD, United India Insurance Company,Saurabh Mishra, Joint Secretary Department of financial services, Devesh Srivastava, CMD GIC Re,Hadi Riachi, CEO of Swiss Re India Devesh...
ESG markets investors wake up to a new risk of financing arrangements across Adani Group conglomerate
Norway’s largest pension fund, KLP, recently dumped its entire holding of shares in Adani Green Energy Ltd., the renewables part of the empire, amid concerns that it might inadvertently have helped finance some of the world’s most polluting activities via the stake. A...
Indian ESG-focused firms performed better than global peers: RBI
The findings suggested that the companies which have managed and disclosed their ESG related risks better are associated with higher stock prices compared to a larger set of listed companies which do not have such disclosures India ranks ahead of all the countries...
Aon’s rebuilding for resilience project addresses Hurricane Ian devastation
Dan Dick, global head of property analytics at Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions, said: “Our teams gained first-hand experience of the devastation caused by this historic hurricane, which allowed us to conduct thorough analyses and identify practical steps to improve...
27 feedback loops, or global warming accelerators, need to be accounted for in climate models: Study
Emissions have risen substantially over the last century, the researchers noted, despite several decades of warnings that they should be significantly curbed The scientists said interactions among feedback loops could cause a permanent shift away from the Earth’s...
Institutional investors sue Shell over its alleged climate mismanagement
It is the first, notable lawsuit by a shareholder against a board over the alleged failure to properly prepare for a shift away from fossil fuels – and comes one week after Shell posted a record $40 billion profit for 2022, partly fueled by the energy crunch after...
Depletion Amazon rainforest contribute to melting glaciers in the Himalayas and Antarctica
Deforestation in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest and home to a quarter of land species, reached its fastest pace in at least 15 years last year. Scientists have discovered a new atmospheric pathway that originates in the Amazon, runs along the South...