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Wildfires rage in Los Angeles, forcing tens of thousands to flee
Numerous buildings were destroyed and nearly 3,000 acres (1,200...
A top climate group for banks and asset managers is making changes
While GFANZ has grown in prominence — it now has more than 700...
Countrywide campaign next year for eco-friendly lifestyle: environment minister
Addressing the special United Nations Country Team (UNCT) at the UN House in New Delhi, Yadav said UN India was working with the Niti Aayog and the ministry to create a ''LiFE compendium of global best practices on sustainable lifestyles''. New Delhi: Union...
Govt open to making changes in PMFBY in response to recent climate crisis, tech advancement: Agri secy
Manoj Ahuja, secretary,Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare ''Since farming is exposed directly to such climatic catastrophes, it is important and critical to protect the vulnerable farming community of the country from the vagaries of nature. the government...
AP focuses on ‘climate change governance’, sets up special cell
Special Chief Secretary (EFST Department) Neerabh Kumar Prasad said coastal zone disasters (cyclones), drought, adverse human health effects and depleting water resources were some of the challenges AP faced Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government has created an...
Australia’s extreme weather events to worsen as climate warms
In a dire report released Wednesday that will add to pressure on the government to take firmer action on climate change, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the Bureau of Meteorology said rising greenhouse gas levels are causing the...
COP27 ends with historic decision on damage fund, little progress on other issues
“The countries fell short of agreeing to a phasedown of all fossil fuels, which speaks to the energy crisis and the hold of the oil and gas lobby at this COP,” Aarti Khosla, Director, Climate Trends New Delhi: While the UN climate summit in Egypt concluded with a...
World has waited far too long for this: India on compensation fund approved at UN climate talk
''We note that we are establishing a four-year work program on climate action in agriculture and food security. Agriculture, the mainstay of livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers, will be hard hit from climate change. So, we should not burden them with...
Historic compensation fund approved at UN climate talks
The decision establishes a fund for what negotiators call loss and damage. It is a big win for poorer nations which have long called for cash sometimes viewed as reparations because they are often the victims of climate worsened floods, droughts, heat waves, famines...
EXPLAINER-COP27: What is ‘Loss and Damage’ funding, and who should pay?
Vulnerable countries and campaigners have argued that rich countries that caused the bulk of climate change with their historical greenhouse gas emissions should pay. The United States and European Union have previously resisted the argument, fearing spiralling...
Research: Potential threat to heart health from extreme weather
Study author Professor Stefan Agewall of the University of Oslo, Norway said: "The relationships between cold temperatures and deaths were more pronounced in men and people living in neighbourhoods with a low socioeconomic status. The links between cold and new-onset...
No proposal on loss and damage funding in draft COP 27 climate deal document
Loss and damage refer to the consequences of climate change that go beyond what people can adapt to, or when options exist but a community doesn’t have the resources to access or utilise them Financing or a new fund for addressing loss and damage — for example money...