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Some infectious diseases saw a huge surge in 2024
“The resurgence of preventable and climate-sensitive illnesses...
NGT calls for safe disposal system of used solar panels, asks govt’s reply
The matter was raised through a letter petition highlighting the...
Climate risks make Australian home insurance costlier
On average, Australians living in high-risk areas like northern Queensland pay A$3,000 ($2,100) in annual premiums, or double that of residents in the rest of the country, an Actuaries Institute report released on Wednesday showed. Australia’s mounting extreme weather...
India may delay coal plant closures in blow to climate action
Under the proposals being considered, India’s coal plants -- which currently account for almost 70% of electricity generation -- would continue to handle peak evening power demand, even as solar and wind projects become increasingly able to fulfill day-time...
Feeding the world’s coal addiction is more profitable than ever
Despite the huge deployment of renewables, burning coal remains the preferred way of generating electricity worldwide, accounting for 35% of all electricity.As Western producers take advantage of record prices – with companies such as Glencore pledging to operate the...
Biden admin announces $3 billion in FEMA climate resilience funding
The White House said in April that the upper range of climate change’s hit to the U.S. budget by the end of the century could total a 7.1% annual revenue loss, equal to $2 trillion a year in today’s dollars The Biden administration on Friday announced it is putting...
France battles ‘monster’ wildfire near Bordeaux for third day
France is in the grip of its worst drought on record, with a fourth heatwave of the summer sweeping across the country this week. More than 57,200 hectares have gone up in flames so far in France this year, nearly six times the full-year average for 2006-2021, data...
India’s annual green finance is just one-fourth of its needs, finds study
The report estimates that for India to achieve its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris agreement, the country requires approximately Rs 162.5 lakh crore (USD 2.5 trillion) from 2015 to 2030, or roughly Rs 11 lakh crore (USD 170 billion) per...
Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO
“This is despite the La Niña event that’s meant to have a cooling influence,” explained WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis “We saw this in some places, but not globally,” she added, noting that it was “one of the three warmest [Julys] on record, slightly cooler than July...
Aon strengthens its natural resources offering across APAC by naming new leaders
“With the changing landscape of the oil, gas and mining industry driven by Environmental, Social and Governance strategies, as advisors we need to be at the forefront of developing offerings to support with energy transition amid emerging volatility,” said Melissa...
No established mechanism to rank cities on pollution: Govt to Lok Sabha
''The government is aware that several private institutions and universities are ranking cities adopting different methodologies, different datasets and using different weightages to parameters. The data used for ranking is extracted primarily from satellite imagery,...
Sebi proposes blue bonds concept for sustainable financing activities
''India has tremendous scope for deployment of blue bonds in various aspects of the blue economy'' like oceanic resource mining, sustainable fishing, national offshore wind energy policy and in the area of blue flag beach eco-tourism model that provide the tourists...