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Landslides after heavy rain in northern India kill 15, several missing
Uttarakhand is prone to floods and landslides, which some experts...
Australia to $6 billion on climate adaptation through 2030
The money is earmarked for flood mitigation, bushland conservation,...
Clean up begins after at least one dead in heavy UAE rain, floods
Climate scientists say that rising global temperatures, driven by man-made climate change, is leading to more extreme weather events, including intense rainfall like the UAE storm DUBAI: - Authorities and communities across the United Arab Emirates were clearing...
Europe’s wildfires in 2023 were among the worst this century, report says
Preliminary data for the first three months of 2024 show almost double the average number of fires, although these did not have major impact in terms of burnt areas According to the report, the wildfires produced some 20 megatonnes of CO2 emissions, equivalent to...
Takeaways from the Swiss women’s climate victory
This is the first time a regional human rights court has ruled that countries can violate human rights by failing to reduce their climate-warming emissions fast enough.The Court said it interpreted the European Convention on Human Rights language on a right to private...
IDF announces plans to facilitate investments in resilient infrastructure in emerging markets
Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman of BlackRock, said,``“BlackRock is delighted to partner with a group of our most strategic insurance investors to help advance their objective of building greater resilience against climate change and other natural disasters in...
Swiss women win landmark climate victory at human rights court
The Swiss government had violated the human right to a private and family life, by failing to put in place sufficient domestic policies to tackle climate change.This included a failure to quantify, through a carbon budget or otherwise, national greenhouse gas...
Climate change poses challenges for monetary policy, says RBI report
Climate change directly impacts inflation through adverse weather events affecting agricultural production and global supply chains, climate change could impact the natural rate of interest, and the after-effects of climate change might weaken the transmission of...
IMD using AI machine learning to enhance weather forecasts: Director general
"We aim to provide forecasts at the Panchayat or village level…tailoring weather information to sector-specific needs in agriculture, health, urban planning, hydrology, and environment," India Meteorological Department Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said New...
Baltimore shipping set to resume by end of April with full capacity by end of May
The Port of Baltimore ranks first in the United States for the volume it handles of autos and light trucks and farm and construction machinery, according to the state of Maryland. Most of that traffic has been suspended since the accident, though some terminal...
Taiwan’s strict building codes, high awareness and people’s preparedness need to be replicated by India & others: Indian research scholar
At least 10 people died and more than 1,000 were injured on Wednesday when the powerful quake, Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years, sent boulders and mud tumbling down mountainsides, blocking roads and damaging ground floors of some buildings that collapsed,...
Strong earthquake strikes Taiwan, tsunami waves detected in Japan
Taiwanese television showed buildings in Hualien shaken off their foundations. The strong quake knocked out power in several parts of the city In the capital, Taipei, tiles fell from older buildings and within some newer office complexes. Train service was suspended...