by AIP Online Bureau | May 17, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life
This extreme heat resulted in widespread hospitalisations, infrastructure damage, wildfires, and school closures. The exact number of fatalities is currently unknown New Delhi: Human-caused climate change made April’s record-breaking heatwave in Bangladesh, India,...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 14, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
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...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 9, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Facts, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Scientists have long recognised differences between tropospheric and lower stratospheric temperature trends as a “fingerprint” of human effects on climate A new research has provided evidence of climate change being human-caused and showed that specific...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 4, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Reinsurance
India, whose proposed coal power capacity is the highest after China, had repeatedly refused to set a timeline to phase out coal, citing low per-capita emissions, surging renewable energy capacity and demand for inexpensive fuel sources India and China account for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 26, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Facts
The researchers from University of Illinois, US, found that farmers were able to adapt to changes in temperature for rice and maize but not wheat. However, increased precipitation enhanced rice yield, but adversely affected wheat and maize yields Using data over 60...