by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 23, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
“Wildfires are made worse by climate change through increased drought, high air temperatures, low relative humidity, lightning, and strong winds resulting in hotter, drier, and longer fire seasons,” UNEP said UN: Wildfires are projected to rise by 50 per cent by the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 17, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, re-design and re-manufacture have been part of India’s cultural ethos, said PM Modi, adding, India will continue to act for climate-resilient policies and practices as we have always done New Delhi:...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 6, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy, Technology
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prime Minister said, “To save our farmers from climate challenge, our focus is on the fusion of both ‘Back to basics’ and ‘March to future’. Our focus is on more than 80 per cent of small farmers of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 27, 2022 | International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Insurance payments to farmers due to drought rose more than 400% between 1995 and 2020 to $1.65 billion, while payments due to excess moisture – like floods – rose nearly 300% to $2.61 billion, according to the nonprofit environmental group, which examined...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
In a pilot initiative, advisories will be provided to small farmers of the state, which is particularly prone to cyclones, to help them adapt to impact of the climate crisis The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Odisha government have joined hands to...