by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 27, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
Malaysia’s National Adaptation Plan will focus on areas such as water, agricultural, and food security, public health, forestry, and infrastructure KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is seeking $3 million from the U.N. Green Climate Fund (GCF) to develop a national plan to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 13, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Climate change is strengthening hurricanes, while also causing them to linger longer over land – dumping more rain on an area before moving on. Studies also suggest these storms are becoming more frequent in the North Atlantic. Extreme weather events in 2021 shattered...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 23, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life
“There may be fewer, but they are going to be lasting longer, and more intense,” Vicky Espinoza, an author of the NASA study who is now a graduate student at the University of California Merced, said. Atmospheric rivers of the kind that drenched California...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 19, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Policy, Technology
Majority of the investments would be needed to transform India’s power sector. Such investments totaling $8.4 trillion would be required to significantly scale up generation from renewable energy and associated integration, distribution and transmission...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 16, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
BlackRock study shows insurers representing US$27trn in assets are prioritising sustainable investing, diversification to higher-yielding assets and technological transformation, as concerns about climate change intensify LONDON: Insurers are increasingly concerned...