by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 16, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Risk Management, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Data from the 2021 global Lancet Countdown report shows that there has been a nine-per cent increase in the number of deaths related to coal-derived PM2.5 in India in 2019 compared to 2015. New Delhi:The combustion of coal, mainly in power plants followed by...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 15, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography
“Climate activists will undoubtedly frame COP26 as failing on coal (and fossil fuels). We look past this frustration (and current energy market conditions) and see ongoing incremental consensus in the need to reduce demand for fossil fuel,” said Cowen...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 14, 2021 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Ahead of the Glasgow talks, the United Nations had set three criteria for success, and none of them were achieved. The U.N.’s criteria included pledges to cut carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2030, $100 billion in financial aid from rich nations to poor, and...