The scientists also found that the worldwide intensity of these extreme wet and dry events - a metric that combines extent, duration, and severity - is closely linked to global warming.
Taking part in the discussion, Amee Yajnik of the Congress reiterated the need to enhance India's usage of renewable and clean energy and reduce dependence on fossil fuels while increasing forest cover to meet the net zero...
India is at a crossroads in terms of energy consumption and renewable forms of energy. India’s priorities should be climate change adaptation measures, not mitigation.
IMD said most parts of the country are expected to experience above-normal temperatures while the southern peninsula and parts of Maharashtra are likely to escape the brunt of harsh weather conditions.
A transitional committee that will decide the fund amount and its recipients will only meet by March 2023
Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav at COP27 said India embarked on far-reaching new initiatives in renewable energy, e-mobility, ethanol blended fuels, and green hydrogen as an alternate energy source.
Global warming is increasing rapidly and the fourth biggest carbon emitter in the world is India. GHGs are the major pollutant in the environment and the construction industry is considered 19% responsible for it.
Glacial retreats not only reduce water availability in the rivers but also put hydropower projects in the Himalayan region under greater risk, says one of the authors of the report. Large hydropower projects are on India’s...
Mangrove forests store ten times more carbon per hectare than terrestrial forests, making its preservation critical for controlling carbon emission levels in...
Pakistan's overall vulnerability, including people living in harm's way, is the chief factor in the disaster that at one point submerged one-third of the...
The Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech at the Ref Fort has said that the nation has solutions for global warming and other environmental issues.
A meteorological department official said at present, there is a circulation system over eastern Rajasthan, which will have its effect in the districts of...
As renewable capacity starts to ramp-up and coal mines start to reduce their production and taper off, the local economy would be left stranded. It is...
It's so hot that at least two airport runways in the United Kingdom have melted and railway tracks have buckled, affecting flights and train services.
The government has set a target of increasing non-fossil power capacity to 500 GW by 2030. It wants non-fossil fuel power sources to provide half of its...
Country's Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has brought attention to India's commitment to the climate targets and its efforts toward the global good.
By 2050, sea level rise is expected to inundate 40 per cent of Goa’s low-lying areas, ravaging the state’s popular beaches by draining the sand along its...
As Goa faces climate change threats from rising sea levels and extreme tidal events, its age-old khazans could come to the rescue
India has no policy for rehabilitating climate refugees even as the people living along coastal West Bengal and Odisha are exposed to greater vulnerability
To reduce environmental norm violations in West Bengal, the state pollution control board has announced a monetary reward of Rs. 500 to those who report cases...
The marginalised and poor communities are at a greater risk of deadly heatwaves, disastrous floods and devastating cyclones
World Environment Day 2022 is not only a day to express intent, but also step on the gas on climate actions
The first Heat Action Plan (HAP) was designed and implemented in Ahmedabad in 2013. With India experiencing severe and prolonged heatwave conditions this year,...
Renewable energy and hydrogen can reduce help reduce emissions, but there is a need for conferences of parties to reduce larger risks to the planet, its...
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