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England Likely To Hit Hard By Global Warming If Timely Action Not Taken: Environment Agency. (File pic-Representational image)

Droughts, Wet Events Made More Frequent, Intense By Global Warming: NASA-Led Study

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.

14 March 2023

England Likely To Hit Hard By Global Warming If Timely Action Not Taken: Environment Agency. (File pic-Representational image)

Opposition Members Ask Government To Take Holistic Approach To Tackle Effects Of 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...

15 December 2022

Coal, COP27 And Climate Justice: Why India Is More A Victim Of Climate Change Than The Perpetrator

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.

18 November 2022

IMD to launch Urban Meteorological Services in 50 cities

Hottest February In India This Year Since 1877: IMD

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.

28 February 2023

COP27 was convened in Sharam El-Sheikh, Egypt

Is Loss And Damage Fund Another Addition To The Empty Coffers Meant For Poor Nations?

A transitional committee that will decide the fund amount and its recipients will only meet by March 2023

23 November 2022

Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav

India Undertaking Arduous Effort To Fight Climate Change: Environment Minister At COP27

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.

15 November 2022

Carbon Footprint

The Carbon Footprint Of The Construction Industry In India

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.

22 December 2022

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An ISRO study of satellite images over 15 years shows over 75% of Himalayan glaciers in retreat

Climate Change: Himalayan Glacial Retreat, Variable Monsoon Major Threats To India, Says Report at COP-27

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...

15 November 2022

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09 November 2022
COP27 Identifies Mangroves As Important Solution To Climate Change

COP27 Identifies Mangroves As Important Solution To Climate Change

Mangrove forests store ten times more carbon per hectare than terrestrial forests, making its preservation critical for controlling carbon emission levels in...


16 September 2022
Pakistan Floods: Study Points At Warming, Manmade Reasons That Worsened The Deadly Deluge

Pakistan Floods: Study Points At Warming, Manmade Reasons That Worsened The Deadly Deluge

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...


15 August 2022
India Has Solution To Global Warming, Other Environmental Issues: PM Modi

India Has Solution To Global Warming, Other Environmental Issues: PM Modi

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.


26 July 2022
Heavy Rains In Rajasthan, More Predicted For Next 2 Days

Heavy Rains In Rajasthan, More Predicted For Next 2 Days

A meteorological department official said at present, there is a circulation system over eastern Rajasthan, which will have its effect in the districts of...


24 July 2022
Enabling A Humane Transition

Enabling A Humane Transition

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...


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19 July 2022
UK Sizzles In Extreme Heatwave, Records Hottest Day Ever

UK Sizzles In Extreme Heatwave, Records Hottest Day Ever

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.


22 June 2022
India Needs $223 Billion To Meet 2030 Renewable Capacity Goals: Report

India Needs $223 Billion To Meet 2030 Renewable Capacity Goals: Report

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...


19 June 2022
India Ambitious Towards Its Climate Targets: Bhupendra Yadav

India Ambitious Towards Its Climate Targets: Bhupendra Yadav

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.


17 June 2022
Goa's Battle Against The Ills Of Global Warming And Indiscrete Concretisation

Goa's Battle Against The Ills Of Global Warming And Indiscrete Concretisation

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...


17 June 2022
The Green Corridors: Can Goa's Khazans Mitigate The Effects Of Climate Change?

The Green Corridors: Can Goa's Khazans Mitigate The Effects Of Climate Change?

As Goa faces climate change threats from rising sea levels and extreme tidal events, its age-old khazans could come to the rescue


08 June 2022
Waterworld! Rising Seas Pose A Threat To Millions Living Along India’s Coastline

Waterworld! Rising Seas Pose A Threat To Millions Living Along India’s Coastline

India has no policy for rehabilitating climate refugees even as the people living along coastal West Bengal and Odisha are exposed to greater vulnerability


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06 June 2022
Monetary Reward For Reporting Instances Of Green Norm Violations In Bengal

Monetary Reward For Reporting Instances Of Green Norm Violations In Bengal

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...


05 June 2022
Doom And Gloom: Climate Change Poses Growing Threats To India's Poor

Doom And Gloom: Climate Change Poses Growing Threats To India's Poor

The marginalised and poor communities are at a greater risk of deadly heatwaves, disastrous floods and devastating cyclones


05 June 2022
Climate Intent And Action Need To Match Up

Climate Intent And Action Need To Match Up

World Environment Day 2022 is not only a day to express intent, but also step on the gas on climate actions


05 June 2022
Heatwave Pangs: Why Heat Action Plans Are Need Of The Hour In India

Heatwave Pangs: Why Heat Action Plans Are Need Of The Hour In India

The first Heat Action Plan (HAP) was designed and implemented in Ahmedabad in 2013. With India experiencing severe and prolonged heatwave conditions this year,...


03 June 2022
Climate Change In Times Of War And Peace

Climate Change In Times Of War And Peace

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...


29 May 2022
Poetry: Letter From A Former Cook

Poetry: Letter From A Former Cook

Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca was an instructor of english, french and spanish before debuting as a poet in 1989


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