Page 13 - Latest Updates on Climate Change
Consumer prices may rise in poor nations by 2050 despite climate policies
The researchers projected that as economies develop and food systems industrialise, farmers will increasingly receive a smaller share of consumer spending
 "Consumer prices may rise in poor nations by 2050 despite climate policies")
Generation Beta: Born into climate change and shifting demographics
Unlike Gen Z, who witnessed the transition from analogue to digital technology, Gen Beta will grow up in a highly technologically integrated world
 "Generation Beta: Born into climate change and shifting demographics")
ICAI seeks tax benefits to promote climate change mitigation strategies
Besides, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has sought a special tax regime for partnership firms and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) as well as simplification of ITR forms
 "ICAI seeks tax benefits to promote climate change mitigation strategies")
Hot button issue: How the scale of climate challenge is increasing
The World Meteorological Organization has said that 2024 was globally the warmest on record, exceeding the Paris Agreement threshold
 "Hot button issue: How the scale of climate challenge is increasing")
India's GHG emissions fell 7.93% in 2020 compared to 2019: Govt to UNFCCC
Total national emissions (including LULUCF) have decreased by 7.93 per cent with respect to 2019 and increased by 98.34 per cent since 1994
 "India's GHG emissions fell 7.93% in 2020 compared to 2019: Govt to UNFCCC")
Moment of decision missed in 2024 at UN climate summit but all's not lost
Relentless warming fuelled record-breaking heatwaves, deadly storms, and floods that devastated lives and homes by the thousands in 2024
 "Moment of decision missed in 2024 at UN climate summit but all's not lost")
Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: Report
According to European climate agency Copernicus, 2024 is set to end as the warmest year on record and the first year with a global average temperature 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels
 "Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: Report")
New York to charge fossil fuel firms for damage from climate change
Climate Change Superfund Act is now law, and New York has fired a shot that will be heard round the world: the companies most responsible for the climate crisis will be held accountable
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Year-ender 2024: Disasters aplenty, but are we ready for changing climate?
Yet another year passed by with nature raising red flags about the crises unfolding before our eyes and with disasters that could have been prevented
 "Year-ender 2024: Disasters aplenty, but are we ready for changing climate?")
Here's all about the best climate news you may have missed this year
Averting catastrophic climate change was always going to involve plenty of steps forward as well as steps back
 "Here's all about the best climate news you may have missed this year")
Here's all about the worst climate news of the year you may have missed
If the ongoing renewables boom (see below) doesn't avert those plans, coal's role in India's grid looks to be getting back on track
 "Here's all about the worst climate news of the year you may have missed")
India, Sweden can strengthen ties in climate solutions: Swedish officials
Sven Ostberg, Consul General of Sweden in Mumbai, cited examples of Envac's solid waste management systems in Mumbai and Gujarat, and IVL's wastewater treatment plant addressing pollution
 "India, Sweden can strengthen ties in climate solutions: Swedish officials")
COP 29 backtracks to address climate crisis in Tibetan Plateau due to China
China has also built major dams on Tibet's major rivers to block access to water to downstream countries
 "COP 29 backtracks to address climate crisis in Tibetan Plateau due to China")
Climate change is stealing weeks of winter, unnerving ski area owners
Warmer days may come as a welcome reprieve for those who endure freezing winters, but the trend is troubling as higher temperatures impact everything from sports to drinking water
 "Climate change is stealing weeks of winter, unnerving ski area owners")
Energy symbiosis, not transition: A revealing take on climate challenges
Jean Baptiste-Fressoz's book exposes how governments and corporations embrace green rhetoric while reinforcing the carbon economy
 "Energy symbiosis, not transition: A revealing take on climate challenges")
Arctic faces drastic changes, 2024 report highlights worrying trends
The Arctic of today looks stunningly different from the Arctic of even one to two decades ago
 "Arctic faces drastic changes, 2024 report highlights worrying trends")
Cyber crimes, climate change new threats to human rights: President Murmu
In her address at an event hosted by the NHRC here to mark the Human Rights Day, the President also underlined that cyber crimes and climate change are new threats to human rights
 "Cyber crimes, climate change new threats to human rights: President Murmu")
2024 will be world's hottest year ever recorded, say EU scientists
C3S said data from January to November had confirmed 2024 is now certain to be the hottest year on record, and the first in which average global temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius
 "2024 will be world's hottest year ever recorded, say EU scientists")
What Trump's second term means for climate change and green policies
The world has no doubt moved ahead on its journey to build a low-carbon economy and this cannot be reversed so easily
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Closely-watched climate case in Hague wraps up first week of testimony
The case, though not binding, is expected to spell out what countries are legally required to do to combat climate change
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