Page 14 - Latest Updates on Climate Change
Projected air travel growth runs counter to climate goals, says study
Steps to tame fast-growing air travel could include limiting airport infrastructure growth and corporate travel while increasing taxation on the sector
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Climate change, extreme weather key challenges: DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
Says 'weather management's technologies could evolve in next 50 years
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How a week of weather extremes upended lives of millions of Americans
Welcome to one wild week of the climate crisis, scientists say. There will be more
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Everyone should act in combating global warming: Union minister Shekhawat
After inaugurating a climate change gallery titled 'On the Edge' at Science City, Kolkata, Shekhawat said climate change has turned up to be a big issue for the entire world
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2024 breaks records as hottest year ever, exceeding 1.5-degree C threshold
2024 recorded a global average temperature of 15.10 degrees Celsius, 1.60 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, driven by record-high greenhouse gas emissions
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Earth records hottest year ever in 2024, big jump breached key threshold
July 10 was the hottest day recorded by humans, with the globe averaging 17.16 degrees Celsius (62.89 degrees Fahrenheit), Copernicus found
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Los Angeles wildfires burn towns, Hollywood in flames: What's happening?
Unrelenting wildfires fueled by dry conditions and fierce winds devastate Los Angeles, highlighting the growing impact of climate change on once-seasonal disasters
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Remote but resource-rich Greenland occupies key position in warming world
Greenland is where climate change, scarce resources, tense geopolitics and new trade patterns all intersect, said Ohio University security and environment professor Geoff Dabelko
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EU warns of 'serious blow' to climate change policy from Donald Trump
US exit from the Paris Agreement would require other countries to double down on climate diplomacy in response
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Remote but resource-rich Greenland occupies key position in warming world
Greenland also serves as the engine and on/off switch for a key ocean current that influences Earth's climate in many ways, including hurricane and winter storm activity
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Weather extremes of 2024 leading to intense floods, droughts: Report
Global warming, caused by fossil fuel burning, is increasing the strength and rainfall intensity of monsoons, cyclones and other storm systems
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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