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Boost in solar energy, EV sales gives hope for climate goals: Research
For the last two years, the rate of the build up of solar energy and electric vehicle sales were in line with achieving emissions reductions targets that will help cap warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius
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Rabi season: Govt aims 60% of wheat area under climate resilient varieties
Faced with a heatwave in 2021, the government encouraged farmers in 2022 to go for heat-tolerant wheat varieties in 47 per cent of the total wheat acreage of 30 million hectares
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Researchers found the most intense heat wave ever registered- in Antarctica
Scientists found that the 39-degree temperature anomaly is the largest ever measured anywhere in the world
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Net Zero by 2050 still possible with rapid renewables expansion: IEA
The report comes amid concerns of backsliding on climate and environmental commitments in Europe after the UK deferred its own ban on combustion engine cars by five years to 2035
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Climate change: How Starbucks may be creating a new waste problem
All reusable cups have a "breakeven point"; If you drink from a ceramic mug 20 times before breaking it or sticking it in the attic, you're almost certainly better off using 20 paper cups instead
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Flooding in Libya shows how disasters are man-made and not Acts of God
A rapid attribution study found that climate change played a role in the events
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MDBs at the centre of any chance of meeting the climate challenge
Giving a lecture at a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) event on 'The World is on Fire', Summers spoke about the challenges of overcoming poverty as well as climate change
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Delhi joins campaign to build climate resilience, commits to green cover
These include investments in circular economy to re-purpose and reduce waste and in decentralised renewable energy sources to enhance access to clean and sustainable energy
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India to clock GDP growth of 6.5% in FY24: NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani
The economy will grow notwithstanding high crude oil prices and increased uncertainty due climate changes, he said
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Biden using executive power to create New Deal-style American Climate Corps
The climate corps had been proposed in early versions of the sweeping climate law approved last year but was jettisoned amid strong opposition from Republicans and concerns about cost
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UK leader Rishi Sunak signals plan to backtrack on some climate goals
He said he would keep a promise to reduce the UK's emissions of climate-warming greenhouse gases to net zero by 2050, but in a better, more proportionate way
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India's renewable energy boom not fast enough for 1.5-degree C goal: Report
"The future of fossil fuels in a 1.5-degree Celsius compatible power sector transition, whether abated or unabated, is the same one of swift decline," the Climate Action Tracker report says
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Climate change made Libya's flooding even more devastating: Scientists
Before crossing the Mediterranean, the storm raged for four days and caused extensive damage in central Greece and parts of Bulgaria and Turkey
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HCLTech grants $5 mn under CSR initiative to combat climate in Americas
For the last eight years, the HCLTech Grant program has been supporting India-based NGOs, and now the same has been scaled for implementation in the Americas, the company said in a statement
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First Abu Dhabi Bank announces strategic pathway partnership with COP28
FAB's COP28 partnership is an integral part of the UAE's vision to support a sustainable future, the bank's broader growth strategy and its sustainability priorities
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From climate change to tech disruptions: AIYD to discuss global mega trends
Every year 15 delegates young leaders from different fields are chosen from both the countries to foster bilateral understanding and collaborations
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How can you spot greenwashing in advertisements, product packaging?
Broadly speaking, it's when companies questionably claim environmental bona fides to attract more business or draw less scrutiny
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Minerals security partnership continues to expand with India, says US
US also affirmed that country would continue to expand the Minerals security partnership with 14 partners including India as clean energy and other technologies, are projected to grow significantly
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UAW strike: Cracks between Biden's goals of tackling climate change, unions
The strike involves 13,000 workers so far, less than one-tenth of the union's total membership, but it's a sharp test of Biden's ability to hold together an expansive, discordant political coalition
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If Mother Nature were to come calling
Even as the world grapples with escalating climate crises, corporate priorities in India continue to favour optics over genuine environmental action in their brand building effort
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