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Extreme weather events put $84 billion of Indian bank debt at risk

Banks flagged exposure to environmentally sensitive businesses including cement, coal, oil and power. They also listed effects of cyclones and floods on loan repayments in farming and related sectors

Warming will increase frequency of flash droughts in India: IIT study

This will have a negative impact on crop production, says the study

Sustainability and the feeding frenzy

Book review of ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, JUNK: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal

Russia launches satellite to monitor climate and environment in the Arctic

The Arctic has warmed more than twice as fast as the global average over the last three decades and Moscow is seeking to develop the energy-rich region

New climate pledges 'far short' of meeting Paris Agreement goals: UN

The planet is on 'red alert', the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said

PM Modi to receive global energy and environment leadership award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award during an annual international energy conference next week. The prime minister will also deliver the keynote address at the CERAWeek Conference-2021, which will be held virtually from March 1 to 5, its organiser, IHS Markit, said on Friday. Prominent speakers at the conference include US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Breakthrough Energy Bill Gates and president and CEO, Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser. "We look forward to Prime Minister Modi's perspectives on the role of the world's largest democracy and are pleased to honour him with the CERAWeek Global Energy and Environment Leadership Award for his commitment to expanding India's leadership in sustainable development to meet the country's, and the world's, future energy needs," IHS Markit vice chairman and the conference's chair, Daniel Yergin, said.

UN report card on Paris goals gives 75 governments a 'fail' mark

"That simply is not good enough," said Patricia Espinosa, urging governments - including those that have already updated their plans - to come up with larger promised cuts before COP26

US-Canada to hold first dialogue on climate change by beginning of April

"The initial meeting of the Dialogue will occur between March 15 and April 1," the White House said in a statement on Wednesday evening

European Commission bets on data to prepare for climate change impacts

As European Union countries attempt to eliminate their net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, they will still face decades of climate-related impacts, locked in from previous years' emissions

Prakash Javadekar uses Sanskrit for first time at UNSC on climate change

Javadekar said that there is no common, widely accepted methodology for assessing the connection between climate change, conflict and fragility

UN chief lists four priority areas to address climate crisis risks

Talking about the last priority area, Guterres said that "we need to deepen partnerships across and beyond the United Nations system"

Boris Johnson warns climate change threatens world security

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned world leaders that climate change is a threat to security of all nations

Important for nations to fulfil their pre-2020 green commitments: Javadekar

Javadekar on Tuesday stressed that the idea of climate action should not be to move the climate ambition goal post to 2050 and it is important for countries to fulfil their pre-2020 commitments

'Scanty and sketchy evidence': Delhi court grants bail to Disha Ravi

The judge termed the evidence produced by police as scanty and sketchy

India at UNSC urges nations to fulfil pre-2020 climate change commitments

The year 2050 is when nations have been called on to achieve net zero CO2 emissions

Toolkit case: Climate activist Disha Ravi released from Tihar jail

Climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in connection with the toolkit case, was released from Tihar jail on Tuesday night after a city court granted her bail.

Several nations have joined India's Solar initiative: PM Modi

Modi on Tuesday said that many countries in the world have joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA) initiative started by the country

Modi asks IITs to develop resilient infra against climate change dangers

He also spoke of the need for making available safe, affordable and environment friendly energy to people through initiatives like the International Solar Alliance

Could Joe Biden's climate change policy lead to more militarism?

Climate change poses an existential threat. That doesn't mean we should further empower an already bloated Pentagon

Bill Gates wants to team up more with Bezos to combat climate crisis

In his book, Gates uses the concept of a "Green Premium," the difference in price between a traditional, carbon-emitting technology like a gas-powered car and its green alternative, an electric car