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Biden to suspend federal drilling, strengthen environmental justice

Biden will also assemble a national climate change task force

Climate litigations spiked in recent years, says United Nations body

This has made the courtroom increasingly relevant to efforts to address climate change around the world, an UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report

Greta Thunberg calls out 3 decades of 'blah, blah, blah' on climate change

Speaking at the Davos Agenda Summit, the young climate activist said, "My name is Greta Thunberg and I am not here to make deals"

Ice loss accelerating at record pace globally, shows research

Global warming due to carbon emissions is a key factor

India among top 10 countries most affected by climate change: Germanwatch

India is among the top 10 most affected countries in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 published on Monday by the Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch.

Elon Musk says he will give $100 million for carbon capture prize

Musk, 49, is a philanthropy neophyte compared with those he just leapfrogged on the Bloomberg ranking of the world's 500 wealthiest people

Elon Musk promises $100-mn prize for best carbon capture tech: Know details

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that he planned to give away $100 million as prize for the 'best carbon capture technology'

World leaders laud US return to climate fight under Biden administration

World leaders breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change

Just hours into presidency, Biden announces US will rejoin Paris accord

Biden's action on Paris sends a strong message that the US is prepared to cooperate in the fight against climate change and to reclaim the leadership role it once held

Joe Biden takes sweeping Day One action on energy, climate, immigration

The new president is also ordering the wearing of masks and social distancing in all federal buildings

Climate change may change rainfall pattern in south India, intensify floods

The current study highlighted the drastic alterations to come over future decades in India by isolating the response in the Eastern and Western Hemisphere zones

World's oceans continue to warm, despite reduced carbon emissions

Published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences earlier this week, the study was conducted by 20 scientists from 13 institutes in China, the United States and Italy

Fairer way to help developing economies

The proposed Green New Deal in the United States and the European Commission's European Green Deal have laudable environmental goals but are too inward-looking

Too many companies are banking on carbon capture to reach net zero

The UN Principles for Responsible Investment estimates that some 42 companies announced net-zero targets in 2019

Climate change: PepsiCo aims for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040

The food-and-beverage giant generated about 57 million metric tonnes of greenhhouse gas emissions globally in 2019

Top stock broking firm Zerodha takes climate change fight to grass roots

What sets its dedicated fund apart is that it doesn't back large greenfield projects but offers grants to early-stage innovation in areas like renewable energy and sustainable farming

Every breath you take

Book review of Breathing Here is Injurious to Your Health

Best of BS Opinion: GST's high point, clarity on bitcoin, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

A good climate year

From record low tariff for solar power in India to Joe Biden making climate change his core agenda, 2021 will mark events that will prove to be a good year for the climate

World's richest Bezos tops list of making largest charitable gifts in 2020

The world's richest person made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of top donations