Page 128 - Climate Change

India-Europe Summit: High level ministerial talks to push trade, investment

Strategic partnership with Europe adopted for cooperation over next 5 years

Nature in peril

Nature can protect us only if we protect it - that is the simple truth this government needs to recognise

Climate change: Small island nations not waiting for rich countries to act

Increasingly intense storms are just one of the ways climate change threatens small island developing states like Dominica

Mysterious pink ice on Italian Alps sound alarm bells for climate change

Algae is not dangerous but shows the effect of climate change, say scientists.

Countries burning fossil fuel can't give sermons on climate change: Joshi

Pralhad Joshi says he will replace mines from the auction if chief ministers object but they should understand this will change the economic situation in states.

Mukesh Ambani pushes for clean, affordable energy; tech to decarbonise

"It's not only imperative for us to be net carbon zero but I think that we should opt to recycle carbon," Ambani said.

NASA finds drop in CO2, greenhouse emission in India during virus lockdown

NASA collaborates with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to document planet-wide changes in the environment, society during the Covid-19 lockdown

Vulnerable to rise in temperature, India needs to take heatwave seriously

Extreme heat is already killing more people than reported. By 2030, it could also result in productivity loss equivalent to 34 million jobs, writes Bhasker Tripathi

Unilever to invest 1 billion euros in climate change fund over 10 years

The fund will invest in projects including reforestation, water preservation and carbon sequestration over the next ten years

Heads of state, chiefs to discuss Covid-19, climate at UN Leaders Summit

More than 20 UN agencies, funds and programmes will also showcase their work with the business sector

Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize

US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, praised Lal, saying he is helping nearly 500 million small farmers through improved management, less soil degradation, and recycling of nutrients

Adani Green Energy wins world's biggest solar bid of Rs 45,000 crore

Becomes India's largest clean energy firm; to set up 8-Gw power plant

Two ends to Climate Change debate; Experts vary on impact on rain, cyclones

The topic has always been contentious, with radical movements like Extinction Rebellion at one end, and leaders like Donald Trump and Brazil's Bolsonaro, who say climate change theory is a hoax at the

Heatwaves, flooding: Severe climate change in India in 80 years, says study

The enhanced warming is likely to further accelerate the snow and glacier melt over this region, with a consequent increase in flooding

Cyclones are becoming more fierce and frequent: This study explains why

Scientists have observed an increasing trend of post-monsoon tropical cyclones over the Arabian Sea

Over 150 global firms urge govts to align Covid aid with climate science

The statement comes as governments around the world are preparing trillions of dollars worth of stimulus packages to help economies recover from the impacts of the coronavirus

A working plasma jet engine

This technology can move the aviation industry closer to zero emission

Big names in Indian philanthropy team up to respond to climate change

Some of the biggest names in Indian philanthropy have teamed up with researchers and more to craft an India-specific response to the climate crisis. Nikita Puri reports on the development

How not to lose clean air gains

What is clear is that this joy of nature has come at enormous and unacceptable human cost to millions in the world

New economic assumptions

Covid must cause a re-examination of aspects of economics