Page 129 - Climate Change

Blue skies and brown earth

It has taken a virus, the lowest among species, to teach us that a sustainable transport system can and must be developed

The climate 'dividend'

Lockdown highlights the criticality of climate change agenda

Another victim of Covid-19: World's plan to ditch single-use plastic

Governors in Massachusetts and Illinois have banned or strongly discouraged the use of reusable grocery bags

Finding the light: Schneider Electric reimagining the brand with a purpose

The 184-year-old global electrical energy company rewires the brand around environmental concerns, looks for a direct connection with consumers

Covid-19 is sign of an ecological crisis

Dealing with it as if it were a singular phenomenon occurring in a single domain will not work

Exxon CEO Darren Woods calls rivals' climate goals a 'beauty competition'

Much-derided plastic even came in for some praise, with Exxon Senior Vice President Jack Williams arguing that it's "a net benefit to society and to the environment."

Climate crisis: CEOs beware, shareholders want you to go green fast

At least one major UK company already faces a hard-hitting resolution aimed at making it more green.

Extreme heat events to become more common in India, scientists warn

Before the 1976 climate shift, they said eastern and southern parts of India experienced significant increase in the frequency of hot days.

With $100-bn, Singapore is planning for the worst of climate change

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called climate change a matter of 'life and death,' an existential threat to the country as important as national defense

Greta Thunberg meets her 'role model' Malala Yousafzai at Oxford university

Thunberg is set to join a school strike in Bristol this week while Yousafzai is studying at the University of Oxford

Best of BS Opinion: Coronavirus epidemic, climate-change impacts, and more

Can the coronavirus epidemic could lead to encouraging responses and who will succeed Aditya Puri

Australia govt says climate change targets can't risk economy, jobs

Australia may continue to be an exporter of thermal coal in 2050, according to Anthony Albanese, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, that's targeting net zero emissions by that date.

Building resilience against climate change

The fact is climate change is real; it is happening and it is making the poor in our world more marginalised.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion fund to tackle climate change

Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet,' says Bezos, whose net worth is estimated to be around $130 billion

Elon Musk calls Gates underwhelming as Microsoft founder buys a Porsche

Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp., spoke with a YouTube influencer last week about the challenges of reducing emissions to slow climate change

Jaishankar engages with EU leaders on socio-economic issues, climate change

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met top leaders of the European Union and held wide-ranging talks on issues, including economic cooperation, climate change and capacity building, that would "benefit both India and EU". Jaishankar, who was in Germany during the weekend for the Munich Security Conference, arrived here on Monday to prepare the ground for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's planned visit for the India-EU summit here next month. The foreign minister met EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen and the two leaders discussed experiences in capacity building and development partnerships. "Coordination on these issues would be to the benefit of both India and EU," Jaishankar tweeted. The minister also held "positive and productive" parleys at the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU. "Thank the attending Foreign Ministers, Ambassadors & senior officials and most of all HR (High Representative) @JosepBorrellF. Looking forward to working together to ...

Australian bushfires extinguished, but sparks debate on climate disasters

While scientists agree climate change created favourable conditions for the blazes, politicians of all stripes are acutely aware how sensitive the issue is in Australian politics

Scientists develop tech to convert carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuel

Malmstadt said that in contrast, the team's discovery uses a millifluidic reactor process, a very small scale chemical reactor system, which has a minimal environmental footprint.

Climate change to drive 33% of earth's flora, fauna to extinction by 2070

About 50% of the species had local extinctions if maximum temperatures increased by more than 0.5 deg Celsius, and 95% if temperatures increase by more than 2.9 deg Celsius.

Green bond sub-component issuance will reach $300 bn this year: Moody's

With climate change becoming a big issue, these bonds will soon find wider acceptance globally