Page 140 - Climate Change

300 arrested as climate change protests bring London to a standstill

The majority arrested were seized for breaching public order laws and obstructing a highway

Renewable energy use climbs in Japan while CO2 emissions drop to 8-yr low

Japan, the world's fifth-biggest carbon emitter, has set a target to cut its emissions by 26 per cent from 2013 levels to 1.042 billion tonnes by 2030

Inconvenient truth of climate change

What can we do as temperatures increase and weather changes to bring devastation in different parts of the world?

'Come with a plan,' UN chief tells world leaders over grim climate report

The UN chief said he has convened the 'Climate Action Summit' on September 23 and he is telling leaders, "in September, please do not come with a speech; come with a plan'

As climate change depletes forests, Meghalaya turns to villages for revival

As one of India's greenest states with 80% of its area under forests and trees, three times the Indian average, Meghalaya is unique and uniquely vulnerable

Climate challenge will be harder than it seems, JPMorgan executive warns

'For Green New Deal advocates: de-carbonizing industrial energy use is more easily said than done,' JP Morgan executive explains

India on its own

Foreign assistance on climate change isn't forthcoming

Shell eyes limit to how clean oil output can help reduce greenhouse gases

Europe's biggest oil company has said it plans to reduce its net carbon footprint by half by 2050

How coastal Odisha women are stepping up to contain climate change impact

If women menstruate during the floods, they have no option but to wash in floodwaters and re-use the blood-soaked cloth they use as a sanitary napkin

Last year 4th warmest on record, world may breach 1.5C by 2030: UN report

Temperatures set to climb as greenhouse gases build up

Earth won't look blue from space by end of this century, say MIT scientists

The findings showed that climate change has been significantly affecting phytoplankton -- the tiny sea creatures which will lead to the change in colour -- intensifying its blue and green regions

At UN, India questions rush to declare climate change a security issue

Declaring climate change an international security issue may give the UN Security Council the right to take action on it

We are losing the race against climate change: UN chief Antonio Guterres

On globalisation, he said with all its fantastic improvements in the world and the technological progress, it has increased inequality at the country level

Climate change: Why people are reluctant to act despite knowing the risks

Jeffrey Shaman of the Mailman School of Public Health in New York explains how climate change impacts our health and why it is so difficult to link a particular public health event to climate change

Free public transport is boon for the environment but it's no silver bullet

An optimal policy needs to carefully balance subsidies for public transport use with petrol taxes and investments in the public transport network

How climate change can result in low sperm count, extinction of species

A common fingerprint of a warmer world is a range shift, where the distribution of a species moves to higher altitudes or migrates toward the poles

UN questions India's forest cover data over lack of transparency & clarity

India had submitted data to access potential funds from global carbon trade under Paris Agreement after 2020

Six positive Climate change news stories we all probably missed in 2018

Global warming has left some wintery animals with mismatched camouflage, and it may even cause a global beer shortage

India succeeds in diplomacy to form climate change roadmap, wins accolades

India has committed that by 2030, as much as 40% of its installed energy capacity will be based on non-fossil fuels

By 2060, nearly 1.4 bn will be at risk of becoming environmental migrants

Nearly 40% of Sundarban--the world's largest mangrove forest, three times as large as Goa--is in India, the rest is in neighbouring Bangladesh