Page 145 - Climate Change

India needs to make smooth, viable transition from coal, says IPCC report

India could witness deadly heatwaves if the planet's temperature goes up by two degrees Celsius

Himalayas facing 'climate change crisis', at greater risk of catastrophes

A 2013 study in Himachal Pradesh found that most apple farmers reported a decline in production and delayed harvest

India to strengthen climate change negotiation team

India to strengthen climate change negotiation team

India lost $79.5 bn from climate-related disasters in 20 years: UN report

563 earthquakes, including related tsunamis, accounted for 56 per cent of the total deaths or 747,234 lives lost, the report said

India's climate change dilemma: Do more while US shrugs off responsibility?

Leading from the front so far, India could be asked to do yet more to fight climate change at its own cost after the dire warnings of the latest IPCC report

How to save the world from climate change? Eating less meat is one option

The scientists called for a "global shift" towards more plant-based diets, slashing food waste and improving farming practices

Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies

A critical question is what role negative emissions technologies can play, both from a policy and economic point of view, as we struggle to stabilise the mean global temperature at an acceptable level

Why Japan is mortgaging its future by choosing growth over environment

Abe administration has been criticized for its lack of environmental awareness

Earth has 10 years left to avoid 'Unthinkable damage: UN Climate report

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report saying temperatures were likely to rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052 if global warming continues at this pace

India, world's second-largest coal consumer, awaits grim climate report

Here is the problem for India: It is the second-largest coal consumer after China, putting at risk the lives of 600 million Indians to disasters caused by climate change

Rising heat on climate change: Tougher the target, greater the cost

Paris Agreement targets by all countries will cost three or four times more if target for temperature rise is kept below 1.5 degrees Celsius instead of 2 degrees Celsius

From Florence to Mangkhut, climate change is the reason for bad storms

It's no longer an unanswerable hypothetical, like pondering how many angels could dance on the head of a pin, we know a great deal about it - and the answers are troubling

Kerala floods show climate change nears point of no return: UN chief

Guterres highlighted the huge economic costs of climate change and the opportunities presented by climate action

Action on climate change could add $26 trn to world economy by 2030: Study

Dynamic action on climate could also generate "over 65 million new low-carbon jobs" by 2030 and avoid over 700,000 premature deaths due to air pollution

India Inc must seize climate initiative

But who will take the lead? The traditional do-gooders or the young turks? Who will be the first to say, "We are in"?

Imperative of climate change

India is burning more coal - and it of course puts this down to the fact that the end of coal would destroy the banking system and the railways in the country

Climate change warning: One-fifth of global deaths due to flooding in India

As many as 107,487 people died due to heavy rains and floods across India over 64 years between 1953 and 2017

How Punjab's farmers are changing strategy to cope with climate change

India is one of the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change

Climate change could cost India 2.8% of GDP by 2050, says World Bank

If no measures are taken, average temperatures in India are predicted to increase by 1.5-3 degrees

'Climate change is real,' carmakers write in a letter to White House

The letter came roughly a week before President Donald Trump signaled he was open to talks with California on mileage standards