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US defence department plans aid mission to Pakistan amid devastating floods

The United States is conducting a military assistance mission to flood-devastated Pakistan, the US armed forces' Central Command (CENTCOM) said

Amid floods, inflation, a political crisis is the last thing Pakistan needs

Accused of economic mismanagement and toppled in a no-confidence vote in April, Imran Khan has since kept up a steady stream of attacks on the coalition government that replaced him

India showing intent to address climate issue: Environment Minister at G20

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said India is showing intent as a problem solver despite not being a traditional contributor to global emissions. Addressing the opening ceremony of the G20 environmental and climate ministerial meeting in Bali, Indonesia, he said the promise of climate finance from developed countries remains a mirage and its current pace and scale does not match the global aspiration to combat climate change. Yadav also said the primary responsibility for the transition towards net-zero emissions rests with those who have historically accounted for most of the accumulated greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Net zero means achieving a balance between the greenhouse gases put into the atmosphere and those taken out. "While India has not been a traditional contributor to global emissions, we are showing the intent in our actions to be a problem solver," he said. The minister said India is totally committed to driving its low-carbo

Pakistan could have averted climate catastrophe that has killed over 1,000

A changing climate will make the problems Pakistan is experiencing now even worse. Warmer air is able to hold more moisture, making extreme monsoon rainfall a more frequent occurrence

Countries should not leave Pakistan at mercy of climate change: PM Sharif

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the international community should not leave developing countries like Pakistan at the mercy of climate change

Pakistan fatal flooding has hallmarks of warming induced by climate change

The familiar ingredients of a warming world were in place: searing temperatures, hotter air holding more moisture, extreme weather getting wilder, melting glaciers, people living in harm's way, and poverty. They combined in vulnerable Pakistan to create unrelenting rain and deadly flooding. The flooding has all the hallmarks of a catastrophe juiced by climate change, but it is too early to formally assign blame to global warming, several scientists tell The Associated Press. It occurred in a country that did little to cause the warming, but keeps getting hit, just like the relentless rain. This year Pakistan has received the highest rainfall in at least three decades. So far this year the rain is running at more than 780% above average levels, said Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute and a member of Pakistan's Climate Change Council. Extreme weather patterns are turning more frequent in the region and Pakistan is not an ...

274 mn people will need humanitarian assistance, protection in 2022: PMNCH

About 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2022, a significant increase from 235 million people a year ago, which was already the highest figure in decades, according to the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH). Conflict, climate change and COVID-19 combine to create a breeding ground for sexual and gender-based violence against vulnerable women, children and adolescents worldwide, including in South Asia, said the PMNCH, which is said to be the world's largest alliance for women's, children's and adolescents' health and well-being. In 2022, about 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection. This number is a significant increase from 235 million people a year ago, which was already the highest figure in decades, it said in a statement. "While global estimates show that nearly one-third of ever-partnered women and girls aged 1549 has experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime, the ...

Centre submits NDC climate target to UNFCC, eyes net-zero by 2070

No Sectoral Targets, 500 GW renewable energy target also dropped

A cotton crisis is upon us as climate change takes a toll on crops

Climate adaptability needs to be improved without compromising on yield potential

Almost half of Europe facing its worst drought for 500 years: Study

Much of Europe has faced weeks of baking temperatures this summer, which worsened the drought, caused wildfires, set off health warnings, and prompted calls for more action to tackle climate change

Rains, pests force world's top cotton producer India to import supplies

This confluence of extreme weather events brought on by climate change has sent cotton prices soaring by as much as 30%

India's solar, wind energy potential likely to dip due to climate change

Solar and wind potential in India are likely to face a negative trend in the future due to climate change, according to a new study by Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. The researchers used state-of-the-art climate models devised by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to analyse the wind and solar projections for the renewable energy sector over the Indian subcontinent. The seasonal and annual wind speed is likely to decrease over North India and increase along South India. The southern coast of Odisha and the southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu show promising potential for wind energy in the climate change scenario, said the study titled 'Analysis of future wind and solar potential over India using climate models'. The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Current Science recently. Regional analysis of wind potential indicates that the frequency of high energy producing wind speeds will decrease, whereas low energy

US President Biden signs major climate change and health care law

US President Joe Biden signed into law a sweeping bill to lower health care costs and address climate change, representing a key win for Democrats in Congress

Bumpy ride ahead for electric vehicle makers after US passes Climate Bill

Most environmentalists have generally applauded the Inflation Reduction Act, despite concessions made to the fossil fuel industry

Democrats in US House pass sweeping healthcare, tax & climate bill

Democrat lawmakers in the US House has passed a sweeping health care, tax and climate change bill.

In Biden's big bill: Climate change, health care, deficit reduction

The biggest investment ever in the US to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program

Over 200 major glaciers disappear in Italy due to climate change: Research

More than 200 major Alpine glaciers have disappeared in Italy since record-keeping began in 1895, the country's environmental lobby group Legambiente said in a report

India's annual green finance just one-fourth of its needs, finds study

An analysis and advisory organisation's update on India's "first-ever effort" to track green investment flows, which are far short of the country's current need for its ambitious climate targets

Biden's $430-billion climate and drug deal gets Senate's approval

Schumer said the legislation contains "the boldest clean energy package in American history" to fight climate change

Is cricket sustainable amid climate change?

The warming of the earth, combined with the exhausting nature of the game, is raising questions about the future of the second most popular sport in the world