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WEF 2022: Here's what will happen on Day 1 at Davos Annual meeting

WEF 2022: The high-profile WEF annual meeting will continue till Thursday

China, climate & inflation: New Australian PM has his task cut out

Albanese seized upon the rising cost of living as a key issue in his attack on the outgoing coalition govt

WEF 2022: Biggest issues to discuss at Davos this year? 5 experts explain

Excerpts from interviews with five experts highlighting what they see as the biggest issues currently demanding our attention at Davos 2022.

Davos set to host WEF meet again; Ukraine crisis, climate change key focus

The high-profile annual powwow of the rich and powerful from across the world will begin with a welcome reception on Sunday evening and will continue till Thursday, May 26

Mean temperatures, sea levels and carbon emissions at record high

Climate alert: Probability of mean temperatures crossing 1.5 degrees in five years has increased to 50 per cent: World Meteorological Organisation report

Climate change made extreme heatwaves in India 100 times more likely: Study

Climate change has made the record breaking heat waves in India and Pakistan over 100 times more likely, and also increased the chances that such events will occur more frequently in the future, accor

World's oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, says climate report

The water bodies absorb around 90% of the Earth's accumulated heat and 23% of the carbon dioxide emissions from human activity.

Climate Change: Greenhouse gas, sea level rise set new records in 2021

Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification set new records in 2021 with extreme weather led to hundreds of billions of dollars in losses, a new report said

Crypto price collapse offers hope for slowing climate change: Here's how

Prices for the largest cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and ethereum, have both dropped by over 55% in six months, leading some to suggest that regulation is needed to contain the turmoil.

Asian leaders in a policy commission to make case for net-zero emissions

The Asia Society Policy Institute has announced that it will convene a High-Level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero for countries, including India.

A race with no finish line

Book chapters are organised into sections around calamities, food produce, fossil fuels and alternate power

WEF 2022: Low carbon-emitting technologies crucial to check climate change

The WEF 2022 white paper gives an overview of the key insights and results from the policy dashboard

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif forms task force on climate change amid heatwaves

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday formed a task force on climate change in view of the country currently facing heatwave and melting of glaciers.

Heat waves, floods, rains sign of India's climate change battle: Experts

The spectre of climate change is here to stay and even worsen, say climate scientists as searing winds blow across swathes of north India, including Delhi where temperatures have crossed 49 degrees

Ensuring resilient energy transition needs to be top-priority: WEF study

The new special edition report by WEF listed key recommendations for governments, companies, consumers and other stakeholders on how to progress the energy transition

Delhi, Mumbai will be 5 degrees warmer in 2080-99 period: Greenpeace India

A recent heatwave in Delhi saw the maximum touching 43.5 degrees Celsius on April 29, which is well above the average maximum temperature for the month

Companies committed to cutting emissions represent $38 trn in economy: Rpt

In 2021, the number of SBTi companies doubled to 2,253, including 1,082 companies with approved targets and 1,171 that committed to set science-based targets

50-50 chance of Earth hitting key warming mark by 2026, say scientists

The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent

Western nations must bear financial cost to fight climate change: India

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav also spoke about the 'waves of environmental litigation over the years which have become detrimental to the development'

Doerr donates $1.1 bn to set up Stanford climate school; an IITian to lead

Leading it will be Mayo and IIT Mumbai alum, Arun (Arunava) Majumdar, professor of mechanical engineering and former co-director of the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford.