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European Union countries approve climate measures after long talks
The 27 EU members found a common agreement on draft legislation aimed at slashing EU greenhouse gases by at least 55% in 2030 compared with 1990 rather than by a previously agreed 40%
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Nepal mulls shifting Everest base camp due to risk of melting glacier
Several researches conducted from time to time have warned that the glaciers close to the Everest summit are thinning at an alarming rate
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G-7 nations pledge to accelerate efforts to slow global warming
Environment ministers from seven leading industrialised nations agreed to accelerate efforts to slow global warming, including a commitment to end government support for new coal-fired power plants
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This April, more places in India saw mercury over 45 degrees in a decade
Heatwaves in India: New study shows record-breaking heat to become more common. Exposure to extreme heat can cause heat exhaustion or heat stroke
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Bonn climate change conference next week to set tone for COP27 in Egypt
At the June sessions, discussions will take place on a range of important topics including greenhouse gas emission reductions, adapting to climate impacts
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With a chapati crisis brewing at home, can India afford to feed the world?
As global temperatures rise 2 degrees Celsius or more above pre-industrial levels, the country's chapati challenge is only going to become more urgent
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HSBC suspends senior executive who said climate change is being exaggerated
Kirk, who is global head of responsible investing at the bank's asset management division, was suspended pending an investigation into a speech he made at an event last week
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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.
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New Zealand sets $357 mn to help pay for cleaner cars to reduce emissions
The plan represents a step toward the pledges the nation made under the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change and New Zealand's stated goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
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Arctic temp anomaly to be over three times as large as global mean anomaly
A report released on Tuesday said that the Arctic temperature anomaly is likely to be more than three times as large as the global mean anomaly in certain conditions in the northern hemisphere
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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
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India's heat waves, power outages testing the limits of human survival
Multiple regions of India have already been edging close to critical wet-bulb temperatures over the past week
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Fears of glaciers vanishing exaggerated, says Cato Institute study
Cato Institute paper says Himalayan melt has little impact on rivers
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Centre urges states to take action on heat wave-related illnesses
In a communication to all chief secretaries of states and UTs, Union Health secy Rajesh Bhushan has sought daily surveillance reports on illnesses shared with NCDC
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Climate change will decrease number of fish species, says report
The researchers noted that previous studies of shifting habitat ranges focused on the direct impacts of climate change on individual species
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India sees warmest March in 122 years, lowest rainfall since 1908: IMD
In March 2010, the country had recorded a maximum temperature of 33.09 degrees Celsius
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Ozone may be weakening one of Earth's important cooling mechanisms: Study
The research has also revealed that ozone in the lower atmosphere, in particular, contributed to warming in the southern ocean
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Lifestyles for climate justice
A change in consumption patterns of the rich is as essential for climate mitigation as supply-side innovations and even more crucial for climate justice
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