Page 30 - Global Warming

Scientists say it'll take $300 billion to halt global warming for 2 decades

The sum is not to fund green technologies or finance a moonshot solution to emissions, but to use simple, age-old practices to lock millions of tons of carbon back into the soil

Mumbaikars providing ready-to-grow seed balls to check depletion of forest

Chitra Chauhan set up Beej Box (BB), a platform that provides 10 seed balls for Rs 100, which need to be chucked in the soil to grow a plant

The cult of children

At the UN Climate Action Summit, Greta Thunberg admonished the world's leaders for playing fast and loose with the futures of the young

Indian financial sector lags in embracing climate-linked investment calls

Lack of enthusiasm to link climate issues with financial support could slow India's push for renewables and supporting technologies for low carbon pathways

Collaboration with India on climate action is quite important: UN official

The UN official also lauded efforts by Indian companies and said he has been very encouraged by the response of companies globally in tackling climate change

Hindu Kush at risk of losing over 60% glaciers by 2100: Green group

Among the 46 cities at risk due to sea level rise, two are Indian cities of Mumbai and Kolkata, which may experience severe and frequent floods

Govt policies, affordability, global warming to spur growth of agri inputs

Farm inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides are essential to the agriculture ecosystem and farmers' income, which govt wants to double by 2022

World 'losing the race' to avert climate disaster, warns UN chief Guterres

Guterres said he was heartened by growing societal awareness, which meant that hope was not yet lost

Climate change effects to be worse than previous estimates, new study shows

Across Europe, heat waves will become longer and more intense, while the Arctic will be entirely ice-free during summer in the last two decades of this century

Fighting climate change

Well-judged alterations in land use are imperative

Hottest July ever! 65% Indians were exposed to heatwaves in May-June 2019

But 2015 saw the worst heatwave in India since 1992, striking areas from Delhi to Telangana and killing 2,081 people. It was the fifth deadliest in world history

Think only world is heating up? Our body is hitting close to thermal limits

When the air temperature exceeds 35°C, the body relies on the evaporation of water - mainly through sweating - to keep core temperature at a safe level

A greener land? Carbon pricing gaining favour in India, firms taking action

The number of Indian companies either pricing or planning to price carbon in their investment decisions is increasing

A perfect environmental storm and opportunity for India to think globally

Six hundred million people in India are at risk from increasing temperatures

India may lose productivity worth 34 mn jobs in 2030 due to global warming

Construction will also be 'severely impacted', with an estimated 19 per cent of global working hours lost at the end of the next decade, ILO says

Global warming to cause productivity loss equal to 80 mn jobs by 2030: UN

A report from the International Labour Organization estimated that in 2030, 2.2% of total working hours worldwide will be lost because of higher temperatures

A million species face extinction within decades, are humans too at risk?

Deforestation and industrial agriculture are major drivers of species and ecosystem decline

Global warming: Half of World Heritage glaciers may disappear by 2100

The study, published in the journal Earth's Future, predicts glacier extinction by 2100 under a high emission scenario in 21 of the 46 natural World Heritage sites where glaciers are currently found

Indian monsoon led to global warming 130,000 years ago that ended ice age

The Indian summer monsoon pulled heat and moisture northwards, driving glacial melting in the northern hemisphere and helping tropical wetlands expand their range

Extracting, processing raw materials behind half of global emissions: UN

The Global Resources Outlook 2019 said that worldwide consumption of basic commodities such as water, minerals and fossil fuels had tripled since 1970