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Women make up the majority of the world’s poor and are more reliant on natural resources
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By Balsher Singh Sidhu More than half the world’s population faces water scarcity for at least one month every year. Meanwhile, some people have to deal with too much water, while others have access to only poor water quality. That’s billions of people living with drought in Africa and India, facing flood risks in Bangladesh […]
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The signs are too ominous to ignore. Despite the ongoing efforts to reduce the risks associated with climate change, half of humanity is living in the danger zone and many ecosystems are at the point of no return. For India, the dangers are far too grave. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […]
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Hyderabad: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will be hosting the 21st edition of its annual flagship event — World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) virtually from February 16 to 18 focusing on the umbrella theme, ‘Towards a Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Future’. This year’s theme is keeping in line with the present […]
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By Chandan Mitra Every life on earth is interdependent and man is only a strand in this delicately balanced web of relationships. Every time a strand is snapped, and a species becomes extinct, man, the destroyer himself, moves closer to his own destruction. This is not only applicable to all living species but also to […]
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The results highlight the outsized role these emitters play in driving warming and temperature extremes around the world.
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For some time, the Earth’s natural resources have been depleted faster than they can be replaced. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has set a 2030 deadline to reduce heat-trapping emissions by half to avoid climate change that is both irreversible and destructive. With colleagues, we coauthored a climate emergency warning paper in 2019. It […]
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With cooperation and dialogue, the international community can leverage COP26 to reduce the points of friction
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Time is running out as more and more evidence is piling up pointing towards worsening global climate crisis. The choice before humanity, therefore, is between existence and extinction. Clearly, the current international efforts to control the climate crisis are not enough. The goals need to be reframed and redefined in view of the grave implications […]
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Remaking cities is a chance to make them more equitable for the 21st century and beyond
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United Nations: Underlining that the International Solar Alliance will usher in a new era of “green energy diplomacy”, India introduced a draft resolution in the UN General Assembly for granting Observer Status for the global initiative that would help provide for regular cooperation between ISA and the United Nations, benefiting global energy growth and development. […]
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Of all the troubling news in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released recently, one warning will surely generate the most discussion: under all scenarios examined, Earth is likely to reach the crucial 1.5℃ warming limit in the early 2030s. As the report makes clear, global warming of 1.5℃, and then 2℃, will be exceeded […]
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Satellite observations indicate a delayed fall and the reason being warmer temperatures
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Thus, the day is designed to bring awareness about these different species and the reasons for their numbers coming down drastically.
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We need to practise what has been passed down and revere nature to fight climate change
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The breed is said to be one notch above extinction in the wild, underscoring the importance of captive-breeding programmes.
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They also call for strict implementation of rules at grassroots level
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The goals need to be reframed and redefined in view of the grave implications of climate change
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While there are no details about where and how this incident happened, the clip starts with a view of an area submerged in water.
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The next big financial catastrophe could be triggered by climate change but central banks can prevent it
