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Putting a monetary value on protecting the Earth means people will pay the true cost of their consumption
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West Bengal is known for its rich biodiversity, climate change is expected to lead to the loss of many species, said Dr Anjal Prakash
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In its recent report, IPCC released its report for 2023 and said that the average temperatures hit 1.1 degrees Celsius.
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Beecarbonize not only expects players to find ways to remedy the climate crisis, but also visualizes various tipping points, disruptions that living with the crisis entails
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The concept is clear. It means that all the necessary amenities like grocery stores, hospitals, and parks are accessible through either a 15-minute walk or a bicycle ride
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Waking up to China’s dominance of cleantech, the West is turning climate policy into industrial and trade strategy
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SC agreeing to an inquiry into ‘compelling reasons’ for allowing GM crops does not augur well for agriculture
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Kheyti won the prize in the Protect and Restore Nature category from hundreds of entries worldwide.
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The 60 largest banks in the world have invested $3.8 trillion in fossil fuels since the Paris agreement.
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While the long coastal line of the state in general faces the climate change issues, cities like Visakhapatnam, Kakinada and Machilipatnam are particularly vulnerable.
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Poetry gives climate change a name and a form to enable us to assimilate the crisis, recognise its contours.
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The choice is between existence and extinction. It’s a ‘now or never’ situation as humanity faces the unprecedented impact of climate change. Climate action can no longer be put off nor can the world afford to continue bickering over funding and technology transfers. As the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres summed up during his speech […]
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The pandemic and Ukraine war have only delayed carbon reduction efforts globally as coal is being used instead of gas due to scarcity created by war.
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Ahead of the United Nations climate conference — COP27 —, there are ominous reports suggesting that the nations are far behind the targets set for containing global warming. Despite the grand pledges, greenhouse emissions continue to play havoc with the planet. According to the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2022, the world […]
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Given the extent of human tinkering with Nature, the situation may soon come to such a pass that we will have to make a choice between existence and extinction. The consequences of the damage caused by human activities like deforestation, pollution, overfishing and development are already being felt. The death of over seven million people […]
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Most women in flood-stricken areas who depend on agriculture experience high yield loss which causes food insecurity and high levels of malnutrition in their bodies.
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India’s decision to enhance the existing targets on climate change is a welcome development but the country has a long way to go as it has an unenviable task of balancing the imperatives of development and the urgency of environmental protection. New Delhi’s move to update the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), under the Paris Agreement, […]
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By Kevin Trenberth When politicians talk about reaching “net zero” emissions, they’re often counting on trees or technology that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air. What they don’t mention is just how much these proposals or geoengineering would cost to allow the world to continue burning fossil fuels. There are many proposals for […]
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By Sanjay Chaturvedi In the world of migration law no one has successfully defined what a ‘climate refugee’ is. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees doesn’t endorse the term. Worse, the term ‘refugee’, as subscribed to by the 1951 Convention with its focus on fear of persecution, is unlikely to be of any value […]
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New Haven: Few would contest the possibility of love partners influencing each other’s opinions and actions, but what about their perspectives on climate change specifically? There hasn’t been much research done on the dynamics of climate change discussions in romantic relationships and how one partner’s opinions might affect the other. The findings of the research […]
