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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 […]
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New York: While the effects of global climate change are already resulting in the loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise, and longer and more intense heat waves, a first-ever survey of planktonic lipids in the global ocean predicts a temperature-linked decrease in the production of essential omega-3 fatty acids. This means as global warming […]
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By Dr Sonal Mobar Roy Catering to the needs of millions of people in the country, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme (MGNREGS) is one of India’s flagship social protection programmes. It is the largest labour guarantee scheme in the world, offering 100 days of paid labour to every rural household. The origin […]
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Stockholm: Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and well-being, and thus countries must make it a priority while taking efforts to tackle the climate crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. According to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), rapidly increasing climate change poses a rising […]
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By Dr Ramesh Chenamaneni In recent years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been issuing long-range rainfall forecasts for four divisions, namely: North Eastern India, Central India, North Western India and Peninsular India. Given the large spatial variation of rainfall and soils within these divisions, farmers in different sub-regions are unable to utilise these higher […]
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London: Super cyclones, the most intense form of tropical storms, are likely to have a much more devastating impact on people in India in the future due to climate change, according to a modelling study. Researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK examined the 2020 Super Cyclone Amphan – the most costly cyclone […]
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London: 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, according to a study by the UK Met Office. The analysis released on Wednesday means extreme temperature events once expected every […]
