Delhi could cut its PM2.5 exposure burden by 20 per cent by 2040 if current national air quality standards are met from 2026, a UNEP-CCAC report says. An eight-year delay could halve emissions reductions and significantly increase health impacts
The UNEP’s latest report warns that global temperatures could temporarily cross the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold within years. UNEP India head Balakrishna Pisupati said some climate impacts, including biodiversity loss, glacier retreat and sea-level rise, could become permanent despite technological progress
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 […]
By K Aloke Kumar Director, Telangana State BC Study Circles These practice questions focusing on environment and ecology will aid aspirants better prepare for the State government recruitment examinations. 1. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): Ecological productivity decreases from the equator towards the poles Reason (R): Isolation rapidly decreases from the equator towards the […]
Mahabubabad: Senior physical science teacher and educational researcher Dr V Gurunadha Rao has been invited to participate in an ‘International Conference on Sustainability Education (ICSE)- 2021’ which is jointly conducted by the Mobius Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, UNEP, Climate Reality Project India, the Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), World Wild Fund for Nature – […]
Adaptation - reducing countries' and communities' vulnerability to climate change by increasing their ability to absorb impacts - is a key pillar of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
