CLIMATE CHANGE
'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Beryl intensifies in Caribbean, eyeing Jamaica Hurricane Beryl intensified to a Category 4 storm with winds up to 155 mph, moving across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday. Jamaica is near its path, prompting a hurricane warning. The storm has caused power outages and flooding in several Carib...
02 Jul, 2024, 08.04 AM ISTCOP29 will be litmus test for Paris agreement: Yalchin Rafiyev Azerbaijan, the host of the annual UN climate conference COP29, has the duty to lead nations in agreeing on measures to combat climate change at the necessary speed and scale to keep global warming within 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Baku will...
01 Jul, 2024, 11.58 PM ISTMust accelerate action for sustainable development goals: UN Secy General The Sustainable Development Goals face challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts, and climate change. Urgent global cooperation is needed to address rising poverty, conflict casualties, and displacement. Despite progress in renewable energy...
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The worrying changes in India’s monsoon patterns have implications for everything from agriculture to health Take Maharashtra, 80% of which is rainfed. In areas such as Vidarbha and Marathwada, the onset of monsoon is now late. After a small pickup in July, there is a break in rainfall in August, lasting up to three-four weeks during the fruit formation ph...
30 Jun, 2024, 03.38 PM ISTOnly 17% of targets to improve life around the world are likely to be reached by 2030, UN reports Despite incremental progress in some areas, global sustainable development remains hindered by slow advancement and persistent challenges. Efforts in expanding technology access and renewable energy capacity show promise, but significant work is nee...
29 Jun, 2024, 01.55 PM ISTUS opted out of Paris Accord as India, China weren't paying: Ex-Prez Trump President Trump criticized the Paris Climate Accord, citing a hefty cost and lack of contribution from major nations like China and India. Despite pledges, the US has not met its financial commitments, fueling Trump's skepticism towards the agreemen...
28 Jun, 2024, 03.56 PM ISTLandmark Supreme Court ruling could spur more climate cases in India: Report Citing the case of Citing the case of M K Ranjitsinh and Others vs. Union of India, the report by the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment said that climate cases in the Global South are incre...
27 Jun, 2024, 04.03 PM ISTAbraham Lincon's iconic civil war statue loses its 'head' in Washington DC; See viral pics A six-foot-tall wax statue of Abraham Lincoln melted in Washington, D.C., as temperatures reached 37 degrees Celsius over the weekend. The statue, located at Camp Barker, a historic Civil War-era site, was created by artist Sandy Williams IV as part...
26 Jun, 2024, 02.02 PM ISTNorway starts stockpiling grain, citing pandemic, war and climate change The Norwegian government signed a deal to stockpile 30,000 tons of grain as a precaution against crises like COVID-19, war, and climate change, aiming to have 82,500 tons by 2029 for three months' consumption. This decision follows recommendations a...
25 Jun, 2024, 05.29 PM ISTExplainer: How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwide Climate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere, with global emissions continuing to rise since 1995.
24 Jun, 2024, 12.39 AM ISTHeat wave scorches US East Coast as dangerous temperatures expand to West Over 100 million people in the U.S. under heat warnings as dangerous heat dome expands to the West Coast. Baltimore, Philadelphia, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming facing extreme heat. NWS warns of dangerous conditions with heat indices above 105 F. Clim...
23 Jun, 2024, 11.02 PM ISTUS cities swelter as heat wave breaks decades-old records US Heatwave: U.S. cities are breaking decades-old temperature records this week as a heat wave stretches from central to eastern portions of the country, the National Weather Service said on Tuesday, in what officials are warning could become a dead...
19 Jun, 2024, 08.45 AM ISTClimate change: UN chief calls on governments to ban fossil fuel ads "Like the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, we're having an outsized impact," Guterres said. "In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs. We are the meteor. We are not only in danger. We are the danger."Climate change: UN chief calls on gov...
05 Jun, 2024, 10.37 PM ISTUN weather agency predicts that 1.5-degree Celsius target limit for global temperatures likely to be surpassed by 2028 The UN's weather agency predicts an 80% chance of global temperatures surpassing the 1.5°C target in the next five years, as outlined in the Paris climate accord. The World Meteorological Organization expects temperatures from 2024 to 2028 to be 1.1...
05 Jun, 2024, 09.05 PM ISTEl Nino ending; at least 60% chance of La Nina developing during July-Sept: WMO The El-Nino event, causing record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather worldwide, is expected to transition to La-Nina conditions this year, per the World Meteorological Organization. The warmest April on record marked the 11th consecutive mont...
03 Jun, 2024, 04.30 PM ISTWhat looming La Nina means for global temperatures El Nino, the natural weather phenomenon that contributed to 2023 being the hottest year on record, has recently subsided, paving the way for its opposing, cooling La Nina phase to begin. - La Nina - La Nina sees the eastern Pacific Ocean cool for a ...
03 Jun, 2024, 03.25 PM ISTDeveloped countries fulfilled USD 100 billion climate finance promise in 2022: OECD report Developed countries met their long-standing promise of mobilizing USD 100 billion a year to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change in 2022, according to the latest data published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation ...
29 May, 2024, 10.42 PM ISTClimate change and mental health: How extreme heat can have devastating impact on those living with mental illness Hospital admissions for mental health spike during heat waves, exacerbated by extreme heat. Mental health issues can worsen in hot weather, affecting vulnerable populations like those with schizophrenia.
29 May, 2024, 09.56 AM ISTWhat is 'Net Zero', anyway? A short history of a monumental concept The G7 leaders recently committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, with the Albanese government in Australia introducing legislation to create a Net Zero Economy Authority to drive investment in clean energy. The concept of net zero, aiming ...
23 May, 2024, 12.53 PM ISTOver 24.5 crore more older adults projected to face acute heat, Asia, Africa to be worst hit: Study With populations around the world ageing at an "unprecedented rate," researchers said that the number of people aged over 60 years is expected to double to nearly 210 crore by 2050, with more than two-thirds living in lower- and middle-income countr...
14 May, 2024, 09.15 PM IST