Tag Archives: climate change

Climate change & Growing population pose a major global challenge in terms of water availability in the coming times New Delhi, Nov 18: Efforts to develop more efficient desalination techniques for converting seawater into freshwater are slated to get a major boost with researchers gaining new insights into the molecular …

New Delhi, Nov 12: A 15-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu had exhorted the world to move towards clean energy during the recently concluded 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at Glasgow, Scotland. “I am not here to speak about the future, I am …

By Dr Seema Javed Extreme weather events are not new to the country; however, the increasing frequency of these events are. All thanks to climate change, which has been altering weather patterns across India. The latest example is the torrential rains in Uttarakhand earlier this week. The weather remains calm …

WHO and UN partners’ compendium of 500 actions  aims to reduce diseases from environmental factors and save lives Almost 25% of deaths worldwide could be prevented if the actions in the compendium were fully implemented New Delhi/Geneva 06th September 2021: WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a …

New Delhi, Aug 18th,: Pineapple-based agroforestry, traditionally practised by ethnic “Hmar” tribe in southern Assam, can be a sustainable alternative to jhum cultivation for North East India. This traditional practice can provide twin solutions for climate change and biodiversity loss, according to a new study. This study was carried out …

Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday. 12 July 2021:New data that represents the first comprehensive global assessment of food insecurity carried out since the coronavirus …

Unchecked emission of black carbon into the environment could lead to premature mortality New Delhi, July 0, 2021: A new study has found that unchecked emission of black carbon into the environment could have a significant adverse effect on human health and even lead to premature mortality. The Indo-Gangetic plain …

Abha Tewary / Rajeev Kumar Mehajan / Mahaveer Golechha / Dileep Mavalankar New Delhi, May 26th: There is very high confidence within the scientific community that the “health of human populations is sensitive to shifts in weather patterns and other aspects of climate change”. IPCC’s ‘Special Report on Global Warming …

Even the verification process needed to trade Bitcoin is also a polluting endeavor. Bitcoin system's current design requires more electricity than is needed to power Denmark

Over 85 per cent of districts in Uttarakhand, which are home to over nine crore people, are hotspots of extreme floods and its associated events, according to an independent analysis released today by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).

Climate change and COVID-19. There is a complex interplay between the immune system and confounding variables — like crowding — that may be causing high infection rates, rather than air pollution per se

Countries in the Asia Pacific region are at the forefront of bearing the onslaught of climate change. During the last three decades, 45% of the world’s natural disasters have occurred in this region, which is vulnerable to floods, cyclones, earthquakes, droughts, storms and tsunamis. While climate change affects everyone but …

New Delhi, 16 June (Mohammad Faiyaz Anwar): The National Centre of Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has found a dramatic decline in the Arctic sea ice due to global warming. The decline of sea ice has led to localized increase in evaporation, air humidity, cloud cover, and rainfall. Arctic sea …

Analysis : Brazil, Russia India, Indonesia and Mexico stimulus handing money to major polluters Over the past 2 months the world has witnessed unprecedented government financial interventions in response to Covid-19. Governments have rightly put people first and focussed on the immediate implications of the crisis – with roughly 73% …

The public health gains achieved in the past few decades, in the form of control or elimination of infectious diseases and improvements in children’s health, could be wiped out if uncontrolled climate change goes on, warns a new study released on Thursday.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Wednesday released a Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. The report focuses on the emergence of ocean extremes in response to increasing carbon emissions

Nearly all high-emitting countries are lagging behind in the fight against climate change and must step up, according to the most comprehensive report to date on the world’s climate ambitions.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged to world leaders to protect health from climate change.

Degradation of land, which leads to the process of desertification, is not limited to arid and semi-arid areas but is also visible in high altitude regions that get very little rainfall and are known as cold deserts.

The UN chief also praised African countries for hosting fellow African refugees despite limited domestic resources. On Friday, the AU said Africa was home to over one third of the global population of displaced people.