Page 39 - Latest Updates on Climate Change
Climate change to be centre of national security, foreign policy: Biden
Biden on Wednesday signed a series of executive orders and took steps to address this challenge, which he identified as one of the most pressing threats of the era
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Biden takes sweeping steps to curb climate change, vows job creation
The orders map out the direction for the Democratic president's climate change and environmental agenda and reverse the policies of his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump
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Best of BS Opinion: Budget with a long-term view, corporate earnings & more
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
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Combating climate change
US must ensure that developed world does its bit
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says bullish on outlook for green investment
He was speaking remotely at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh
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Biden to suspend federal drilling, strengthen environmental justice
Biden will also assemble a national climate change task force
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Climate litigations spiked in recent years, says United Nations body
This has made the courtroom increasingly relevant to efforts to address climate change around the world, an UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report
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Greta Thunberg calls out 3 decades of 'blah, blah, blah' on climate change
Speaking at the Davos Agenda Summit, the young climate activist said, "My name is Greta Thunberg and I am not here to make deals"
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Ice loss accelerating at record pace globally, shows research
Global warming due to carbon emissions is a key factor
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India among top 10 countries most affected by climate change: Germanwatch
India is among the top 10 most affected countries in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 published on Monday by the Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch.
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Elon Musk says he will give $100 million for carbon capture prize
Musk, 49, is a philanthropy neophyte compared with those he just leapfrogged on the Bloomberg ranking of the world's 500 wealthiest people
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Elon Musk promises $100-mn prize for best carbon capture tech: Know details
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that he planned to give away $100 million as prize for the 'best carbon capture technology'
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World leaders laud US return to climate fight under Biden administration
World leaders breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change
Just hours into presidency, Biden announces US will rejoin Paris accord
Biden's action on Paris sends a strong message that the US is prepared to cooperate in the fight against climate change and to reclaim the leadership role it once held
Joe Biden takes sweeping Day One action on energy, climate, immigration
The new president is also ordering the wearing of masks and social distancing in all federal buildings
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Climate change may change rainfall pattern in south India, intensify floods
The current study highlighted the drastic alterations to come over future decades in India by isolating the response in the Eastern and Western Hemisphere zones
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World's oceans continue to warm, despite reduced carbon emissions
Published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences earlier this week, the study was conducted by 20 scientists from 13 institutes in China, the United States and Italy
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Fairer way to help developing economies
The proposed Green New Deal in the United States and the European Commission's European Green Deal have laudable environmental goals but are too inward-looking
Too many companies are banking on carbon capture to reach net zero
The UN Principles for Responsible Investment estimates that some 42 companies announced net-zero targets in 2019
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Climate change: PepsiCo aims for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040
The food-and-beverage giant generated about 57 million metric tonnes of greenhhouse gas emissions globally in 2019
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