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Page 55 - Latest Updates on Climate Change

Climate talks hit wall on developed countries' $100 bn financial pledge

Delegates from 178 nations spent the week narrowing down options for a rule book for the Paris accord

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Updated On : 27 Sep 2019 | 12:54 PM IST

World leaders come up short at UN summit as millions demand climate action

Under the Paris Agreement, countries are expected to submit new, and ideally more ambitious, climate action plans every five years. The next presentations are due in 2020

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Updated On : 27 Sep 2019 | 12:53 PM IST

India stares at more floods, storms, erratic rains, UN climate report warns

If emissions continue at the current rate, then the earth is headed for a 3 deg Celsius temperature rise

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Updated On : 26 Sep 2019 | 3:21 PM IST

Hindu Kush at risk of losing over 60% glaciers by 2100: Green group

Among the 46 cities at risk due to sea level rise, two are Indian cities of Mumbai and Kolkata, which may experience severe and frequent floods

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 8:38 PM IST

Measuring change through the young

Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish school girl who is rocking the world with her protest against inaction on climate change

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 1:15 PM IST

No Planet B, say teen activists as 1.8 mn join global climate change strike

Thunberg, 16, said the threat of societal breakdown posed by runaway climate change should overshadow every other campaign issue in the European Union's parliamentary elections

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 1:15 PM IST

The greatness of Greta

"I don't want you to listen to me, I want you to listen to the scientists," Thunberg told the US Congress this week, submitting what she called her

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 1:13 PM IST

From Delhi to Tokyo, students take to streets for climate change protests

It was expected to be the biggest protest ever against the threat posed to the planet by climate change

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 1:10 PM IST

UN climate panel okays report detailing impact of global warming on oceans

At issue is what might have been a routine reference to the October 2018 IPCC report on the feasibility of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius

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Updated On : 24 Sep 2019 | 6:00 PM IST

Climate change is real: How it is becoming a nightmare for central banks

Climate change was a warning shot that took time to echo in policy-making corridors

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Updated On : 24 Sep 2019 | 9:06 AM IST

Five-year period ending 2019 set to be hottest on record, says UN report

Other major takeaways from the report include that the extent of Arctic summer sea ice has declined at a rate of 12 per cent per decade over the past 40 years

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Updated On : 22 Sep 2019 | 8:04 PM IST

Kids who are adults for a cause

To me, the climate change problem will be addressed with much greater resolve as this younger generation participates in politics

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Updated On : 20 Sep 2019 | 9:22 PM IST

'Have to do it': Jeff Bezos sets deadline for Amazon to be carbon neutral

Amazon will buy 100,000 electric vans from a start-up and invest $100 million to restore forests and wetlands.

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Updated On : 19 Sep 2019 | 10:24 PM IST

World 'losing the race' to avert climate disaster, warns UN chief Guterres

Guterres said he was heartened by growing societal awareness, which meant that hope was not yet lost

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Updated On : 18 Sep 2019 | 9:51 AM IST

Let's manage risks, not disasters

Today, across the country, there are flood-and-drought-affected pockets next to one another. This is the new normal, and it will do us good to acknowledge and adjust to it quickly

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Updated On : 18 Sep 2019 | 12:07 AM IST

71% Indians think humans responsible for climate change, says survey

Of the countries surveyed, India has the largest share of people who think human activity is mainly responsible for climate change

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Updated On : 17 Sep 2019 | 11:10 PM IST

Climate change effects to be worse than previous estimates, new study shows

Across Europe, heat waves will become longer and more intense, while the Arctic will be entirely ice-free during summer in the last two decades of this century

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Updated On : 17 Sep 2019 | 5:58 PM IST

Parched India will see 'water refugees' in future, says Rajendra Singh

A lot of time has been lost, but it's still possible to overcome the crisis, Singh said

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Updated On : 17 Sep 2019 | 1:58 PM IST

Developing nations should increase carbon footprint to tackle hunger: Study

The study also found that a food's country of origin can have huge consequences for its climate impact

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Updated On : 17 Sep 2019 | 7:39 AM IST

Meat and bottled drink sales fall as consumers get climate change conscious

A survey was conducted by data analytics firm Kantar on 65,000 people in 24 countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia

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Updated On : 10 Sep 2019 | 6:40 PM IST