Page 6 - Latest Updates on Climate Change
Can ESCOS enhance competitiveness of Indian firms while creating green jobs
Various studies have estimated that the energy services market is India is north of Rs 1 trillion.
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Top headlines: India abstains on UN resolution, rupee-ruble trade likely
The government may get a lever to cut excise duties on petrol and diesel to ease the burden of rising global crude prices on the common man. More on that in our top headlines.
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Ukraine war upends Joe Biden's agenda on energy and climate change
The focus on high gas prices and increased oil flow is a far cry from Biden's pledge to wean Americans off oil and other fossil fuels and cut planet-warming emissions in half by 2030
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World's major companies lag on climate, some markets regress since Paris
Limiting the world's temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average by mid-century was crucial in order to avoid irreversible damage to the planet: UN
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United Nations: Climate change to uproot millions, especially in Asia
As the world's most rapidly sinking major city, Jakarta demonstrates how climate change is making more places uninhabitable.
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United Nations: Africa, already suffering from warming, will see worse
Although Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet's greenhouse gas emissions, the continent has suffered some of the world's heaviest impacts of climate change, from famine to flooding.
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IPCC report 2022: Climate change and its economic consequences
The IPCC report 2022 released on Monday warned that if emissions are not cut rapidly, heat and humidity will create conditions beyond human tolerance. Its economic impact could also be as devastating
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TMS Ep119: Climate change, Madhabi Puri Buch, markets, Operation Ganga
What are the economic consequences of climate change? Who is Madhabi Puri Buch, the new SEBI chief? What are the safest stock bets amid market volatility? What is Operation Ganga? All answers here
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Thousands evacuate in worst Australian floods in a decade: Report
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said there had been 1,000 rescues in the state by Tuesday and more than 6,000 calls for authorities to help
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Climate change to pull down crop yield, fish output, labour capacity: IPCC
Rice, wheat, pulses, and coarse cereal yields could fall almost 9% by 2050; maize production could drop by almost 17% in southern parts of country
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UN chief Guterres calls for speedy transition to renewable energy
The UN chief warned that global average temperatures have already risen by 1.1 degrees Celsius
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Drinking water in eastern Australia at risk of flood contamination
In response, health authorities are urging people to conserve drinking water, which has already led to one bottle shop in the state capital of Brisbane offering free ice to thirsty residents.
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Unavoidable multiple climate hazards in next 2 decades, warns IPPC report
This report is a dire warning about the consequences of inaction, said Hoesung Lee, Chair of the IPCC while releasing the report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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India among countries that will be most 'economically harmed': IPCC report
Report says India will face extreme weathers, water scarcity, health hazards, threat to food security
If emissions not cut, India may see unsurvivable heat, food scarcity: IPCC
From heat passing the limits of human survivability, food and water scarcity, higher sea levels to severe economic damage, India will be seriously harmed if emissions are not cut, IPCC report warned
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Explained: The UN 'house on fire' climate report key to action
A new report from the UN will spell out in excruciating detail the pain of climate change to people and the planet
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UN climate report urges world to adapt now, or suffer later
'Delay means death' says UN secretary general Guterres; change impacting world faster than anticipated, breaching 1.5C threshold will cause irrepairable damage, says report
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IPCC set to release major report on climate crisis by Monday evening
IPCC, a UN body working on the science behind climate change, will release a major report on impacts of the climate crisis and why it is imperative that we act now to address the growing risks later
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Climate change, promise of clean air and water missing from UP poll agenda
The vital issue of clean air and water is missing from the Uttar Pradesh elections though several cities here often figure in the list of the world's 10 most polluted.
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World Bank's India head Junaid Ahmad appointed vice president of operations
Ahmad has been appointed as a Vice President of the international lending institution.
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