Page 63 - Latest Updates on Climate Change
Act now. With ambition and equity
What happens to the development needs of the millions who do not have access to energy and the millions who still need growth
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Climate change and ethics
The time has come to focus as much attention on what each one of us must do as on what others should be doing
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Rising sea levels could flood many World Heritage sites in future: Study
Rising sea levels pose a threat to Mediterranean region as the steep landscape and small tidal range in the area has meant settlements are often located close to the waterfront
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Climate change could increase conflict, support for Naxals, says a report
Naxalites could use climate-related events to gain power in an ongoing conflict
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India needs to make smooth, viable transition from coal, says IPCC report
India could witness deadly heatwaves if the planet's temperature goes up by two degrees Celsius
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Himalayas facing 'climate change crisis', at greater risk of catastrophes
A 2013 study in Himachal Pradesh found that most apple farmers reported a decline in production and delayed harvest
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India to strengthen climate change negotiation team
India to strengthen climate change negotiation team
India lost $79.5 bn from climate-related disasters in 20 years: UN report
563 earthquakes, including related tsunamis, accounted for 56 per cent of the total deaths or 747,234 lives lost, the report said
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India's climate change dilemma: Do more while US shrugs off responsibility?
Leading from the front so far, India could be asked to do yet more to fight climate change at its own cost after the dire warnings of the latest IPCC report
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How to save the world from climate change? Eating less meat is one option
The scientists called for a "global shift" towards more plant-based diets, slashing food waste and improving farming practices
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Why we can't reverse climate change with 'negative emissions' technologies
A critical question is what role negative emissions technologies can play, both from a policy and economic point of view, as we struggle to stabilise the mean global temperature at an acceptable level
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Why Japan is mortgaging its future by choosing growth over environment
Abe administration has been criticized for its lack of environmental awareness
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Earth has 10 years left to avoid 'Unthinkable damage: UN Climate report
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report saying temperatures were likely to rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052 if global warming continues at this pace
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India, world's second-largest coal consumer, awaits grim climate report
Here is the problem for India: It is the second-largest coal consumer after China, putting at risk the lives of 600 million Indians to disasters caused by climate change
Rising heat on climate change: Tougher the target, greater the cost
Paris Agreement targets by all countries will cost three or four times more if the target for temperature rise is kept below 1.5 degrees Celsius instead of 2 degrees Celsius
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From Florence to Mangkhut, climate change is the reason for bad storms
It's no longer an unanswerable hypothetical, like pondering how many angels could dance on the head of a pin, we know a great deal about it - and the answers are troubling
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Kerala floods show climate change nears point of no return: UN chief
Guterres highlighted the huge economic costs of climate change and the opportunities presented by climate action
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Action on climate change could add $26 trn to world economy by 2030: Study
Dynamic action on climate could also generate "over 65 million new low-carbon jobs" by 2030 and avoid over 700,000 premature deaths due to air pollution
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India Inc must seize climate initiative
But who will take the lead? The traditional do-gooders or the young turks? Who will be the first to say, "We are in"?
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Imperative of climate change
India is burning more coal - and it of course puts this down to the fact that the end of coal would destroy the banking system and the railways in the country
