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Page 16 - Latest Updates on Climate Change

March marks yet another record in global heat, says EU climate agency

Each of the last 10 months ranked as the world's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin

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Updated On : 09 Apr 2024 | 10:18 PM IST

Climate change poses challenges for policy, risks to growth: RBI report

The report said that climate change has increased the frequency and ferocity of weather shocks, posing challenges for monetary policy

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2024 | 7:47 PM IST

Climate change threatens constitutional guarantee of right to equality: SC

Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) are especially found in Rajasthan and Gujarat, and the alarming decrease in their numbers is attributed to frequent collisions with overhead power transmission lines

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2024 | 11:01 AM IST

Sustainability has to be at core of development in 21st century: UNGA prez

He said living sustainably and promoting sustainability has to become the standard in the 21st century to save the planet

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Updated On : 08 Apr 2024 | 9:25 AM IST

Talking climate with kids

There is a refreshing change from the environmental studies textbooks of yore that assigned children a to-do list of cautionary measures such as closing taps and switching off fans

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Updated On : 05 Apr 2024 | 10:47 PM IST

Australia should prepare for 'megadroughts' lasting 20 years, shows study

The study showed that megadroughts of 20 years or more were a natural feature of the Australian hydroclimate

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Updated On : 05 Apr 2024 | 5:02 PM IST

Climate change: Drought in southern Africa leaves some 20 mn facing hunger

While human-made climate change has spurred more erratic weather globally, there is something else parching southern Africa this year

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Updated On : 31 Mar 2024 | 11:27 AM IST

PM Modi and Bill Gates talk AI, climate change, and women empowerment

Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates and Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak on India's digital transformation and the need to bridging tech divide in the country

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Updated On : 29 Mar 2024 | 10:21 PM IST

Current parameters to map progress detrimental to climate, says PM Modi

In a free-wheeling conversation with philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, he also said that climate action has gained momentum since the G20 Summit in India in September last year

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Updated On : 29 Mar 2024 | 11:53 AM IST

BS Manthan: Unorganised sector prone to climate risk, say experts

Experts say states that announced green policies have led the investment pack

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Updated On : 28 Mar 2024 | 11:57 PM IST

Climate change, tropical diseases: Rural Bihar battle elephantiasis, & more

Climate change is fundamentally altering vector ecology, favouring the survival and reproduction of disease carrying vectors like mosquitoes and sandflies

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Updated On : 28 Mar 2024 | 3:03 PM IST

Major EU climate protection plan shelved following farmer protests

The member states were supposed to give final approval to the bill on Monday following months of proceedings through the EU's institutional maze

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Updated On : 25 Mar 2024 | 6:23 PM IST

Climate change and desperate journeys

In any event, climate maps and projected patterns mainly "seed the imagination," as Lustgarten puts it, for what might transpire decades hence

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Updated On : 24 Mar 2024 | 10:55 PM IST

On Holi, temperatures may surpass 40°C as climate change hits hard

Recent findings from Climate Central reveal a concerning consequence of rising temperatures in India: the disappearance of the spring season

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Updated On : 23 Mar 2024 | 12:42 AM IST

Google researchers use AI to forecast floods with small data sets

Google's AI model now operational in 80 countries, provides more accurate predictions of river flooding than the previous dominant system, according to a paper published Wednesday in Nature

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Updated On : 21 Mar 2024 | 6:27 PM IST

IMD weather forecasts: Heavy rain in many parts of India, details inside

IMD forecasts rainfall with lightning, and thunderstorms in a few areas. Heat wave conditions likely to be in Saurashtra, Kutch, and southwest Rajasthan

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Updated On : 21 Mar 2024 | 11:31 AM IST

Discounts, eco-packages lure Indians towards green tourism: Survey

Do you prioritise sustainability while planning your travels? If you do, you are among the 87% of Indian travellers who care

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Updated On : 20 Mar 2024 | 2:28 PM IST

Ganges, Brahmaputra among major river basins to feel climate change impact

The Ganges basin, often regarded as sacred and essential to more than 600 million individuals across the Indian subcontinent, is facing mounting environmental threats

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Updated On : 20 Mar 2024 | 7:20 AM IST

Annual climate finance requirement estimated to cross $10 trn by 2050: CAG

Climate financing is key to collective efforts to move towards a more resilient and sustainable future, he said while addressing a one-day seminar on Climate Financing here

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Updated On : 19 Mar 2024 | 11:42 PM IST

All climate change metrics crossed records in 2023, says WMO report

The global set of reference glaciers suffered the largest loss of ice on record (since 1950), driven by extreme melt in both western North America and Europe, according to preliminary data

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Updated On : 19 Mar 2024 | 8:32 PM IST