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India gets its first climate change assessment reportBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 15, 2020
The average temperature in India is projected to rise by 4.4ºC, frequency of heat waves to be 3-4 times higher, intensity of tropical cyclones to increase substantially and sea level to rise by 30cm by the end of this century as compared to the recent 2-3 decades, shows the... Read more.. |
Changing climate creates ideal conditions for devastating locust swarmsBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 5, 2020
Scientists, agricultural officers and farmers are struggling to protect crops from a fresh wave of desert locusts. Earlier swarms overran the Horn of Africa region in December 2019, and the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicted a second wave would emerge.... Read more.. |
Great Barrier Reef suffers worst-ever coral bleaching: ScientistsBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 8, 2020
ustralia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world's largest living organism. James Cook University professor Terry Hughes said a... Read more.. |
Mussoorie and Darjeeling are among 13 Himalayan towns facing imminent water crisisBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 3, 2020
Famed mountain retreats such as Mussoorie, Darjeeling and Kathmandu may soon face acute water distress, with a demand-supply gap already as vast as 70% in some towns, new research shows. A series of 10 studies across 13 towns located in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region across... Read more.. |
Climate change study: ‘3 million living within a km from Mumbai’s coast at risk from floods’By : Sustainability ..., Feb 28, 2020
Almost three million people living within a kilometre from the city’s coastline (high-tide line) are under “severe” threat from flooding, storm surges and rise in sea level, according to an analysis released on Thursday. The high-tide line is the corresponding point on land... Read more.. Subject Tags: climate change impacts , coastal areas , floods , McKinsey & Company , sea level , study |
India ranks 131 on flourishing index: ReportBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 20, 2020
No country in the world is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, said a report released by a Commission of World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet on Wednesday. The report, A Future for the World’s Children? Stated that... Read more.. |
More People Displaced Due to Natural Disasters, Climate Change Than by Conflicts and War in 2018: ReportBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 11, 2020
In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had noted that the single greatest impact of climate change will be on human migration. Three decades later, a study has revealed that in 2018, of the new 28 million internally displaced people in 148 countries, 61... Read more.. |
Climate change threatens around half of world GDP, says WEF studyBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 20, 2020
Flagging huge risks to the economy from dangers of biodiversity loss and climate change, a WEF study on Sunday said businesses are more than dependent on nature with an estimated exposure of $44 trillion or half of the world GDP. Releasing the Nature Risk Rising Report ahead... Read more.. |
50% Indians feel climate change impacts economy: SurveyBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 13, 2019
One in two Indians believes that human-made climate change is the primary cause of increased severe weather events that the world experiences today as compared to 23 per cent of the US general population, an online survey carried out for IBM has shown. The survey was... Read more.. |
India ranks 5th in Global Climate Risk IndexBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 5, 2019
India is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change, according to a report released by Environment think tank, Germanwatch. In the Climate Risk Index 2020, India’s rank has worsened from the 14th spot in 2017 to 5th in 2018 in the global vulnerability ladder. India... Read more.. |