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China lost USD 18 billion in 2021 due to extreme weather: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The report highlighted how climate change impacts are wreaking an ever-increasing human, financial and environmental toll, worsening food insecurity and poverty and holding back sustainable development. The report also painted a worrying scenario for future water stress.
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Extreme weather in China highlights climate change impacts and need for ea
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 27 (ANI): Extreme weather - record-breaking heatwaves, severe drought, and deadly rainfall - have battered China since June.
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Study finds climate change lowers nutrition, increases toxicity at base of
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 25 (ANI): According to research from Dartmouth College and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, climate change impacts on freshwater systems can lower nutrition and increase toxicity at the base of the food web.
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New ways to estimate climate change impacts on agriculture: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 22 (ANI): A new study by agricultural economists at the University of Illinois took a closer look at how choice of statistical methodology influences climate study results. They also proposed a more accurate and place-specific approach to data analysis.
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Dr Reddy's joins Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), sets 2030 GHG em
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 5 (ANI): Dr Reddy's Laboratories has joined the Science Based Targets initiative's (SBTi) business ambition for 1.5 degrees celsius, becoming the first Indian and third Asian pharmaceutical company to minimise environmental impact.
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LS Speaker Om Birla calls for collective global action to face climate cha
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Belgrade [Serbia], Oct 15 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday urged the developed countries to take a demonstrable lead in combating climate change and called for collective global action to face the challenge of climate change.
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Climate change impacts fertility in insects, study reveals
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 16 (ANI): A study on insects has found that males when subjected to heat stress become infertile before females do. The study also explained how the temperature at which an animal is developed impacts its reproductive behaviour and physiology.
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