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Growth accelerated in climate finance, developed countries must continue s
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for climate action in developing countries reached USD 89.6 billion in 2021, according to the OECD's sixth assessment of progress towards the goal for developed countries to provide and mobilise USD 100 billion of climate finance
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Research reveals how climate change could affect brain
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A new aspect of climate change's destruction is emerging: how global warming affects the human brain.
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Multiple crises of pandemic, geopolitical tensions, climate change impacte
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Friday said multiple crises of the Covid-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and climate change impacts have disproportionately impacted developing countries and have also reversed their development.
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Dr. PS Gahlaut, Managing Director of IPL, Emphasizes Drone Farming as a Ga
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16: For generations, Indian agriculture has served as the bedrock of the nation's economy, employing roughly 58% of its labor force and making a substantial contribution of approximately 17% of the total GDP. However, to keep pace with the growing population and t
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As world approaches "irreversible harm," deaths due to heat may rise fivef
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The latest edition of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change has revealed the grave and mounting threat to health of further delayed action on climate change, with the world likely to experience a "4.7-fold increase in heat-related deaths by mid-century."
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Study emphasises necessity of addressing risk of post-net zero global warm
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Since global warming is an inevitable consequence of burning fossil fuels, the only strategy we have to stop it is to bring human activity's CO2 emissions down to "net zero," or the point at which the amount of CO2 we release into the atmosphere and the amount we take out of it is equal.
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'PopCOP' activation launched by Year of Sustainability to extend public pa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The UAE's Year of Sustainability, in collaboration with COP28, launched 'PopCOP', a collection of community action events across the UAE, inviting all those who call the UAE home to explore, plan for and work towards the healthy, thriving future of the planet, and share their thoughts and ho
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Researchers find how climate change could affect brain
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A new component of climate change's disastrous effects is emerging: how global warming affects the human brain.
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UAE renews its support for the goals and programs of UNESCO during COP28
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Sheikh Salem bin Khalid Al Qasimi, UAE's Minister of Culture and Youth, called on member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to join the efforts of the UAE and its friends in leading climate change to save the planet.
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COP28 aims to bolster climate action, reinforcing Paris Agreement as a glo
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The unprecedented heatwaves that hit different parts of the world in July and August of last year caused widespread disruptions in many countries, leading to forest fires, water and food shortages, and hurricanes that killed thousands of people.
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UAE leverages oil power to push secretive oil companies on emission reduct
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Environmentalists have criticised the initiative, led by Sultan al-Jaber, head of this year's climate talks and chief of the UAE's national oil company.
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Research reveals how mega-floods can be predicted
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In the worst-case scenario, what can we expect? This is a crucial concern in flood-prone areas: what extreme occurrences should preventive measures be constructed for? Often, the answer is as simple as going back in time: the worst flood disasters of the previous decades or centuries are vie
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