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Global movement Veganuary launches in India
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI/PNN): Veganuary-the global pledge to try vegan for 31 days- has officially launched in India. The movement was born in 2014 and is now observed in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Every January, lakhs of people try a vegan lifestyle to im
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Green Electricity can become cheapest energy by 2050, says study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], November 26 (ANI): Cost-slashing innovations are underway in the electric power sector and could give electricity the lead over fossil-based combustion fuels in the world's energy supply by mid-century, according to Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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UNHCR: Urgent steps needed now to mitigate climate impact on displaced peo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], November 7 (ANI): Underlining the clear link between climate-related emergencies and forced displacement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Sunday implored leaders to change words to action and step up support to mitigate loss and damage due to climate change in the most
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Biden administration launches new initiative to counter climate crisis
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): The Biden administration is launching a new government initiative to deliver accessible and actionable information to individuals and communities that are being hit by flooding, drought, wildfires, extreme heat, coastal erosion, and other intensifying clima
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Researchers conduct study to reduce tropical cyclone impacts
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 3 (ANI): A new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found that increasing global warming from currently one to two degrees Celsius by mid-century might lead to about 25 per cent more people being put at risk by tropical cyclones.
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Researchers find double benefit of climate protection through both limitin
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], September 27 (ANI): Increasing global warming from currently one to two degrees Celsius by mid-century might lead to about 25 per cent more people put at risk by tropical cyclones, a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found.
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Scientists launch new tool to make climate impact science more accessible
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 15 (ANI): Data and explanations on global warming impacts - from floods to droughts- are made more accessible to the public by a team of 12 international research institutes.
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Wastewater Management is a matter of survival for the Textile Industry in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The ReFashion Hub is a collective that aims to raise awareness and drive conversation about water stewardship in India's textile industry for long term positive climate impact.
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Parts of Greenland may be on the verge of tipping, suggests new study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 18 (ANI): Scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have detected new early-warning signs that the central-western part of the Greenland ice sheet has been destabilizing and may now be close to a critical transition.
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Limiting water stress risks: Irrigation management key for bioenergy produ
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 8 (ANI): A combined study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) showed that to prevent water scarcity, biomass plantations for energy production need sustainable water management.
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Climate costs minimise with limiting global warming
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): A recent study by a group of Postdam scientists has found that the Paris Agreement apart from being politically sensible makes sense in term of the economy as well.
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Just 15 years of post-Paris Agreement emissions to lock in 20 cm of sea-le
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Potsdam [Germany], Nov 5 (ANI): Unless governments significantly scale up their emission reduction efforts, the 15 years' worth of emissions released under their current Paris Agreement pledges alone would cause 20 cm of sea-level rise over the longer term, according to new research publishe
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