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Xi over-promised about coal consumption in China: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 24 (ANI): China took a back seat from its declaration, at the Leaders' Summit on Climate in April last year where President Xi Jinping had stated that Beijing will control coal-fired power generation projects and limit the increase in coal consumption over the 14th
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Pakistan PM says floods signify global climate impact, urges UN to act
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday highlighted the devastation caused by the floods in his country due to the impact of the climate catastrophe and urged the global leaders to act before it's too late.
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Extreme heat reduces labor outputs by 25 per cent for outdoor workers in N
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): Today, the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center at the Atlantic Council released "Hot Cities, Chilled Economies: Impacts of Extreme Heat on Global Cities," a new report detailing the social and economic effects of climate-dri
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Regional, global issues discussed in 10th IBSA ministerial meet hosted by
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 22 (ANI): The Ministers participating in the India-Brazil-South Africa Trilateral Cooperative Forum (IBSA) held discussions on several global and regional issues, including cooperation in multilateral organizations, UNSC reform, climate change and the Ukraine situati
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Industry leaders back plans for zero-emissions aluminium, ammonia and ste
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): More than 200 industry leaders have endorsed strategies from the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) to decarbonise some of world's hardest-to-abate, carbon-intensive industries in this decade.
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Improved air quality found to have accelerated global warming in recent de
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI): An international research team has used satellite data to demonstrate that concentrations of pollutant particles have decreased significantly since the year 2000. This is desirable due to their impact on health. But it is also of great significance for an
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Day 3 in New York: Energy markets should not be put under stress, says Jai
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in the roundtable conference convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and urged that past prescriptions on climate action must be revisited, adding that energy markets should not be put under furt
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7th world congress of religious leaders calls for confronting global conce
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], September 21 (ANI): Seventh Congress of the Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions was hosted by Kazakhstan where the eminent leaders called for confronting the global concerns of the post-pandemic world, such as climate change, poverty and hunger, organis
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'Don't Look Up' director Adam McKay pledges to donate USD 4M toward climat
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Filmmaker Adam McKay, who directed the disaster-inspired apocalyptic political satire 'Don't Look Up' has taken another public step in the fight against climate change.
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Gadkari calls for reduction of logistics cost from 14-16 per cent to 10 pe
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday emphasised on the need for reduction in logistics costs from the current around 14 to 16 per cent to 10 per cent with "cooperation, coordination and communication" among stakeholder
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Cost of inaction against climate change higher than cost of acting: Unilev
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Alan Jope, Global CEO of multinational consumer goods company Unilever on Tuesday highlighted that the estimated disruptions caused by rising temperatures will cost companies US 1.3 trillion by 2026 and is likely to result in the loss of 80 million jobs
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Research: Climate change may impact marine environments badly
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], September 20 (ANI): Planning is necessary to promote the sustainable development of marine habitats, just as there has long been spatial planning for operations on land. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg and other institutions are now demonstrating that marin
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