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Without decarbonisation, Delhi could touch 50°C, warns former minister Jay
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Former Union Minister of State for Finance and Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha on Monday warned that Delhi could experience extreme temperatures of around 50 degrees Celsius in the future if India fails to take urgent and decisive action towards decarbonisation.
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Circular economy could slash up to 231 million tonnes of CO₂ from heavy in
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Circularity measures could be particularly effective in reducing emissions in the steel sector (by 64 to 81 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year) and the plastics sector (75 to 84 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per year).
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Govt drafts emission targets for over 460 industries under carbon market p
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of Environment has issued a draft notification proposing legally binding greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets for over 460 industrial units as part of India's first compliance-based carbon market.
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L&T announces India's first Listed ESG Bond deal in partnership with H
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
As part of the ESG Bond deal, L&T is committed to environmental targets, including a decrease in the intensity of freshwater withdrawal and emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Ice-melting process causing sea-level rise, coastal areas facing problems
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Raising concern over climate change DGM, IMD, Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that an ice-melting process in polar regions is causing sea-level rise and coastal areas are facing problems, especially during cyclones.
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Guterres calls for urgent funding to address rising sea levels from Tonga
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaking from Nuku'alofa, Tonga, urged global leaders to act swiftly on climate change, highlighting the unprecedented rise in sea levels due to greenhouse gases. He stressed the need for immediate emission reductions, increased financial support for
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IMD delegation participates in WMO event in Switzerland's Geneva
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Indian delegation shared India's Greenhouse gases (GHGs) monitoring activities to support the WMO Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (G3W) Initiative.
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Improved air quality could increase sunlight accessible to plants, enhance
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Air quality would improve if pollution from aerosol particles were reduced. It may also improve plants' ability to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and alleviate climate change by increasing the quantity of sunlight available to them
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Basal melting of ice shelves in Greenland may lead to a 2-meter rise in se
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Published in 'Nature Communications' on Tuesday, a study into Greenland's huge northern glaciers found that melting of ice shelves may lift the sea levels by 2.1 meters, nearly 7 feet if the glaciers were to break down completely.
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Mobilegoo: Leading the Charge in Environmental Conservation by Reducing E-
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2: The environment is suffering from the mass production of mobile phones. Every individual now owns a smartphone but always has the urge to buy a new & advanced smartphone. This urge creates a lot of stress on the environment as the production of smartphones
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Study deepens our understanding of how humans affect climate change
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Since the industrial era, anthropogenic aerosols and greenhouse gases, or GHGs, have played a role in regulating the storage and dispersion of heat in oceans. A team led by the University of California, Riverside has discovered that anthropogenic aerosols and GHGs have played distinct roles
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Study reveals measuring greenhouse gas from ponds improves climate predict
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Shallow lakes and ponds emit considerable amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, although their emissions vary widely and are not well understood.
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