Climate costs
As the relentless march of climate change continues to reshape our world, the looming threat to residential property is becoming increasingly apparent.
As the relentless march of climate change continues to reshape our world, the looming threat to residential property is becoming increasingly apparent.
India is hugely dependent on petroleum imports (about 90 per cent of its requirements). India with a paradigm and planned shift from petroleum fuels can leverage biofuels and bio-based chemicals and polymers, which are nearly carbon neutral, offering the best way forward for energy security, and reducing imports of petroleum.
As Earth continues to spiral into a climate crisis, the recent revelation of March 2024 marking the 10th consecutive month of record-breaking heat should serve as an unignorable wake-up call.
All these activities emit heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air. Cattle, rice fields, landfills, and fossil fuel operations release methane—a more potent source.
The transition away from fossil fuels, though not immediate or drastic, marks a turning point in climate negotiations. As we look back on the past 50 years, it becomes evident that the trajectory of our energy consumption is unsustainable.
Explore the urgent call for gender-inclusive climate policies as activists push for action ahead of COP28 in Dubai. Learn how women, particularly in developing regions like India, bear disproportionate impacts and why COP28's decisions matter in addressing these critical concerns.
Nepal intensifies preparations for COP28, focusing on urgent climate crisis issues and advocating for global cooperation to address environmental challenges.
Human history is replete with events that emerge as anomalies, challenging the resilience of communities and testing the efficacy of global response mechanisms.
In October 2023, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change launched the Green Credit Program (GCP) as part of the LiFE movement (Lifestyle for Environment) announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at COP 26 at Glasgow.
During the billions of years of our planet’s existence, its climate has varied a lot. At times the entire planet may have been wholly or mostly enveloped by snow and ice (‘Snowball Earth’), whilst at other times Polar Regions were inhabited by tropical animals.
