Tag: climate change

World Penguin Day | Climate change is dramatically altering their habitat

There are believed to be 17 penguin species, ranging from the Little Blue Penguin or the fairy penguins of Australia and New Zealand to the mighty Emperor Penguins found in Antarctica.

April 24, 2018

HP activists point out flaws in draft national forest policy

Forest rights activists in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday said the Draft National Forest Policy, 2018 brought out by Ministry of Forests, Environment and Climate Change lacks perspective. “The draft policy is flawed and it fails to recognise the spirit of Forest Rights Act, 2006, which sought to address historical injustice inflicted on tribals and other …

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April 17, 2018

Haryana for faster clearance to projects

In another attempt to facilitate the faster processing of various clearances for building construction projects, the Haryana government has decided to grant the Consent to Establish (CTE) to construction projects, which require Environmental Clearances (EC) from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), at the time of grant of EC itself in one go. This …

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April 17, 2018

Raising a stink

Few people, and even less scientists, have been brave enough to even talk about flatulence. It is usually a matter for pre-teenage boys' jokes. But the study of the diet and digestive systems of animals is an important part of understanding how they survive and even how they affect climate change

April 8, 2018

Rains up due to global warming: BBMB

Ruling out water shortage in northern states due to deficient rains in the future due to global warming, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) on Friday said a study commissioned by it has confirmed that there will be increased rainfall in the near future due to global warming. Addressing a Press conference on BBMB’s achievements …

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April 6, 2018

Himachal govt worried over receding glaciers

Receding Himalayan glaciers due to climate change is an area of concern for Himachal Pradesh, said the Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. Addressing an orientation workshop on climate change adaptation for MLAs and policy makers, which was organised by Environment, Science and Technology Department on ‘Climate Change Adaptation’, the CM said the climate change had …

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March 29, 2018

Climate impacts food security and health

The Union budget released in February 2018 fixed the minimum support price (MSP) of kharif crops at least 50 per cent higher than the cost of production. The proposal is timely: Climatic imbalances such as floods and droughts have caused food insecurity and nutritional deficiency in important food crops, contributing to serious health risks.[ST1] Furthermore, …

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March 25, 2018

In Darj climate meet, call for govt policy for hill states

Advocating a separate policy for hill states and districts in the country and pressuring both the state and the central governments, a roundtable conference here on Friday focused on how people have adapted to climate change in areas related to forest, disaster risk reduction, agriculture and water. The programme titled ‘Understanding Mountain People’s Approach and …

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March 24, 2018

China surges ahead as US retreats on climate change

In 2017, US president Donald Trump announced his decision to back out of the Paris Agreement. On the other side of the world, Chinese officials dedicated several provisions of their 13th Five-Year-Plan (FYP) to tackle climate change. China and the US advocate two diverging environmental policies while their goal is inherently the same – economic …

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March 21, 2018

Bird numbers dwindling

With global climate change shrinking the wetland habitat and altering migration trends of migratory waterbirds, it also appears to be leading to decreasing numbers of our feathered friends in the wetlands almost everywhere in the country. Punjab has been witnessing this trend of fluctuation in the number of migratory waterbirds flocking from central and north …

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March 11, 2018

Trump names India, China to defend his policy on climate change

US President Donald Trump has once again named India and China to defend his policy on climate change and reiterated that these countries and some others benefited the most from the Paris agreement while America didn’t get any advantage. “We knocked out the Paris Climate Accord. It would have been a disaster. Would have been …

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February 24, 2018

PM Modi to open World Sustainable Development Summit 2018 today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the World Sustainable Development Summit 2018 (WSDS 2018) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday. The summit has been organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The summit will be attended by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr Harsh Vardhan; Minister for Industries and …

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February 16, 2018

‘Allocations to environment sector increased in Budget’

Refuting the stand by analysts that this year’s Union Budget proposals made no additional allocations for environment, Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said there is actually an increase in all the major programmes of the ministry. As against expectations raised by the Economic Survey, which gave much importance to environment, mainly climate change …

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February 14, 2018

Forest, tree cover in India up 1 per cent: Report

India’s forest and tree cover has gone up by one per cent, the latest assessment by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) has shown. There is an increase of 8,021 sq km (about 80.20 million hectare) in the total forest and tree cover of the country, the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2017, released …

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February 13, 2018

Campaign for clean air launched in Capital

Delhi government and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Climate Change jointly launched the Clean Air Campaign for the Capital on Saturday. The campaign which will continue for two weeks till 23 February. MoEF Minister Harsh Vardhan maintained that the Centre was “committed to mitigation of pollution” while Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal …

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February 11, 2018

In grave peril

Plastic trapped in reefs around the world is having a serious impact on coral health, according to a new study. More than 11 billion pieces of plastic were lodged in the Asia-Pacific oceans corals, said researchers from New York’s Cornell University who studied them. Such debris appeared to be leading to a greater prevalence of …

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January 31, 2018

Swiss president calls for action against climate change

Swiss President Alain Berset on Tuesday called for a collective action at national and international levels to fight rising inequality, terrorism and climate change. Swiss President Alain Berset said the world is facing several risks including on terrorism, climate change and trade protectionism. “There needs to be a partnership between national and international organisations. There …

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January 23, 2018