World must seek the path of peace
These times of an escalating environmental crisis are supposed to be times of increasing peace and international cooperation as without this it is impossible to resolve the life-threatening environmental problems.
These times of an escalating environmental crisis are supposed to be times of increasing peace and international cooperation as without this it is impossible to resolve the life-threatening environmental problems.
According to the report, in India, severe heatwaves in April and June resulted in about 110 reported fatalities due to heatstroke.
38 trillion dollars in damages each year: World economy already committed to income reduction of 19 per cent due to climate change
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.
In the last 15 years, average income across the world has risen significantly, including in developing countries. This and the enhanced demand for tourism are likely to cancel out the possible negative impact on the demand due to a little price hike. Also, the earlier opposition by the LDCs and SIDS against this levy may not hold now, in view of a sense of solidarity among the UNFCCC parties to mobilise fundings for an L&D facility
Life begins with a single cell, and is a journey from life to death to renewal. Not dust to dust, but soil that nurtures life to soil. Destroy that diversity, and we destroy ourselves as part of that diversity
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav calls on the developed world to provide financial and technological assistance to developing countries to deal with the situation.
Expressing concern over the changing environment, the head of the environmental sciences department at Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Nauni said it was harmful to both people and plants since "the latter cannot acclimatise to the sudden changes and that leads to sickness."
They were participating in a workshop organized at Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF) at Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
