Tag: Climate

Cabinet approves second phase of Smart Cities programme

The programme envisages to support competitively selected projects promoting circular economy with focus on integrated waste management at the city level, climate-oriented reform actions at the State level, and institutional strengthening and knowledge dissemination at the national level.

May 31, 2023

Locally-grown school meals can be beneficial for children, farmers, climate

The idea would be that the free school meals given to children all over the world could be replaced with locally produced food, avoiding a repeat of what happened during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

March 6, 2023

Initiative to help unlock $3 trillion for climate, nature

The World Economic Forum, supported by more than 45 partners, on Tuesday launched the Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA), a global initiative to fund and grow new and existing public, private and philanthropic partnerships (PPPPs) to help unlock the $3 trillion of financing needed each year to reach net zero, reverse nature loss, and restore biodiversity by 2050.

January 17, 2023

Climate smart water saving agri-technologies need of the hour

At a time when the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has induced a global food shortage, the spotlight is on the agriculture sector in India. Countries facing food shortages because of impaired import from the two warring countries are seeking grains from India.

November 5, 2022

2022 summer droughts became extremely likely due to climate change

Human-caused climate change made agricultural and ecological droughts in the North Hemisphere extratropics at least 20 times more likely, the researchers found.

October 10, 2022

Odisha govt implements community-based action plan for making coastal communities climate resilient

Project Director, Integrated Coastal Management Society ( ICZMS) Sushanta Nanda appraised that the interventions would be rolled out from the current year and would be completed by 2026-27.

September 20, 2022

Highlighting Pakistan’s flood woes, Greta Thunberg says Swedish politicians ignoring climate crisis

Highlighting the recent floods in Pakistan that have wrecked catastrophic damage, activist Greta Thunberg said Sweden’s politicians are ignoring the climate crisis in the run-up to the election on September 11 and treating it as if it were just a problem rather than a life-or-death threat.

September 7, 2022

Rekindle reverence for nature to save the planet: Sri Sri

He said, “Indigenous cultures have all considered the sun, water, mountains, and wind as sacred. These (resources) are essential for sustainable growth and development of the planet".

August 31, 2022

Indo-Japan climate action ready to be rolled out in 10 states

The initiative will support nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to achieve net-zero emissions and ensure climate-resilient development.

August 11, 2022

Whither Justice

While COP26 had managed to achieve significant procedural and institutional outcomes, it had fallen short of achieving substantive outcomes which could reflect the imperative of climate justice.

July 3, 2022

Governments’ inaction on climate is ‘dangerous’: UN chief

Schwarzenegger, who has long campaigned against environmental pollution, said the war in Ukraine was another reason to stop using fossil fuels.

June 14, 2022

Are we losing out to the Oceans?

There are many countries and island nations which are facing the brunt of rising oceans levels due to Global Warming and a large number of populations residing near the shores are already facing critical survival issues. World Ocean Day reminds us how the rising oceans level is leaving a lasting impact on the lives and what we need to do.

June 8, 2022

Change of guard might boost climate agenda

On the face of it, the results of last Saturday’s Australian election seem like a fairly accurate reflection of opinion polls in the preceding weeks and months.

May 26, 2022

Climate-friendly community school built under flyover without brick or mortar

Yamuna Khadar in Mayur Vihar, Delhi, where migrant communities live in unauthorised clusters located at the floodplains of river Yamuna, has an approximate population of 10,000 comprising migrants from Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Bihar.

March 3, 2022

India-US agree to take forward agenda for climate action

Yadav highlighted the importance and need to focus on LIFE (Lifestyle For Environment), the one word campaign championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Glasgow.

January 11, 2022

Security Council fails to adopt resolution on climate-related security risks

In a vote of 12 in favor and 2 against the resolution (Russia and India) with one absent (China), the council acting under the Chapter VII of the UN Charter rejected the draft, owed to the negative vote by a permanent Council member, as reported by Xinhua news agency.

December 14, 2021

La Nina impacts temperature, precipitation but not climate change: WMO

Pointing out that La Nina has developed for the second consecutive year, influencing temperatures and precipitation and is expected to last into early 2022.

November 30, 2021