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, 2022The rich world became wealthy by massively exploiting fossil fuels, which today provides more than three-quarters of its energy.
August 26, 2022The target of achieving 10 per cent electricity from renewable energy sources, originally set for 2021, is far from being accomplished.
August 21, 2022Schwarzenegger, who has long campaigned against environmental pollution, said the war in Ukraine was another reason to stop using fossil fuels.
June 14, 2022India's 1.3 billion people live in areas where the "annual average particulate pollution level" exceeds the WHO safe limit of 5µg/m³, according to the Air Quality Life Index by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).
June 14, 2022The Tibetan spiritual leader said we must pay attention to deforestation and protect the environment better.
April 22, 2022The contribution of the Covid-19 pandemic in bringing down carbon emissions is unparalleled. In doing so, the pandemic and the lockdown also helped quantify the environmental harms of burning fossil fuels. These harms are often not fully understood because they are not included in the total costs of using fossil fuels.
March 4, 2021Amid growth in population, emission levels are increasing due to production of energy-intensive products, use of road transport, and rise in agricultural and industrial activities.
December 16, 2020The move is set to transform the sustainability of global cleaning and laundry brands including Surf, Sunlight, Vim and Domex.
September 2, 2020Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the auction process for 41 coal blocks for commercial mining on June 18, a move that opens India's coal sector for private players.
June 26, 2020Indias power generation technology has a long way to go before electric cars become an environment-friendly solution.
April 2, 2020The report measured the preparedness of world's 82 largest economies and found that based on current trends the fallout of warming temperatures would shave off three percent of global GDP by 2050.
November 20, 2019The study published by Cryospheric Commission at the Swiss Academy of Sciences said, 'a rate of decline never previously observed in the time series extending back for more than a century.'
October 15, 2019The latest report of the IPCC recommends eating less meat for a cooler planet.
August 28, 2019The report, produced by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), places a price tag on BlackRock's fossil-fuel heavy strategy, saying the firm's refusal to address risk has lost investors over $90 billion in value destruction and opportunity cost from just a select few holdings over the past decade.
August 1, 2019Earth's surface has warmed one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) -- enough to lift oceans and unleash a crescendo of deadly storms, floods and droughts.
October 8, 2018Wind power, as a source of emission-free energy, is an important part of the global strategy to cut down on fossil fuels. The world’s installed wind capacity, accordingly, has grown by an average 22 per cent every year since 2006. A study by Kristopher B Karnauskas, Julie K Lundquist and Lei Zhang, from the University …
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