‘Climate situation is alarming’
This year, India once again witnessed a very brief spring, with winter transitioning almost directly into summer.
This year, India once again witnessed a very brief spring, with winter transitioning almost directly into summer.
However, parts of northwest and central India may experience normal to below-normal maximum temperatures during this period, the weather office added.
Poverty and hunger share a tragic intertwined relationship, where each condition can both cause and perpetuate the other. Widespread poverty results in chronic and persistent hunger.
A new study finds the Himalayas are warming 50% faster than the global average since 1950, accelerating glacier loss, drying, and major climate risks for over a billion people.
According to information shared by the Dehradun Meteorological Department and a study report by the expert organisation Climate Trend, the duration and intensity of heatwaves have increased, while cold waves have declined during this period.
In a statement issued, the state chief minister on Thursday said that the rain-induced disasters in Uttarakhand occurring one after another for the past two months are the result of global warming.
The representatives of the other countries who addressed the conclave included Mr Alberto Guani, Ambassador of Uruguay, Mr Javier Paulinich, Ambassador of Peru, Mr Fernando Bucheli, Ambassador of Ecuador, Mr Omar Castaneda Solares, Ambassador of Guatemala, Mr. Antonio Bartoli, Ambassador of Italy, Ms Lalatiana Accouche, High Commissioner of Seychelles and Mr Kayshav Tewari, Diplomat, High Commission of Guyana.
IPCC, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, estimates that to have a 66 per cent chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, we can emit no more than 250–300 gigatons of CO₂.
The rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past four decades, according to a new study on Tuesday, explaining why 2023 and early 2024 saw unprecedentedly high sea temperatures.
By the end of this century, up to two-third of all glaciers worldwide could disappear – an alarming scenario that threatens the future of water supply in many places.
