Page 33 - Latest Updates on Climate Change
Twenty-nine nations pledge record support to Global Environment Facility
Twenty-nine countries have jointly pledged more than $5 billion for the Global Environment Facility, providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity
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Cash flood, not green dreams, leads to slump in oil bond sales
The slump in fossil-fuel issuance isn't necessarily a sign bankers have woken up to the seriousness of climate change
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India needs $12.4 trillion for net-zero transition, says report
India will need investments worth $12.4 trillion, nearly half of US GDP, from developed nations and investors to help its economy transition to net-zero carbon emissions by 2060, says a report
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India needs $17.77 trillion to meet long term net-zero goals: Report
The global journey to net-zero will help the world in its efforts to stave off the worst of climate change
B'desh a leader in rallying countries to deal with climate crisis: Blinken
Blinken and his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdul Momen on Monday discussed a wide range of bilateral and regional issues, including the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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UN chief says world continues on 'fast track to climate disaster'
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that time is running out for countries, corporations and others to adopt critical measures to reverse greenhouse gas emissions
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Climate change: China suffered world's 2nd worst losses from floods in 2021
China suffered around $25 billion of losses from floods in 2021 -- the world's second-worst after Europe, data from the Zurich-based firm's latest research report showed.
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IPCC report on 'Mitigation of Climate Change': An explainer
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) can help counterbalance "hard-to-abate" residual emissions to help reach net zero CO2 or net zero GHG emissions in the mid-term
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IPCC report stark reminder to developed nations to become net-zero: Experts
According to the report, human emissions over this past decade have been the highest in history
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Only severe emissions cuts will avoid climate extremes: UN report
Global emissions on track to blow past 1.5 degrees C warming limit envisioned in 2015 Paris Agreement and reach some 3.2 degrees C by century's end, says a major report by UN climate science agencycli
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US budget seen rising $2 bn annually by end century due to climate change
The Office of Management and Budget assessment, tasked by President Joe Biden last May, found the upper range of climate change's hit to the budget by the end of the century
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Ozone may be weakening one of Earth's important cooling mechanisms: Study
The research has also revealed that ozone in the lower atmosphere, in particular, contributed to warming in the southern ocean
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Climate disasters pose growth threat in Middle East, Central Asia: IMF
The frequency and severity of climate-related disasters are rising faster in the Middle East and Central Asia than anywhere in the world: IMF
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Best of BS Opinion: Reflection of time, irreversible damage & more
Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day
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Lifestyles for climate justice
A change in consumption patterns of the rich is as essential for climate mitigation as supply-side innovations and even more crucial for climate justice
Irreversible damage
Erosion of glaciers must be slowed
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UN commission reaffirms women leadership to address climate change
The 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66) closed its two-week long session, acknowledging the important role of women and girls as agents of change for sustainable development
Nestle suspends brands in Russia, ING Group ends new financing
Nestle shares were down 1.3 per cent at 1236 GMT, after hitting a session low shortly after the news.
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UN sets 5-year goal to broaden climate early warning systems
The chief of the United Nations announced a project to put every person on Earth in range of early weather-warning systems within five years
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Asian banks 'falling short' on decarbonisation efforts, new study finds
Banks in Asia are "falling short" when it comes to meeting global pledges to tackle climate change and aligning with the decarbonisation aims of their nations, a new study says
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