Page 84 - Latest Updates on Climate Change
From Delhi to Tokyo, students take to streets for climate change protests
It was expected to be the biggest protest ever against the threat posed to the planet by climate change
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UN climate panel okays report detailing impact of global warming on oceans
At issue is what might have been a routine reference to the October 2018 IPCC report on the feasibility of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius
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Climate change is real: How it is becoming a nightmare for central banks
Climate change was a warning shot that took time to echo in policy-making corridors
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Five-year period ending 2019 set to be hottest on record, says UN report
Other major takeaways from the report include that the extent of Arctic summer sea ice has declined at a rate of 12 per cent per decade over the past 40 years
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Kids who are adults for a cause
To me, the climate change problem will be addressed with much greater resolve as this younger generation participates in politics
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'Have to do it': Jeff Bezos sets deadline for Amazon to be carbon neutral
Amazon will buy 100,000 electric vans from a start-up and invest $100 million to restore forests and wetlands.
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World 'losing the race' to avert climate disaster, warns UN chief Guterres
Guterres said he was heartened by growing societal awareness, which meant that hope was not yet lost
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Let's manage risks, not disasters
Today, across the country, there are flood-and-drought-affected pockets next to one another. This is the new normal, and it will do us good to acknowledge and adjust to it quickly
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71% Indians think humans responsible for climate change, says survey
Of the countries surveyed, India has the largest share of people who think human activity is mainly responsible for climate change
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Climate change effects to be worse than previous estimates, new study shows
Across Europe, heat waves will become longer and more intense, while the Arctic will be entirely ice-free during summer in the last two decades of this century
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Parched India will see 'water refugees' in future, says Rajendra Singh
A lot of time has been lost, but it's still possible to overcome the crisis, Singh said
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Developing nations should increase carbon footprint to tackle hunger: Study
The study also found that a food's country of origin can have huge consequences for its climate impact
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Meat and bottled drink sales fall as consumers get climate change conscious
A survey was conducted by data analytics firm Kantar on 65,000 people in 24 countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia
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COP 14: PM Modi says India to raise target for restoring degraded land
Modi also said India would be happy to propose initiatives for greater South-South cooperation in addressing issues of climate change, biodiversity and land degradation
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Future thermal power plants at risk as water stress increases: Study
Existing water shortage has already forced 61 thermal power plants to shut down between 2013 and 2017, leading to 17,000 gigawatt hours of lost generation
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As India hosts desertification meet, 30% of its land is already degraded
Over 600 million people risk the impact of climate change in India and if land degradation is not addressed, the problem could get more acute
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Consumers and climate change
Schlossberg deserves real credit for coming through her journey into the guts of the consumer machine with a clarifying insight: We aren't going to solve our problems on consumer at a time
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Don't hold your breath: Amazon fires aren't depleting Earth's oxygen supply
There's enough oxygen in the air to last for millions of years, and the amount is set by geology rather than land use
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Flood policy needs complete overhaul
India must learn from the ecological pioneers and carefully adapt the learnings to our own conditions
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Can environmental populism save the planet? It is difficult, but possible
Beyond lip service, we need to mobilise truly popular support for change. Now is a good time to start
