Page 93 - Latest Updates on Climate Change
So much for COP23, there's a whole class of carbon emissions we're ignoring
The most effective strategy is prevention, and a great deal can be done by designing our buildings with resource efficiency in mind
 "So much for COP23, there's a whole class of carbon emissions we're ignoring")
Climate change may reduce farm output, raise India's famished: Report
For every 100 mm drop in average rainfall, farmer incomes fall 15% during the kharif season and 7% during rabi, the survey said
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India needs $2.5 trillion to meet its 2030 climate change targets: Centre
The current financial year allocation for two climate change schemes on climate change is Rs 1.41 billion
 "India needs $2.5 trillion to meet its 2030 climate change targets: Centre")
Five ways India must help its farmers to face the threats of climate change
Extreme temperature shocks, when a district is significantly hotter than usual, results in a 4.7% decline in agricultural yields
The future of golf and cricket is at risk due to climate change. Here's why
Extreme weather is made worse by climate change, causing more golf course closures, while wetter, warmer autumns and winters cause damage and disease to grass and greens
 "The future of golf and cricket is at risk due to climate change. Here's why")
Climate change redux
India should turn away from the Paris accord as latest research shows particles from space, and not human activity, affect climate on Earth
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Change is real: Letter to BS on climate has a cascading effect on lives
A warmer ocean affects another important food source - fish
Climate costs
Global average increases in temperature of two to three degrees may not seem completely unmanageable at first, but it means that the extremes of temperature will get that much worse
UN hails India, China's climate change fight when 'others are failing'
The G77 is the largest intergovernmental organisation of developing countries in the UN
Millions to get displaced due to climate change; nations need to be ready
By the middle of this century, experts estimate that climate change is likely to displace between 150 and 300 million people
Renewable energy can become India's sustainability model for world: Sweden
There are scopes for working together in the area, from public transport to waste-to-energy: Lars Ronnas
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Climate change: In B'desh as river Chitra turns saline, mangroves appear
In parts of Bangladesh, especially along the Chitra river, mangrove forests are appearing as the river water turns saline
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COP 23: Three ways cities are leading the fight against climate change
Cities across the world are increasingly incorporating living infrastructure, to deliver social, environmental and economic services to urban communities
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Climate change: How its economic and political repercussions are ignored
The economic development of a country is directly linked to the availability of human and natural resources
Climate change costs a lot more than recognised
Most estimates ignore the sociopolitical repercussions
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Climate change may be a stealthy killer for bamboo lemur; could starve them
Lemurs almost exclusively eat a single species of bamboo, including the woody trunk, known as culm
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Climate change and urbanisation impact
The global temperature since 1860 is observed to have risen by 0.4 centigrade
Climate catastrophe
India, by virtue of its huge population and geography, stands at the front line of suffering from the effects of climate change but the government and elite are mostly oblivious
Cutting down emission intensity of GDP to fight climate change: India
The First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of India to UN, Ashish Sinha said India has considered tapping non-fossil fuel energy sources and creating additional carbon sink
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Is climate change making our dal and roti less nutritious?
Climate change is a rise in global atmospheric carbon dioxide from anthropogenic activities, affecting the nutritional quality of the foods we eat
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