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Prospects of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees vey low: Report

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, according to a new report. Climate policy, protests, and the Ukraine crisis - The participating researchers systematically assessed to what extent social changes are already underway, while also analyzing certain physical processes frequently discussed as tipping points. The researchers concluded that social change is essential to meeting the temperature goals set in Paris. But what has been achieved to date is insufficient, they said. Accordingly, climate adaptation will also have to be approached from a new angle, said the report. The central report was released by Universitt Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change, and Society" (CLICCS). The interdisciplinary team of researchers addressed ten important drivers of social change, the report said. "Actually, when it comes to climate protection, some things have now been set in motion. But if you look at the development of social processes

Adequate, affordable finance a constraint in climate action: Eco Survey

The availability of adequate and affordable finance remains a constraint in India's climate actions, the Economic Survey for 2022-23 tabled in Parliament on Tuesday said. The country's climate actions have so far been largely financed from domestic sources only, including government budgetary support, a mix of market mechanisms, fiscal instruments and policy interventions, it added. While several estimates of the required investments are indicated in the long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies (LT-LEDS) report prepared by India, it is important to note that all allude to a need for tens of trillions of US dollars, it said. While India is less responsible for the high stock of emissions, it has consistently engaged in demonstrating global leadership towards adopting various measures and ensuring a low-emission growth pathway, with a commitment to the net-zero emissions goal by 2070, it added. "India's climate ambitions require resources to be dedicated to the ca

2001-2011 warmest decade in the last millennium in central Greenland: Study

The scientists also found that the region was 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than during the 20th century

2022 fifth warmest year on record; trend alarming, says NASA analysis

Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by (NASA). Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0.89 degrees Celsius, above the average for NASA's baseline period 1951-1980, scientists from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York reported. "This warming trend is alarming," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "Our warming climate is already making a mark: Forest fires are intensifying; hurricanes are getting stronger; droughts are wreaking havoc and sea levels are rising. NASA is deepening our commitment to do our part in addressing climate change," said Nelson. The past nine years have been the warmest years since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. This meant Earth in 2022 was about 2 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 1.11 degrees Celsius, warmer than the late 19th century average, the study said. "The reason for the warming

2022 was fifth warmest year on record, situation alarming: NASA analysis

The global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6-degree Fahrenheit (0.89-degree Celsius) above the average for NASA's baseline period (1951-1980)

Multilateral bodies need to be rejigged for more climate finance: Kant

India would focus on sustainable development at the ongoing G20 deliberations

2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record, fueled by GHGs: WMO

The past 8 years were the warmest on record globally, fueled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Two-thirds of glaciers to disappear by 2100 amid faster melting: Study

The world's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change trends, according to a new study. But if the world can limit future warming to just a few more tenths of a degree and fulfill international goals technically possible but unlikely according to many scientists then slightly less than half the globe's glaciers will disappear, said the same study. Mostly small but well-known glaciers are marching to extinction, study authors said. In an also unlikely worst-case scenario of several degrees of warming, 83 per cent of the world's glaciers would likely disappear by the year 2100, study authors said. The study in Thursday's journal Science examined all of the globe's 215,000 land-based glaciers -- not counting those on ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica -- in a more comprehensive way than past studies. Scientists then used computer simulation

Bill Gates upbeat on climate innovation even if 1.5 deg C goal out of reach

Given "the overall scale of our industrial economy, we're going to have to do mind-blowing work to stay below 2 degrees," he said

Govt wants to discuss global warming over joblessness: TMC MP Derek O'Brien

TMC MP Derek O'Brien on Thursday listed a slew of issues that the opposition parties want to discuss in Parliament and claimed that the government only wants to discuss global warming. On Wednesday, opposition parties met and strategised on issues they would raise in Parliament. "Opposition parties including TMC want #Parliament to discuss now: 1. Federal structure. Economic blockade destabilizing state govts 2. NE issues, focus Meghalaya 3. Unemployment 4. Price rise 5. Misuse of central agencies 6. China GOVT STUNT. To avoid these, discuss Global Warming," tweeted O'Brien.

Rajya Sabha to discuss serious effects of global warming on Thursday

Rajya Sabha will hold a short discussion on climate change and global warming initiated by DMK leader Tiruchi Siva and Congress MP Pramod Tiwari

G7 nations establish international climate club to fight global warming

The Group of Seven leading economies have created an open, international climate club for countries that want to cooperate in the fight against global warming, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday after a video conference with other G-7 leaders. Germany holds the presidency of the G-7 until the end of the year and then passes it on to Japan. Scholz said the new forum group is not intended to be a G-7 initiative; rather, it is to be a global undertaking. "With the climate club and the socially just transition of our industries toward climate neutrality, we are making an important contribution to achieving global climate targets," the chancellor said. The climate club aims to support the rapid and ambitious implementation of the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the German government. Monday was the seventh anniversary of accord's adoption. The club will work to help accelerate the industrial ...

Funding reality check for India's dream to achieve net-zero by 2070

The Modi government could take a leaf out of Norway's playbook to meet its 2070 emission target instead of passing the buck to the private sector

Tamil Nadu to achieve carbon neutrality before India's 2070 target: Stalin

State govt has set up the Tamil Nadu Governing Council on Climate Change, the first such to be headed by a CM

Karnataka to become climate resilient in 5 years: World Bank official

The delegation headed by Auguste Tano Kouame, Country Director, India, World Bank met Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday and discussed ways to make the state climate resilient

Green pathways present a $1.6-trn investment window: World Bank report

The report also suggests adopting climate-responsive cooling techniques in both private- and government-funded constructions

Geo-engineering and climate control

The idea of engineering the atmosphere to stave off global warming is increasingly gaining popularity, but it raises several issues

UN climate summit: Parties scramble for consensus on key issues in overtime

The UN climate talks in Egypt dragged on into overtime on Saturday, with no sign of parties arriving at a consensus on several key issues, including loss and damage, mitigation work programme and adaptation. COP27 president Sameh Shoukry said deliberations continued through the night, but did not result in a clear direction towards a consensus. The success of the talks hinges on a fund to address loss and damage, which refers to the consequences of climate change that go beyond what people can adapt to or when options exist, but a community doesn't have the resources to access or utilise them. Financing or a new fund for addressing loss and damage -- for example money needed for relocating people displaced by floods -- has been a long-pending demand of poor and developing countries, including India. Developed nations, particularly the US, have opposed this new fund over fears that it would hold them legally liable for massive damages caused by climate change. "Need more time to ag

COP27 climate deal hurtle towards overtime, countries mull EU offer of fund

27-country EU said it would back one of the toughest agenda items financing for countries wracked by climate-fuelled disasters

COP27: Over 200 stakeholders to accelerate zero-emission transportation

A2Z Coalition's partners also work on the acceleration of zero-emission medium and heavy duty vehicles