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Urgent Climate Action Crucial for Bangladesh to Sustain Strong Growth
DHAKA – Despite significant gains in reducing the human toll from climate disasters, Bangladesh continues to face severe and increasing climate risks. Without urgent action, including further adaptation and resilience measures, the…
University of Toronto researchers help vulnerable populations in Southeast Asia tackle climate…
More than one billion people live in informal settlements in urban areas in the Global South – and they are among those who are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
“These are what people often call slums. They are vast…
Climate study: Arctic warming around four times faster than rest of the planet
The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet over the last 40 years, according to new research. This is much faster than the previous estimates by the United Nations' climate science panel in 2019. At that…
Indian climate activist and ‘plogging’ champion wins award from UK Prime Minister
An Indian environmentalist helping to clean up UK streets has been given a special award by the UK Prime Minister.
Vivek Gurav has been plogging – that’s jogging while picking up litter – in the UK since he came to the University of…
DDA and WWF India to work together to create one of its kind ‘Learning with Nature’ experience at…
New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has signed an MOU with World Wide Fund for Nature – India (WWF India) for “Nature based learning & experiential activities” at Sanjay Van, New Delhi
Sanjay Van, spread over an area of…
JICA commences five years Project on Climate Change Adaptation through Sustainable Forest Management…
Kathmandu: JICA Nepal and Ministry of Forest and Environment (MOFE) concluded an agreement on the Technical Cooperation Project on Climate Change Adaptation through Sustainable Forest Management in Nepal on 14 June 2022. The Record of…
Study led by NUS researchers reveals High Mountain Asia hydropower systems are threatened by climate…
The Himalayas and neighbouring mountain ranges (or High Mountain Asia), the planet’s most extensive icy systems outside the polar regions, have the world’s largest undeveloped hydropower potential and are seeing numerous dams and…
NASA to Industry: Let’s Develop Flight Tech to Reduce Carbon Emissions
California: NASA announced Wednesday the agency is seeking partners to develop technologies needed to shape a new generation of lower-emission, single-aisle airliners that passengers could see in airports in the 2030s.
Through its new…
Melting Arctic ice could transform international shipping routes, study finds
Brown University] — With climate change rapidly warming the world’s oceans, the future of the Arctic Ocean looks grim. Climate models show that parts of the Arctic that were once covered in ice year-round are warming so quickly…
PM Narendra Modi meets Chairman of Foxconn, Young Liu
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Chairman of Foxconn, Young Liu in New Delhi. In a tweet, Mr Modi welcomed their plans for expanding electronics manufacturing capacity in India, including in semiconductors. He said India's…