SHEOPUR: Two male cheetahs brought from Namibia to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, have made their first kill within 24 hours of their release from to a larger enclosure, an official said. The cheetahs hunted down a cheetal (spotted deer) either on Sunday night or in the wee hours of Monday, the official […]
NEW DELHI: India will need additional investment of around $300 billion to complete the 500-gigawatt renewable energy capacity target by 2030, according to a report. With 165 gigawatts (GW) generation capacity already in place, the country is on the right trajectory to meet its goal of having 50 per cent of energy needs through the […]
BATHINDA: The civil society groups have decided to bring together voices from communities most affected by climate breakdown at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) beginning on Sunday at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, while challenging world leaders to finally make the decisions urgently necessary to protect the present and future generations. This year’s UN […]
NEW DELHI: Days after the Centre sought to fix accountability of district collectors for their failure to deal with the problem of stubble burning, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Friday held a meeting with chief secretary and deputy commissioners of 22 districts of Punjab which reported sudden spike in stubble burning cases […]
WASHINGTON (US): According to a new study, climate change will increase opportunities to see rainbows. The study’s authors estimate that by 2100, the average land location on Earth will experience about 5% more days with rainbows than at the beginning of the 21st century. Rainbows are produced when water droplets refract sunlight. Sunlight and rainfall […]
NEW DELHI: Flagging a big gap in climate action, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has pointed out that the G20 members, responsible for 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions, collectively are not on track to achieve their new or updated commitments, and said a global transformation to a low-carbon economy is expected to require […]
PARIS: Whether they realised it or not, some 7.6 billion people – 96 per cent of humanity – felt global warming’s impact on temperatures over the last 12 months, researchers have said. But some regions felt it far more sharply and frequently than others, according to a report based on peer-reviewed methods from Climate Central, […]
NEW DELHI: A day after the UN climate change body flagged inadequacy of combined existing pledges of countries to achieve desired goal of limiting global warming, another UN agency on Thursday endorsed the concerns while looking at gaps in required actions, and said a global transformation to a low-carbon economy is expected to require investments […]
BATHINDA: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report, released on Thursday, finds that the international community is still falling far short of the Paris goals, with no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place. The Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window – Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies, finds that urgent sector and system-wide […]
PARIS: The International Energy Agency said Wednesday it believes global emissions will peak in 2025 as surging energy prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine propel investment in renewables. Only last year the IEA said there was “no clear peak in sight” in energy emissions, but the new higher investment in wind and solar […]
