Tag: Climate change

Major climate change-GDP study under review after facing challenge

August 7, 2025 admin

A blockbuster study published in top science journal Nature last year warned that unchecked climate change could slash global GDP by a staggering 62 percent by century’s end, setting off alarm bells among financial institutions worldwide. But a re-analysis by Stanford University researchers in California, released Wednesday (August 6, 2025), challenges that conclusion — finding…

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Climate change and climate justice: India’s efforts to balance economic growth with green transition

July 29, 2025 admin

In Climate Change and Climate Justice: India’s efforts to balance economic growth with green transition, The Hindu investigates India’s multifaceted response to climate change. This exclusive e-book delves into India’s unique position as the fourth largest economy in the world and one of the top polluters, its strategies for meeting rising energy demands while maintaining…

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Kashmir’s saffron growers experiment with indoor farming as climate pressures mount

February 6, 2025 admin

Kashmiri farmer and saffron producer Ghulam Mohammad Mir and his family pick saffron stigmas from the flowers at his residence in Kashmir’s Pampore October 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Tucked in a valley beneath the snow-capped Himalayas of the Indian Kashmir region is the town of Pampore, famed for its farms that grow the…

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Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal ‘dead’

February 5, 2025 admin

The Eaton Fire destroys a structure, January 7, 2025, in Altadena, California. | Photo Credit: AP Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius — the fallback target of the Paris climate accord — is now “impossible,” according to a stark new analysis published by leading scientists. Led by renowned climatologist James Hansen, the paper…

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‘Carpooling can save 380 million litres of fuel’: Economic Survey lists collective actions for environment

January 31, 2025 admin

Carpooling at Cognizant in Siruseri, Chennai on August 29, 2018. IT majors lead the way in carpooling. sRide and Quick Ride among several carpooling apps cater to the corporate sector in India. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Economic Survey 2024-2025 tabled in the Lok Sabha on Friday (January 31, 2025), stated that carpooling could reduce 380 million litres…

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Climate Change Made Ferocious Los Angeles Wildfires More Likely: Study

January 29, 2025 admin

Washington: Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation, and extending the dangerous overlap between flammable drought conditions and powerful Santa Ana winds, according to an analysis published Tuesday. The study, conducted by dozens of researchers, concluded that the fire-prone conditions fueling the blazes were approximately…

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Trade Wars, Culture Wars, And Anti-Immigration: Donald Trump’s Big Promises

January 19, 2025 admin

A sweeping deportation program, ending “transgender lunacy,” “drill, baby, drill,” and peace for Ukraine: President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to move big and fast when he returns to the White House on Monday. Here is a look at his sensational but frequently vague promises for a second term — much of them likely to be…

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Fishing Kept Them Afloat For 700 Years. Now They Are Drowning In Debt

January 11, 2025 admin

Mumbai: For nearly 700 years, the Koli community in Mumbai has been making its subsistence from fishing, the Arabian Sea offering an abundance of piscine riches to enable it to do so. Today, however, the Kolis – who are an indigenous community in India’s financial capital – are having to venture farther and farther into…

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Watch: How is climate change affecting rice production?

January 3, 2025 admin

Tipping Point: How is climate change affecting rice production? | Video Credit: The Hindu Rice feeds billions of people across the globe. It is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, and millions depend on it for their livelihood. However, climate change is disrupting how crops are produced and consumed, and…

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Climate Crisis Brought Extreme Weather, Heat In 2024: UN

December 30, 2024 admin

Geneva: Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat in 2024, the United Nations said on Monday, urging the world to pull back from the “road to ruin”. The outgoing year is set to be the warmest ever recorded, the UN’s weather and climate agency said, capping a decade of unprecedented heat….

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