Climate change could jeopardize progress in human health, says UN report

Decades of progress in human health and well-being is at risk of backsliding as the as the world warms faster than “at any point in recorded history,” according to a multi-agency report.  The health sector is in need of tailored climate information and services in the face of the challenges posed by increasingly severe weather,

Global warming will reach 1.5C threshold this decade

Climate change is accelerating and the world will cross the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) warming threshold this decade, according to research published that scientists said should raise alarms at this year’s COP28 climate talks. Countries pledged in the 2015 Paris Agreement to hold global warming to within 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures but the new

Carbon budget for 1.5°C will run out in six years

If humanity wants to have a 50-50 chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we can only emit 250 another gigatonnes (billion metric tonnes) of CO₂. This effectively gives the world just six years to get to net zero, according to calculations in new paper published in Nature Climate Change. The global level of emissions

Vesta’s efforts to bring climate change

The Jumeirah Beach district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. San Francisco-based Vesta wants to dump ground-up olivine on beaches and into seawater in an attempt to speed up the ocean’s natural ability to remove carbon dioxide. The Hajar Mountains reach nearly 3,000 meters above sea level, tracing the coastline of Oman and the United Arab

‘Worthless’ forest carbon offsets risk worsening climate change

More than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets are worthless. These credits are essentially a promise to protect forests and can be bought as a way to “offset” emissions elsewhere. But experts say the claims were “absolutely incorrect”. It shows unequivocally that many projects which have sold what are known as REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation

Govt may raise up to Rs 22k crore through green bonds in FY24

India is likely to borrow about Rs 20,000-22,000 crore through sovereign green bonds in this financial year, higher than the Rs 16,000 crore in 2022-23 when it had floated such papers for the first time, said a person aware of the matter. About half of the green bond proceeds are expected to be deployed in

Capture carbon emissions from your home

The greatest environmental threat the world has ever faced is climate change. The atmosphere of the Earth is warming more quickly than it ever has. In certain cases, the pace of change in weather, climate, and natural ecosystems is outpacing the capacity of both species and people to adapt. We are aware of the effects

Subsidies worsening climate change, says World Bank

The World Bank has called on countries to use the money they spend on subsidising fossil fuels, agriculture, and fisheries to fight climate change instead

India can get compensation from high emitting nations

To meet climate change targets by 2050, these high-emitting nations might need to pay $170 trillion in compensation to countries with lower emissions, such as India.

Rotor sails are credible option to tackle climate challenge

Wind propulsion is set to be front and centre at the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) 80th Session of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) in July, which will examine the readiness and availability of low and zero-carbon technologies to reduce the shipping sector’s impact on global emissions and speed up global decarbonisation efforts.