A UN report cautions emissions must be reduced by 60% by 2035

The World Meteorological Organization reported that annual mean levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), the most significant GHG in the atmosphere, increased by 2.3 parts per million (PPM) between 2022 and 2023, setting a new record for planet-warming GHG levels. The annual mean CO2 increased by more than 2 PPM for the 12th year in a

India hosting international green hydrogen technology meeting

India is hosting a landmark meeting of the Steering Committee of the International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE). The five-day meeting in New Delhi this week is a landmark because it coincided with a revelation that 2023 was the warmest year on record, according to the United Nations weather agency,

UN issues red alert on climate change

The World Meteorological Organisation, in a State of the Global Climate report released recently, ratcheted up concerns that a much-vaunted climate goal is increasingly in jeopardy. The UN weather agency is sounding a red alert about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and

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,