Climate Change

Aranmoola mirrors set in metal frames are a centuries-old handicraft from Kerala and are adorning everything from the British Museum to Buckingham Palace. But, the GI protected Aranmula glass making art is now under threat due to climate…
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Climate change is revealing secrets trapped within our planet’s permafrost. As the icy layers melt at an alarming rate, they are uncovering organisms thought to be extinct – ancient “zombie viruses” that have been perfectly preserved for…
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Carbon markets will be a key discussion topic at the Bonn Climate Change Conference in Germany, scheduled from June 5-15, 2023. The Bonn Conference will deal with technical details to feed discussions at the 28th Conference of Parties…
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Seven of eight earth system boundaries (ESBs) that are critical for stability of the planet’s health and survival of species have already been crossed. A new research paper by the Earth Commission published in Nature journal flagged on…
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The World Meteorological Organization, which plays a critical global role in tracking climate change, chooses a new leader this week to turbocharge that work over the next four years. The Geneva-based WMO’s role in climate change has…
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When Super Cyclone Amphan hit India's coast in 2020, 28-year-old Suchita Jana, along with her family, moved to a government shelter. Where she found herself among the 800-odd people taking refuge at the camp. While she stayed at the…
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The word “rules based order” peppers the comments by US government officials and also often in EU. What is often not brought up front is who wrote those rules and so why should it be incumbent on the rest of the world to follow those…
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There could be 2.5 lakh additional deaths per year by end of 2030 and over 90 lakh deaths each year by the end of the century due to climate change, said the latest World Health Statistics 2023 report by the World Health Organization.…
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Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict. Researchers say there’s now a 66% chance we will pass the 1.5C global warming threshold between now and 2027.…
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British former prime minister Liz Truss, on a visit to Taiwan Wednesday, will set up a full-throated clash with both China and her successor Rishi Sunak in demanding the West get tough with Beijing. In a speech in Taipei, Truss is due to…
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