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Buildings are big GHG emitters; here’s how to decarbonise them

real estate

Updated on Apr 18, 2024 16:42 IST

Noida: Buildings emit GHGs by using more fossil fuel-based electricity than solar energy, having inefficient designs, requiring artificial lighting even during the daytime, and using air-conditioned cooling (HT FILE PHOTO/SUNIL GHOSH)

Climate disasters are economic disasters: UN secy-general Guterres

A Cuban tourist cools off at a water fountain in the Monumento a la Revolucion square during a heat wave that hit Mexico City on Tuesday. (AFP)

india news

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 22:46 IST

India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000: Global Forest Watch

environment

Published on Apr 12, 2024 15:48 IST

Report links H&M, Zara to environmental destruction in Brazil

business

Published on Apr 12, 2024 02:28 IST

Does the transplantation of trees really work?

Are there any laws protecting trees and do these laws detail the procedure of transplantation?. (HT File Photo)

environment

Published on Apr 11, 2024 17:21 IST

5 key impacts of Swiss women's climate victory at Europe's Human Rights Court

Members of Swiss association Senior Women for Climate Protection react after the announcement of decisions after a hearing of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to decide in three separate cases if states are doing enough in the face of global warming in rulings that could force them to do more, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 9, 2024. (Photo by Frederick FLORIN / AFP)

environment

Published on Apr 11, 2024 13:34 IST

Weather Bee | Does the end of El Niño signal a lull in global temperatures?

There is reason to suggest that the end of the current El Niño cycle may not halt the warming seen in the past year in global temperatures, at least not immediately (File photo)

environment

Published on Apr 10, 2024 15:04 IST

Swiss seniors win big at court, emissions reduction targets for Europe set

Rosmarie Wydler-Walti and Anne Mahrer, of the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection, attend the hearing of the court for the ruling in the climate case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg,, France April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

environment

Published on Apr 9, 2024 15:17 IST

March 2024 warmest ever, 12-month average temperature reaches new record

environment

Published on Apr 9, 2024 10:20 IST

Iranian conservationists advocating for cheetahs released from jail

The two conservationists worked to save the endangered Asiatic cheetah before spending five years in prison. (File)

environment

Published on Apr 9, 2024 09:49 IST

In Botswana, a case of conservation colliding with human-wildlife conflict

An elephant near the Nxaraga village on the outskirts of Maun, Botswana, Sept. 28, 2019.

environment

Published on Apr 8, 2024 17:39 IST

How is the UK at risk of both floods and drought?

environment

Published on Apr 8, 2024 09:59 IST

Awareness about air pollution-related terminologies low among urban poor in Delhi-NCR: Study

environment

Updated on Apr 7, 2024 11:18 IST

East flowing rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar basins have no water at present: Official data

environment

Published on Apr 7, 2024 08:24 IST

Three elections that can arrest temperature rise and help us course correct

A participant gestures next to an election sign board during the Vote-A-Thon, an awareness campaign organized by the Karnataka's Chief Electoral Office to encourage 100 percent voting turnout for the upcoming 2024 general elections, in Bengaluru on March 17, 2024. India's election commission announced on March 16 that national polls would begin on April 19, with Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly favoured to win a third term in the world's largest democracy. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP)

environment

Published on Apr 5, 2024 17:37 IST

Over 7,500 trees cut for 16-km section of Delhi-Dehradun Expressway: RTI response

environment

Published on Apr 4, 2024 08:47 IST

Weather Bee | How strong is the current El Niño cycle?

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast for the April-June season published on April 1 shows that almost the entire country is going to suffer a higher-than-usual number of heat waves. (Representative file photo)

environment

Published on Apr 3, 2024 15:02 IST

Why is Taiwan exposed to earthquakes and well prepared to withstand them?

At least seven people were killed and more than 700 injured on April 3 by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan. (AFP)

environment

Updated on Apr 4, 2024 05:17 IST

Climate change isn't doing much good for Olive Ridley turtle eggs

environment

Updated on Apr 2, 2024 18:36 IST

Vermont advances bill requiring fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change

environment

Published on Apr 1, 2024 22:37 IST

India Predicts Searing Heat in Threat to Lives and Power Supply

environment

Updated on Apr 1, 2024 12:21 IST

LS polls: Over 60 environmental groups demand ban on mega infrastructure projects in Himalayas

environment

Published on Mar 30, 2024 05:50 IST

Will China save the planet or destroy it?

Photovoltaic panels at a solar plant operated by Beijing Energy International Holding Co. on the outskirts of Beijing, China, on Thursday, March 14, 2024. To meet its climate targets, China has engaged in a world-leading buildout of renewable energy. Photographer: Andrea Verdelli/Bloomberg

environment

Published on Mar 30, 2024 02:30 IST

Activists watch for potential impact on environment as key ridge cleanup unfolds

A crane is seen near the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Friday

environment

Published on Mar 29, 2024 16:56 IST

It’s only March and we’ve crossed 40°C in some places – it’s unseasonably hot

Mumbai, India - March 20, 2024: A boy Jumping in the afternoon heat as temperature soars at Dadar chowpatty in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)

environment

Published on Mar 27, 2024 13:22 IST

Hardy souls across New England and New York dig out after major winter storm

environment

Published on Mar 24, 2024 21:17 IST

Search for 6-year-old girl who fell into rain-swollen creek now considered recovery, not rescue

environment

Published on Mar 24, 2024 19:54 IST

Why Sonam Wangchuk's climate fast is an opportunity to look at Ladakh's future

FILE PHOTO: India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint along a highway leading to Ladakh, at Gagangeer in Kashmir's Ganderbal district June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/File Photo (REUTERS)

environment

Published on Mar 24, 2024 02:40 IST

Anthropocene or not? Scientists put an end to 15-year-old debate

FILE - Work is done on the roof of a building under construction in Sacramento, Calif., on March 3, 2022. New numbers released Friday, March 22, 2024, show California has the highest unemployment rate in the country. Job losses in February were led by a drop in the construction industry. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

environment

Published on Mar 22, 2024 21:01 IST

UN launches 'Weather Kids' campaign to encourage climate action

environment

Published on Mar 21, 2024 08:02 IST

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