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India: Extreme weather fuels migration-related challenges
Faced with extreme weather events, people living in parts of India are "losing the ability to cope," experts warn.
Published on Jul 12, 2024 11:36 AM IST
Deutsche Welle | Posted by Tapatrisha Das
Kylie Jenner breaks down: 5 times the beauty mogul was brutally trolled
Having grown up in the limelight, Kylie Jenner has had it tough when it comes to public scrutiny. Here are her top controversies which got the internet talking
Published on Jun 21, 2024 06:22 PM IST
Aalokitaa Basu
HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on June 11
The day of June 11 promises to offer loads if you wish to explore the culture of Delhi-NCR. Before you plan your day, check out HT City Delhi Junction on Insta!
Published on Jun 11, 2024 06:00 AM IST
World Environment Day 2024: Wishes, images, quotes, messages to share
World Environment Day 2024: Here's a list of wishes, images and messages that you can share with others and urge them to pledge to save the environment.
Updated on Jun 05, 2024 08:50 AM IST
Tapatrisha Das, Delhi
Policies and People | Urban farming improves climate resilience
With massive urbanisation and a growing population, fertile lands are diminishing every day. Urban agriculture increases access to healthy, affordable, fresh produce, and also prevents over-heating of urban environments
Updated on Jul 02, 2022 12:13 PM IST
Ecostani | On normal monsoons, IMD data hides more than it reveals
The India Meteorological Department's definition of a normal monsoon requires urgent change. As extreme weather events rise due to the climate crisis, cumulative rainfall alone cannot define a season.
Published on Jun 06, 2022 02:13 PM IST
Polices and People | Earth Day 2022: India needs a water literacy movement
Begin a large-scale campaign to make citizens aware of India’s strong legacy of water conservation, build their capacity to protect local traditional water harvesting systems, and encourage them to take up water conservation.
Published on Apr 21, 2022 05:22 PM IST
Policies and People | Invest in cool roofs to beat the extreme heat challenge
Cool roofs reflect sunlight and absorb less heat. Depending on the setting, cool roofs can help keep indoor temperatures lower by 2 to 5°C. They must be mainstreamed into state and city heat action planning
Updated on Apr 15, 2022 12:15 PM IST
Scientifically Speaking | Don't ignore methane, the more potent greenhouse gas
Methane, an invisible gas, can be thought of as a thicker blanket than carbon dioxide — one that is capable of warming the planet to a greater extent in a shorter period, exacerbating the climate crisis
Published on Apr 13, 2022 04:19 PM IST
Anirban Mahapatra
2021 was fifth-hottest year on record: List of extreme events and their impact
The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a report on Monday that the last seven years were the world's warmest "by a clear margin" in records dating back to 1850 and the average global temperature in 2021 was 1.1-1.2 degrees Celsius above 1850-1900 levels.
Published on Jan 11, 2022 07:09 AM IST
hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
It's right time to completely extract coal for development, says Centre
Coal reserves, additional secretary M Nagaraju noted, are situated in the most backward regions with a high poverty rate. So, the development of these mining blocks will provide the poor people residing in these areas with opportunities for upliftment, he said.
Published on Jun 15, 2021 09:30 PM IST
Global warming responsible for 1 in 3 heat-related deaths: Study
Dozens of researchers who looked at heat deaths in 732 cities around the globe from 1991 to 2018 calculated that 37% were caused by higher temperatures from human-caused warming, according to a study Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Published on Jun 01, 2021 06:11 AM IST
AP | | Posted by Prashasti Singh
World leaders call for cleaner, greener planet
The two-day summit is the second of its kind following the inaugural meeting held in Copenhagen in 2018, and is focused on public-private partnerships, especially in developing countries.
Published on May 31, 2021 08:14 AM IST
AFP | , Seoul
Tesla suspends Bitcoin use. Here's how mining cryptocurrency affects the climate
Mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could leave adverse impacts on the environment, some fear. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, "We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel."
Published on May 13, 2021 08:25 AM IST
A fifth of world's food-output growth has been lost to climate change
That’s equal to losing the last seven years of productivity growth, according to research led by Cornell University and published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study was funded by a unit of the US Department of Agriculture.
Published on Apr 02, 2021 09:15 AM IST
Bloomberg |
Invest $131 trillion in clean energy by 2050 to hit climate goals: Study
In its annual flagship report, the International Renewable Energy Agency underscored the scale and pace of change needed to cap the rise in average global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius, in line with the 2015 Paris climate accord.
Published on Mar 16, 2021 12:41 PM IST
Reuters |
Jeff Bezos plans to spend $10 billion on climate change by 2030
Jeff Bezos, who announced plans to step down as Amazon’s CEO last month to focus on philanthropic and science interests, cited Steer’s decades of experience in environmental and climate science.
Published on Mar 10, 2021 06:14 AM IST
AP | , New York
Study says summers in northern hemisphere could last for half a year by 2100
The research, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that the Mediterranean region and the Tibetan Plateau have experienced the greatest changes to their seasonal cycles.
Updated on Mar 09, 2021 02:53 PM IST
PTI | , Beijing
Feminist perspective needed in environmental studies to combat climate crisis
Women are disproportionately affected by the ongoing climate crisis since they directly manage natural resources in most communities via activities such as water collection and food production.
Published on Mar 08, 2021 05:03 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Two-thirds of tropical rainforests destroyed or degraded globally: Data
The forest loss is also a major contributor of climate-warming emissions, with the dense tropical forest vegetation representing the largest living reservoir of carbon.
Published on Mar 08, 2021 02:51 PM IST
Reuters |
Gender assumptions have harmful impact on climate adaption and resilience
The findings of a recent study suggests that outdated assumptions regarding gender continue to hinder effective and fair policymaking, along with the action for climate mitigation and adaptation.
Published on Mar 05, 2021 04:46 PM IST
ANI | , Washington [us]
Worried about climate change? There's a book for that.
Books titled “Trees in Trouble” and “How We’re F—ing Up Our Planet” scream out from the shelves of Barnes and Noble’s nature and wildlife section between reassuring tomes on hummingbirds and wildflowers.
Published on Mar 04, 2021 07:24 PM IST
Reuters |
Global energy-related emissions rise in December despite pandemic shutdowns
Figures released Tuesday by the International Energy Agency show emissions from the production and use of oil, gas and coal were 2% higher in December 2020 than a year earlier.
Published on Mar 02, 2021 03:08 PM IST
AP |
Climate change is harming unborn babies in Brazil, says research
The findings of a new research show a connection between extreme rains and lower birth weights and even premature births in Brazil's Amazon region.
Published on Mar 02, 2021 07:46 AM IST
Reuters |
Idea of climate action should not be to move climate ambition goal post to 2050
The year 2050 is when nations have been called on to achieve net-zero CO2 emissions.
Published on Feb 24, 2021 01:49 PM IST
PTI | , United Nations
Extreme weather testing Biden's disaster management skills
Part of the job of being president is responding to the destruction left behind by earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters, or events like deadly mass shootings, or even acts of terrorism.
Published on Feb 20, 2021 02:04 PM IST
AP | , Washington
Global spending on green economic stimulus slowly tracking upwards: Study
Massive post-pandemic stimulus packages are mostly failing to support action to tackle climate change or halt the loss of biodiversity, but the amount of green spending is slowly tracking upwards.
Published on Feb 12, 2021 04:32 PM IST
Reuters | , London
Climate change may have had 'key role' in coronavirus pandemic: Study
Since each bat species carries an average of 2.7 coronaviruses, the researchers said 100 strains of coronavirus were now concentrated in this "hotspot" area.
Published on Feb 05, 2021 07:05 PM IST
AFP |
UN climate chief urges world 'in a tough spot' to keep fighting warming
The new coronavirus has ignored national borders and "climate change respects them even less", Patricia Espinosa said in an online lecture for the London School of Economics (LSE).
Published on Feb 03, 2021 11:59 PM IST
Reuters | , London
‘Climate change, not Genghis Khan, destroyed central Asia’
A new research led by the University of Lincoln, UK, reconstructed the effects of climate change on floodwater farming in present southern Kazakhstan.
Published on Feb 03, 2021 06:48 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
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