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Mumbai Story: From sea unto sea?
Hindustan Times | By Smruti Koppikar
UPDATED ON NOV 07, 2019 12:09 AM IST
The city’s geography and future is being threatened by rising sea levels as an outcome of global warming
Flooding threat 2050: No construction in low-lying areas, protect mangroves, say experts
Hindustan Times | By Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
UPDATED ON NOV 01, 2019 07:05 AM IST
A report by the American organisation Climate Central shows that coastal cities might be inundated sooner than estimated
What we can do to tackle extreme weather events | Analysis
By Anjal Prakash
UPDATED ON OCT 17, 2019 07:51 PM IST
India is making an effort. Our choices now will determine the future of oceans, cryosphere, and all life on earth
Oceans and glaciers bearing ‘unprecedented’ impact of climate change: IPCC
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
UPDATED ON SEP 25, 2019 03:34 PM IST
The “Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate” by IPCC has projected that global glacier mass loss in the next few decades till 2050 will increase river runoff and related hazards like landslides, avalanches and floods.
Global temperature may rise 2°C more than estimated by end of century
Paris | By Agence France-Presse
PUBLISHED ON SEP 17, 2019 10:35 PM IST
By 2100, average temperatures could rise 7.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels if carbon emissions continue unabated, separate models from two leading research centres in France showed.
‘Time to say goodbye’: PM Modi goes global with campaign against single-use plastic
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 09, 2019 02:21 PM IST
PM Modi cited India’s experience with Swacch Bharat campaign that expanded sanitation cover from 38 % to 99% in five years to underscore that real change would not come by introducing new frameworks but would be powered by teamwork on the ground.
UN convention with focus on land degradation begins today
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
UPDATED ON SEP 02, 2019 05:24 AM IST
Out of the 196 countries, 122 countries including India have agreed to become land degradation neutral (LDN) by 2030, as specified in the goal 15.3 of the sustainable development goals.
India must step up efforts to tackle climate change
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2019 07:15 PM IST
The UN report indicates the need for more climate-sensitive food and less wastage
Climate change: Heading towards emptier plates
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 09, 2019 08:46 AM IST
The 2016 Paris Agreement said it would “pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, recognising that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change.
Land degradation to increase hunger, food prices: IPCC report
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
UPDATED ON AUG 08, 2019 02:53 PM IST
IPCC’s Climate Change and Land report’s summary for policy makers released in Geneva on Thursday revealed that since the pre-industrial period, the land surface air temperature has risen nearly twice as much as the global average temperature.
Bonn climate meeting fails to address threat of 1.5 degree C warming
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
UPDATED ON JUN 29, 2019 10:16 AM IST
A scientific and technological body of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took note of Saudi Arabia’s dissent and concluded that its engagement with the 1.5 degree is complete.
Make nature an election agenda in the 2019 polls
By Richa Tyagi
UPDATED ON APR 15, 2019 08:56 AM IST
Internationally, politicians have started talking about nature. But as India faces multiple threats from climate change and biodiversity loss, it becomes increasingly important for political parties in India to talk about them in elections
Ample opportunities in hospitality sector
PUBLISHED ON MAR 20, 2019 03:36 PM IST
If you are interested in a career in accounting and auditing then it is best to take up work in a CA firm, or any good financial consulting company
Delhi kids to join global bunk school protest against climate change
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Vatsala Shrangi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 13, 2019 03:20 AM IST
Students aged between 10 and 16 will participate in the strike. At least seven city schools have allowed students to skip school for a few hours for the cause.
Get used to a thousand mini climate cuts
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 05, 2019 05:37 PM IST
The policy prescription to avoid such recurring damages has been clear for a long time: lower emission, a push for sustainability in whatever we do and climate-proof cities and agriculture. Every time a freak weather phenomenon hits us, we need to go through this policy prescription and ask ourselves: Are we doing enough to save ourselves from the effects of climate change?
The Katowice summit has been a resounding failure
By Prem Shankar Jha
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2018 08:44 AM IST
To save the future the world does not need carbon dioxide capture and removal. All it needs is a ban on the setting up of new coal-based power plants, and stable price agreements with producers of synthetic fuels.
COP24 talks: Some countries unhappy with Paris rulebook, say it doesn’t mention urgency of climate change
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2018 09:26 AM IST
There are some bright spots in the text, though. It talks about setting a new collective finance goal post 2020, higher than the current goal of 100 billion USD per year. The text also urges developed country parties to channel more grant based resources for adaptation to climate change as against loans.
Climate change: There is no room for complacency
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON NOV 26, 2018 12:10 PM IST
Countries need to ramp up their investments in low-carbon technologies
Saving the planet: Is half a Nobel Prize better than none?
By Shreekant Gupta
UPDATED ON NOV 08, 2018 03:35 PM IST
The decision of the Nobel Prize committee to recognise William Nordhaus is welcome since it focuses attention on practical solutions to global warming
How climate change can affect national security
By Bikram Singh
PUBLISHED ON NOV 05, 2018 01:31 PM IST
As predicted, parts of the earth would become too hot to sustain life and the rising sea levels would submerge islands and low-lying coastal areas of various countries. Resultantly, the rising seas, droughts, food and water shortages will trigger large scale relocation of people both within their countries as also trans-international borders.
Global race to create better climate change simulations: Indian-origin scientist
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | By Sibi Arasu
UPDATED ON OCT 29, 2018 08:16 PM IST
India-origin scientist V Balaji is part of the team engaged in developing models that simulate climate change and its effects and are used in reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has also ensured that Indian and South African models figure in the next global ‘competition’ of climate models which is currently underway and whose assessment be available by 2021
There are no technical fixes to deal with ecological changes
By Shyam Saran
UPDATED ON OCT 19, 2018 05:53 PM IST
The IPCC Report acknowledges that “the pathways to avoiding an even hotter world would require a swift and complete transformation not just of the global economy but of society too.”
Climate change is here. What’s Mumbai doing about it?
Hindustan Times | By Smruti Koppikar
UPDATED ON OCT 18, 2018 12:03 AM IST
Where are the institutional arrangements Mumbai needs? What governance mechanisms exist? What financial resources have been committed? Indeed, what are Mumbai’s goals to reduce emissions?
Indigenous climate model for monsoon trends in IPCC report
Hindustan Times | By Jayashree Nandi
UPDATED ON OCT 17, 2018 11:34 PM IST
R Krishnan and Swapna Panickal, from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, are documenting how climate change will impact global meteorological trends and the South Asian monsoon.
The world must do much more to save coral reefs
By Parveen Kaswan and Akash Deep Badhawan
UPDATED ON OCT 17, 2018 11:40 AM IST
Despite occupying only 0.1% of the ocean’s area, coral reefs support about one-fourth of marine species in the world. About 500 million people in the world are dependent on them for food and fisheries
Why Nobel laureate Nordhaus’s work on climate change is crucial
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON OCT 09, 2018 05:54 PM IST
The IPCC report’s findings can be used to find fault with William Nordhaus’s body of work
Big Indian cities stare at acute heat spells, rise in pollution: Report
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
UPDATED ON OCT 09, 2018 07:59 AM IST
An IPCC report states that there are lower risks projected for heat-related morbidity and mortality in case of 1.5-degree rise compared to a 2-degree rise in global warming. But urban heat islands will often amplify the effects of a heat wave in cities, the report says.
UN report on climate change sets off alarm bells
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON OCT 08, 2018 08:19 PM IST
Investing in climate change makes ecological and economic sense. Keeping emissions down will boost economic growth and save the expenditure on its catastrophic fallouts
If Earth gets warmer by 2 degrees Celsius, India could see deadly heatwaves: IPCC report
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON OCT 08, 2018 06:49 PM IST
The report by UN’s Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change said at +2°C warming, Karachi (Pakistan) and Kolkata (India) could expect annual conditions equivalent to their deadly 2015 heatwaves (medium confidence).
Biggest lesson from Kerala: The developmental agenda should be sustainable
By Kusala Rajendran
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2018 08:03 PM IST
We all know that development comes with a cost, but as such tragedies strike, the poor suffers the most and they seem to pay a higher price.
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