Climate change is having an increasing impact on the structure of the Earth’s atmosphere, and may cause planes to fly higher to avoid turbulence, a new international study shows. The research, published in the journal Science Advances, draws on decades of weather balloon observations and specialised satellite measurements to quantify the extent to which the…Continue Reading
The report found that the costs of adaptation are likely in the higher end of an estimated $140-300 billion per year by 2030 and $280-500 billion per year by 2050 for developing countries only. Even if the world limits warming to 1.5°C, many climate risks remain and will be irreversible, a latest UNEP report released…Continue Reading
COP26 climate summit must act to ‘save humanity’: UN chief GuterresAFPLast Updated: Nov 01, 2021, 07:03 PM ISTSynopsis“Enough of brutalizing biodiversity. Enough of killing ourselves with carbon. Enough of treating nature like a toilet. Enough of burning and drilling and mining our way deeper. We are digging our own graves.”Agencies“It’s time to say: enough,” the…Continue Reading
Following a series of reports and studies warning that urgent action is needed to keep the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global average temperature increases to 1.5C within reach, the Un Climate Change Conference (COP26) opened with the key aims of raising ambition on all fronts and finalising the agreement’s implementation guidelines.”We are extremely grateful…Continue Reading
The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow opened Sunday with appeals for action and prayers, kicking off two weeks of intense diplomatic negotiations by almost 200 countries on how to tackle the common challenge of intensifying global warming. Following the opening gavel Sunday, leaders from around the world will gather in Scotland’s biggest city Monday to…Continue Reading
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Adverse impact of climate change on nature is well known but often when things are expressed in monetary terms the enormity of the problem at hand is fully realised The latest report from the United Nations has said that climate related hazards have cost developing and developed Asian economies billions of dollars The report said…Continue Reading
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, said Reuters quoting India’s Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav. The climate summit is expected to boost efforts for steeper emissions cut tp tackle global warming. Amid uncertainty over Chinese President Xi Jinping’s presence in the summit, the attendance of PM Modi is seen…Continue Reading