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India Presents NDC On Climate Change In UNFCCC, Made A Target Of Net Zero By Year 2070!!

Gunjan ChaudharyAugust 31, 20220

India has submitted its latest Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) under the Paris Agreement, emphasizing that it will meet its long-term goal of reaching net-zero by 2070. In a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) document submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in a cover letter on 23 August, Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said that India's NDC will not take any sector specific mitigation action or does not bind liability. On August 3, the Union Cabinet had approved the country's NDCs, which incorporate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Panchamrut' strategy announced at the Glasgow conference last year. According to the latest NDC, India is now committed to ...

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Drought and Starvation in East Africa
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Toll Of Climate Change: Droughts And Starvation In East Africa

Dr. Kankana DebnathAugust 22, 20220

Eastern African countries face severe drought and starvation. The ongoing civil war in Northern Ethiopia along with drought and starvation in East Africa are heavily contributing to food insecurity in Africa. The World Health Organization warned that over 50 million people in East Africa faces acute food insecurity. According to a study by the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization an estimated 7 million children are suffering from malnourishment. As per the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, hundreds of thousands are leaving their homes in search of food or livelihoods. The affected countries are Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda. This year accounts as the fourth season of failed rains in Kenya. It is one of the hard...

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Energy Conservation Amendment Bill : India Steps To Mitigate Climate Change

Dr. Kankana DebnathAugust 17, 20220

India has taken a landmark step to mitigate climate change and has reached another milestone on Tuesday, 9th August, 2022. The Lok Sabha, lower house of Parliament passed the Energy Conservation Amendment Bill (ECAB). The bill also promotes lowering carbon prints and more use of clean energy. The Energy Conservation Amendment Bill, 2022, is being lauded as a big step for India towards achieving climate goals. The bill is a major development towards attaining India's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), which are India's commitments towards climate change action under the Paris Agreement. The ECAB was proposed in the Lok Sabha on 3rd August and passed on 9th August. The bill aimed at ensuring greater use of renewable energy and enforcing penalties on industrial polluters for ca...

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Climate Change Forced To Harness New Alternatives Of Energy Resources: Report

Pooja YadavJuly 20, 20220

Energy is required for a wider purpose like to run our factories and machines, to run our planes, trains, cars, and buses, to drive our ships and submarines, to create the wheel move. Considering the fact , the most important sources of energy up to now are coal and oil. But with the passage of your time, coal and oil are sure to be dried-up. in keeping with all indications, it's clear that the globe is heading fast towards a serious energy crisis. it's estimated that at the current rate of consumption, the whole estimated range of recoverable oil within the world are going to be completely exhausted by the year 2015 or 2025. The position in respect of coal within the world is additionally equally bad. The developing countries of the planet have already started searching for other s...

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Curtailing Food Wastage Can Reduce Impact On Climate: Experts

Pooja YadavJune 1, 20220

Reducing wasted food would probably help lower dangerous emissions into the atmosphere and hamper global climate change, said experts. Over 15% of emissions from farming and agriculture might be avoided if we managed our food supplies better. About 3.3 billion heaps of dioxide come from waste material. A third of the food produced worldwide is rarely eaten. It tends to get spoilt during day-long transport or in shops. Huge amounts of food are thrown away by consumers, who often buy too many things which they are not eating. While the demand for food per person has stayed identical within the last decades, more and more food is obtainable. Richer countries waste more food than poorer ones. in keeping with farming experts, more and more food is wasted in growing Asian economies...

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Story Of Himalaya From Beauty To Degradation: How Human Degraded Its Glory

Pooja YadavApril 30, 20220

The Himalayan Mountains, browsing the northern part of India separating it from the Tibetan Plateau, currently faces many issues. Whether related to its public infrastructure, waste, and trash of all sorts, the Himalayas are in need of drastic change. Tourism rules this a part of India’s economy, with the constant in and out nature of anyone seeking to climb the mountains. With increasing urbanization within the area, an issue of waste management makes it so garbage is spewed everywhere. When we consider its higher elevation, indefinitely colder climate, and poor public infrastructure, the Himalayas are riddled with trash. People are willing to pay and clean the Himalayas, but some lack knowledge of different disposal methods and feel they are doing not have sufficient access to them...

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef’s Fish Communities To Lose Colour Due To Climate Change: Study

Pooja YadavMarch 26, 20220

Due to temperature change, oceans are heating up and corals are continuing to bleach which is causing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef’s fish communities to fade and lose their colour, in step with a replacement study. This study has been published in Global Change Biology. Dr Hemingson at Captain Cook University, Queensland, Australia led this newly published study. This recently published study has monitored the changes seen within the fish communities’ colouration further as their living environment. According to researchers, the fish communities’ colour diversity is linked to the local environment’s composition. The study also revealed that areas that had a better concentration of structurally complex corals housed species of fish with more bright and diverse colourations...

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WHO To Launch Global Warning System For Every Individual; Know Key Points!

Pooja YadavMarch 25, 20220

A project has been announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to place every individual on the earth in early weather-warning systems range within the subsequent five years as natural disasters have grown frequent and more powerful because of the results of temperature change. This project aims to create the alert systems that are already in use in many rich countries available to the planet’s developing countries. One-third of the Earth’s population, especially within the countries which are least-developed aren't covered by early warning systems. 60% of individuals who are residing in Africa lack coverage. Early warning systems help in monitoring the atmospheric conditions onto land and bewildered on a real-time basis. It is assumed that it will help in predicting th...

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India Loses 1/3rd Solar Power Prospects Due To Air Pollution: IIT Delhi Study

Sonia SolankiMarch 17, 20220

The latest study conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi reveals the effect of polluted air on solar power prospects. Although the study is done in order to study the impact of pollution on renewable energy goals of India. According to this study, "India lost almost 29% of its global horizontal irradiance potential between 2001 - 2018." Why Renewable Energy Is Crucial? In India's portfolio of climate control, one of the main factors is the enhancement of Solar energy utilization. At present India stands at the fifth position in solar energy production capacity with 50 terawatts every hour.  The sensitization of climate change is a necessity as we are moving ahead with new technologies. The humungous issue of pollution has affected millions and millions of l...

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Wildfire Risk Increasing, Adding To Air Pollution, says UNEP; Suggests Investing In Prevention

Sonia SolankiFebruary 25, 20220

Incidences of wildfires are rising and as per different studies across the globe, the problem is expediting. Recently, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report 'Spreading Like Wildfires: The Rising Threat Of Extraordinary Landscape Fires'. It stated that climate change and land-use change are worsening the wildfires. Andrew Sullivan, one of the report's authors and a scientist from Australia, said places like northern Syria, Siberia, the eastern side of Australia, India has seen an increase in wildfires in recent years. He also said that it's impossible to eliminate the calamity but we can reduce the risk and exposure. The debut of wildfires in places where they never occurred is also an alarming sign. According to Sullivan, extreme wildfires can destroy people, wild...

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Typhoon Rai Causes Massive Destruction And Death Toll Rises To 208 In The Philippines

Sonia SolankiDecember 21, 20210

Typhoon Rai causes massive destruction in Philippines. The wind speed of typhoon Rai is approximately 195 km/hr or 120 miles/hr. Around 300,000 people are looking for safety around the time it hits the country's southeastern islands. The most affected areas are Siargao, Dinagat, and Mindanao Islands. As per reports around 208 people have lost their lives. More than 239 people are injured and 52 are missing as reported by the local police. Rai is the most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year 2021. Although around 20 storms and typhoons hit the country every year. Till date, the most destructive typhoon to hit the Philippines is Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Haiyan took away the lives of nearly 6000 people and left millions in need. Typhoon Rai belongs to category 5 according to the ...

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Innovation For A Hope Of Breath; Indian Project Bags Eco Oscars

Vaishali GautamDecember 10, 20210

Being one of the most polluted cities, not just in India but across the globe, the air quality in Delhi has always been a matter of concern. It is the most polluted capital in the world. It is said that the lives of Delhi residents get reduced by almost ten years due to the levels of air pollution in the city. It is estimated that air pollution in India kills about 2 million people every year, becoming the 5th largest killer in the nation. According to WHO, India has the highest death rate from chronic respiratory diseases and asthma. Amidst all these terrifying statistics, an innovation has emerged as a ray of hope. A Delhi based 30 year old mechanical engineer and entrepreneur, Vidyut Mohan has bagged The Earthshot Prize, dubbed as “Eco Oscars” for his innovation which is being l...

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