Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister, announced this Wednesday that he will reverse part of his Government’s plans to reduce the most polluting emissions. The far-right wing of his party and activists who led the country to Brexit and are now campaigning against traffic restrictions, a ban on gas boilers, and the zero emissions target … Read more
The organizers scheduled a United Nations (UN) summit for this Wednesday to discuss the climate change challenges facing the world. The nations remained silent because they had no new actions to take and were not allowed to speak, as stated by the organizers. The United Nations called the only countries that touted their efforts – … Read more
India’s G20 Presidency has been touted by media outlets all over the world as a massive branding campaign to help India strengthen trade ties with member nations and provide an opportunity to attract investments from those countries. And why not? The grouping dominates the global economy and trade. It represents about 85% of the global … Read more
The world received a warning from the United Nations as it released its first official assessment, or Global Stock Take, of global progress on climate change since the historic Paris Agreement of 2015. This assessment report explicitly declares that the world is off track in terms of meeting the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global … Read more
The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change in its 2021 report warned that “unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial temperatures or even 2°C will be beyond reach.” It also investigated the impacts such warming would have on the earth’s systems. Have you … Read more
Climate think tank ‘Climate Trends’ in association with ‘Climate.com’ released ‘EV Dashboard’ today as the penetration of electric vehicles (EV) in the country’s vehicle market is continuously increasing. Aarti Khosla, Director of Climate Trends, issued this statement: “The government utilizes the ‘Vahan’ portal to collect real-time data on electric vehicle sales, and this data is … Read more
The UN Child Rights Committee published authoritative guidance on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. The guidance specifies that States should urgently implement legislative and administrative measures to address the adverse effects of environmental degradation and climate change on the enjoyment of children’s rights. It also emphasizes the need … Read more
Ahmedabad, a major city in western India, faced a devastating heat wave in May 2010, with temperatures topping 48 degrees Celsius and claiming 800 lives. Climate change and a slow-moving cyclone worsened conditions. In response, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the Institute of Public Health of India-Gandhinagar (IIPH-G) and the US Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) … Read more
The number of climate change court cases worldwide has more than doubled since 2017 and continues to grow steadily, as per the latest findings published recently by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, Owing to its significant rise, the report says that climate litigation is … Read more
India is committed to achieving the goal of Net Zero by the year 2070. We have read this line many times in many articles and heard it in many places. But, how will India do this, exactly? And has India started taking steps in this direction? In response to these questions, it is generally said … Read more
