Climate Change

June 27, 2024 10:42 AM

Heavy rainfall brings respite to Delhi residents from sweltering heat

Delhi and its adjoining areas received heavy rainfall on Thursday morning, bringing relief to the residents of the national capital from sweltering heat and humidity. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted cloudy skies and intermittent rain, accompanied by gusty winds, over the n...

September 16, 2024 6:13 PM

Paraguay becomes 100th member of International Solar Alliance

Paraguay has become the 100th country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA) as a full member. The South American nation officially handed over its Instrument of Ratification to the ISA in New Delhi on Wednesday. The ceremony took place during a meeting between Paraguay's Ambassador to Indi...

June 25, 2024 4:49 PM

Denmark will be first to impose CO2 tax on farms, government says

Denmark, a major pork and dairy exporter, will introduce a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions from 2030, making it the first country to do so and hoping to inspire others to follow, the government said on Tuesday. A tax was first proposed in February by government-commissioned experts to hel...

September 16, 2024 6:14 PM

Protecting 1.2% of Earth would prevent most extinctions, study says

Setting aside an additional 1.2% of the world's land as nature preserves would prevent the majority of predicted plant and animal extinctions and cost about $263 billion, according to a study published on Tuesday. The world is racing to meet a goal to protect 30% of the world by 2030 to protect wil...

September 16, 2024 6:14 PM

Thousands displaced in floods in north-eastern India, rain abates

Thousands of people have been displaced in India's north-eastern state of Assam and at least 37 people have died in heavy rain, floods and landslides in the last two months, officials said on Monday. Although rains have abated in the last two days and improved the flood situation marginally, at lea...

June 21, 2024 3:25 PM

How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwide

Climate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere this week and will continue to deliver dangerous weather for decades to come, research shows. "It is a worldwide heat wave that we are now suffering. That puts the heat under our decisions," said Christiana Figueres, a fo...

June 20, 2024 6:33 PM

Millions sweltering under extreme heat worldwide as summer arrives

Dangerous heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again bring about record-breaking heat that could surpass last summer as the warmest in 2,000 years. Countries around the Mediterranean have endured a...

June 21, 2024 1:30 PM

How extreme heat threatens health and safety

With extreme heat gripping much of the Northern Hemisphere this week, authorities and public health experts have issued heat warnings to help keep people safe. Parts of China, India, the Middle East, southern Europe and the United States are bracing for the possibility of new record highs. WHAT AR...

June 20, 2024 12:03 PM

Climate change threat hangs over haj pilgrimage as hundreds perish in heat

Nearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the haj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has proved fatal for hundreds who began the journey last Friday to the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. At least 562 people have died during the haj, according to a tally based on forei...