The war in Ukraine has disrupted the food supply chain of the world which was already struggling due to the pandemic for the last two years. Multiple countries like Turkey and Indonesia have stopped the export of grains and oil because they relied heavily on the Russian supply of grains. This has resulted in scarcity and price surge in food items. Scientists from NASA Goddard Institute of Space Sciences have warned that apart from this human-induced crisis, any extreme weather event can send the world into a food crisis.
Green Fuels Venture (GFV), a subsidiary of UK biofuels Technology developer has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to produce biofuels in the Republic of Panama.
To mitigate climate change on the agriculture sector, the state agriculture department of Kerela has planned to promote carbon-neutral agriculture at selected places in the state. For this, the government has budgeted 6 crore in the fiscal year 2022-23.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has unveiled MCAP or Mumbai Climate Action Plan, a climate action project that is first of its kind in India, it’ll be aimed at decreasing carbon emissions, switching to renewables etc.
According to a new study published in the journal Nature, the US is going to face up to a 200% increase in pollen by the end of this century. The projection is based on a model that takes into account the change in pollen with respect to variations in global temperature.
The minister of Environment & Climate Change of Maharashtra Aaditya Thackeray announced that the state is all set to host the country’s first largest exhibition of electrical vehicles (EVs) & a conference on alternative fuels such as hydrogen fuels & Biofuel starting from the 2nd April 2022. The event will take place in Pune for four days with an attempt to promote the ‘New Mobility for cleaner, greener India’ motive.
Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL) a Hyderabad based firm deals in environment management solutions have rebranded itself as Re Sustainability Ltd and announced to invest about Rs 5,000 crore over the next three years in doubling its waste management capacities.
The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia has made western countries rethink their dependency on Russian oil and fossil fuel in general. The EU gets roughly 40% of its gas from Russia: According to figures from the research group Transport & Environment, this dependence costs around $118m a day.
Researchers have found that European birds such as garden warblers, are having a quarter fewer chicks, which has huge implications for the species. Chiffchaffs are laying their eggs 12 days earlier. Some birds are decreasing in size, while others, such as redstarts, are getting larger.
Patricia Espinosa is all set to hang up her shoes as the UN climate chief and as her farewell is coming near she has warned the world that the Russia-Ukraine war must not divert leaders from the escalating climate crisis. While talking to Reuters she said, “even as the war is causing so much suffering, global warming remains the most rapidly growing threat to human species on the planet".
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