According to a new study published in Nature Communications, India is losing more and more water from its reservoirs and lakes because of climate change.
The flood situation in Assam is worsening day by day as the death toll today surged to 190 and millions are affected due to this catastrophic climate calamity. As per the Assam State Disaster Management Authority’s latest report, 8,88,177 citizens in Assam are impacted in several districts of the state.
NCERT has cut down the syllabus of students from class 6 to 12 in order to decrease the course load on students because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minerals are one of the primary driving forces of human development, many regions in the world depend on their mineral reserves as a source of income. A recent study published in the Journal for Cleaner Production, finds that their total environmental costs amount to as much as 4 trillion pounds ($5tn) every year.
To promote Climate action in the education field Indian Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode has introduced a ‘Centre for Climate Studies’. The officials reported that the new centre will be a Centre of Excellence at IIMK. The main focus of the courses under the Centre will be on CLIMATE which represents Climate Leadership, Internationalization and Management for policy Advancement, Technology and Enterprise.
Amidst the record heatwave in Northern Italy, a huge chunk of the glacier collapsed in Dolomites mountain and killed nine hikers so far as per the officials. A huge part of the ice of about 3,300 metres fell off from the highest peak of the Marmolada mountain and caused the disastrous avalanche.
Egypt is set to host the COP27 this year. The country is also launching its 2050 climate strategy. The country’s environment ministry recently had a discussion with the representatives of the IMF about it.
On the sidelines of the UN Ocean Conference 2022 held in Lisbon, Egyptian Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad had a bilateral discussion with the Member of the House of Lords of the UK Lord Zac Goldsmith. The discussion was focused on several environmental issues and the preparations for the COP27 climate summit which is going to be held in Egypt in November this year.
The UK has planned to launch a satellite in space to measure the Earth’s global warming and the Greenhouse effect in the most detailed data that has ever been captured.
In support of India's ban on single-use plastic products, the Norwegian Embassy has decided to stop the use of water bottles and other such plastic items.