Japan and Russia have signed a cooperation agreement to work together on Hydrogen production. In a virtual meeting at the Eastern Economic Forum, the two nations agreed to cooperate in R&D and on technology to lower global warming emissions including carbon capture, storage, and utilization.
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India has officially joined the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, which is an organization of more than 70 countries encouraging the adoption of the global goal to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and ocean by 2030. The 30x30 target of this group is a global target that aims to halt the accelerating loss of biodiversity (including flora and fauna) and protecting vital ecosystems.
As world economies are working persistently on the sustainability goals of cop26 and trying to meet the energy demands, large firms in India are also stepping up their efforts to expand the renewable energy sector.
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In an exclusive report published by Moneycontrol, Ilka Horstmeier, a member of the board of management at BMW AG (Worldwide), labour relations and human resources revealed that BMW is committed to the 1.5-degree target want to reduce the overall carbon footprint of every car of BMW by 40 per cent by 2030.
GMO crops are manipulated to have better shelf lives than organic ones. This induces more sustainability and food security. But some studies suggest that they could potentially harm the human body, so is it a well-established fact or a hoax?
Since the pandemic hit the world, conscious people and researchers have become more aware of the climate and urged to take steps to improve its condition. One such group of Indian students from the MVJ College of Engineering have come forward to aid in E-waste management.
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As per a survey conducted by ICICI Lombard, one out of every three people’s personal lives are getting directly impacted by work-related stress. Almost 86% of people are also actively engaged in physical and mental health improvement activities. The PAN-India survey was conducted among 1532 respondents among different work statuses like complete and partial WFH.
India and over 30 other nations have joined hands towards creating a transition to zero-emission vehicles by 2030 or sooner.
Delhi suffers from a dengue outbreak every year. But the change in weather cycles, temperature and rainfall patterns recently, have led to an expansion of mosquito breeding periods. There has been a consistent rise in the number of infections over the years. The duration for which the outbreaks last has also increased because the weather conditions are becoming increasingly favorable for mosquitoes to keep breeding.
Climate change remains an important agenda point in the ongoing Quad countries summit in Washington DC. Australia, India, Japan, and the USA are the Quad. Narendra Modi, India’s PM reiterated India’s pledge to improve renewable capacity and commitments to cleaner and greener energy.
At the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual gathering in Davos, the executive director of the largest health fund in the world declared,
According to the study, global warming is a major cause of the sea-level rise, and Chennai and Kolkata are particularly vulnerable in India.
Telangana became the country's first state to implement the Cool Roof Policy on Monday. The 'Telangana Cool Roof Policy 2023-2028' aims to reduce the effect of heat islands and heat stress. By 2030, cool roofing will cover 200 square kilometers in Hyderabad and 100 square kilometers in the remainder of the state.
France's Pyrénées-Orientales region, which borders Spanish Catalonia, is to become the first district in the country to ban the sale of garden swimming pools due to worsening water shortages. From May 10, the region will be officially declared at drought
Vietnam recently recorded its highest-ever temperature of 44.1C (111.38F) at the Hoi Xuan station in Thanh Hoa province, surpassing the previous record of 43.4C set in 2019. Experts have attributed the extreme weather condition to global warming, and the country’s population has been advised to stay indoors during the hottest periods of the day.
In a study published in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, researchers have uncovered that climate change intensifies allergy season by affecting the emission of subpollen particles (SPPs) from common allergen-producing plants, such as ryegrass and ragweed. The research also indicates that intact pollen grains have the potential to enhance cloud formation, impacting climate dynamics.
In Somalia, the recent flooding in Beledweyne has exposed the deepening climate crisis. The scale of the devastation caught residents off guard, underscoring the urgent need for comprehensive measures to address the worsening situation. With millions of people displaced and countless lives disrupted, the consequences of climate change are becoming increasingly tangible.
Climate change will put billions of people outside the 'human climate niche' where humans have thrived for ages, a new study has revealed. Extreme heat will force 600 million Indians out of their climate niche, exposing them to unbearable temperatures by 2030, it added.
German firm MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has developed one of the world's largest heat pump units capable of heating an Olympic-sized swimming pool from 20°C to boiling point in less than four hours. Heat pumps work by compressing warmed refrigerants to raise their temperature, allowing the heat to be utilized for residential or industrial purposes. While domestic heat pumps are common, MAN ES's commercial-grade heat pump has a total heating capacity of 48 megawatts (MW), making it capable of heating thousands of homes simultaneously.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.