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Food safety: Need of the hour

Narendra Singh Tomar has issued a call for food safety on the occasion of World Food Safety Day. Tomar, the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Union Cabinet, highlighted that “the current global pandemic has drawn our attention to issues related to food security such as sanitation, antimicrobial resistance, climate …

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Forty percent chance Earth will exceed COP21 climate goals in coming years, according to research

At a time when international countries have their sights firmly set on the COP26, research issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has suggested that there is roughly a forty percent chance annual average global temperatures will temporarily push past the limit set out in the COP21 climate agreement in at least one of the …

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Climate change is leading to abandonment of villages and ‘forced immobility’ across Uttarakhand

Vulnerable to both slow- and rapid-onset climate change hazards, threats facing the northern state of Uttarakhand are resulting in climate migration challenges such as abandonment of villages and ‘forced immobility’, according to new research.  Insights from the state published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre note that climate change-related weather factors have seen disruption to …

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Purchasing of inefficient air conditioning in India points to lessons on consumer behavior and climate change

Often, the conversation about environmental issues revolves around government regulations and business practices. However, consumer choice also plays a significant role.  A study mapping cooling energy consumption found individuals living in urban households in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) often purchase air conditioners on the basis of the brand, features and price points, rather than …

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India’s move to continue coal energy investment disregards health of communities

In a move at odds with calls from the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the wider global audience that has its sights trained on the environmental status quo, draft electricity policy documents viewed by Reuters have shown that India is open to the possibility of further developing its fleet of coal-fired …

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How are India’s climate emergency NDCs faring ahead of this year’s COP26 talks?

India’s involvement in the fight against climate change has been one of change. The country once saw the issue as something that concerned industrially-developed nations more than itself. That mantra has now shifted.   Today, the country is concerned with the impact it can make as industries face up to dangers posed to their own future …

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Indian states could drive 2030 climate goal with economic approach to renewable energy investment

India’s prospects of achieving its nationally determined contribution (NDC) target of installing 450 GW of renewable capacity by 2030 looks favourable with global investors ready to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the country’s decarbonisation industry.  For India to meet its renewable energy goal by 2030, it will need US$500 billion of investment over …

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Healthcare gains from meeting Paris Agreement uncovered for India and other major nations

Millions of lives could be saved by adopting policies in line with the targets of the Paris Agreement goals and prioritising health. This is according to new research published in The Lancet Planetary Health, from the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.  The adoption of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) aimed at limiting warming to …

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What is being done to help the Bay of Bengal adapt to the threat of climate change?

India’s vulnerability to climate change is well-known among scientists and to most members of the lay public. Climate modeling from the Ministry of Earth Sciences amongst other agencies display projections that serve to underline how susceptible it is to climate change risks.  Whilst more regional projections can sometimes become less certain, the risks for the …

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Climate emergency recognised by two-thirds worldwide

A poll of 1.22 million people worldwide found almost two-thirds considers there to be a climate emergency.  The survey, conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford, covered people in fifty countries. The UNDP touted the poll as “the largest survey of public opinion on [climate change] ever conducted.” Globally, …

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