What’s the news? As per study in the Communications Earth & Environment journal, the Arctic is heating four times faster than the rest of the planet. The warming is more concentrated in the Eurasian part of the Arctic, where the …
What’s the news? According to a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the past seven years were the warmest on record, and 2021 did not see record-breaking temperatures because of a La Niña event at the start and end …
What’s the news? The “Drought in Numbers” 2022 report presented by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) has revealed that many parts of India fall under the list of regions that …
What’s the news? As per a report published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on climate change and food systems, India’s food production could drop 16% and the number of those at risk for hunger could increase 23% …
Why in the news? Recently, The Konkan region, including Mumbai, has been experiencing sweltering heat, with the maximum temperatures touching the 40 degrees mark. What is a heatwave? A region or locality is considered to be under the influence of …
Background: The Global Water System Project, which was launched in 2003 as a joint initiative of the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) and Global Environmental Change (GEC) programme, epitomizes global concern about the human-induced transformation of fresh water and its …
Context Recently, India joined Russia in opposing a draft proposal at the United Nations Security Council which would effectively bring climate change in the Security Council’s purview, allowing it to enforce and hold countries accountable for their promises to mitigate …
What’s the news? The report from the World Meteorological Organization and other agencies, released ahead of the UN climate conference in Scotland stated that Oct. 31, is a grim reminder that Africa’s 1.3 billion people remain “extremely vulnerable” as the …
NEWS To combat climate change, Saudi Arabia has launched the Saudi Green and Middle East Green initiatives. SAUDI GREEN INITIATIVE This initiative aims at: raise the vegetation cover, reduce carbon emissions, combat pollution and land degradation, preserve marine life. …