Tag: Climate Change

Vatican City: The Pope and the Chancellor of Germany met at the Vatican to discuss issues such as multilateral relations, the importance of Africa and the Paris climate accord. Pope Francis I and Angela Merkel on Saturday held a 38-minute talk in which they discussed the need for a multilateral world without walls and the […]

London: A solution to the global problem of plastic waste is in sight as researchers have discovered that the larva of wax worm has the ability to degrade plastic — which is incredibly resistant to breaking down. The researchers believe that the findings, published in the journal Current Biology could help devise a biotechnological solution […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order rolling back Obama-era rules aimed at tackling global warming. The order seeks to suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels. As part of the roll-back, Trump […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at unravelling climate-change policies of his predecessor Barack Obama, a media report said. The order represents a clear difference between how Trump and former President Barack Obama view the role the US plays in combating climate change, and dramatically alters the government’s approach to […]

New Delhi: Gender in Geographic Information System (GIS), though new, plays a significant role in helping disaster risk management, and reducing environmental and climate change impacts in vulnerable areas, say two women researchers of a international institute working in the Himalayas. Talk of gender in GIS is new. Until now, practical work on geospatial has […]

New York: Nature’s clock is running fast in the Arctic, thanks to climate change. Due to diminishing sea ice cover, spring is coming sooner to some plant species in the low Arctic of Greenland, while other species are delaying their emergence amid warming winters, says a study. The timing of seasonal events, such as first […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Government has initiated the process for the preparation of the second phase of the Climate Change Action Plan of the State with a budget aim of Rs 31,667 crore for the next five years, informed official sources today. The process was discussed at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary A P […]

Washington: Contrary to popular belief, cold snaps like the ones that hit the eastern United States in the past winter are not a consequence of climate change, says a new study. The results, published in the Journal of Climate, showed that global warming actually tends to reduce temperature variability. Repeated cold snaps led to temperatures […]

The much-anticipated G7 Leaders' Summit, which will mark the first in-person meeting of the member heads of state since the Covid-19 outbreak last year, is set to begin on Friday with the main focus on the pandemic and climate change.

The climate emergency will have a catastrophic human and economic impact on India. Different threats will interact to devastating effect, as exemplified by cyclones Tauktae and Yaas during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Treasure the name- Neelima Mishra, a super-active campaigner involved in raising awareness on single-use plastic free living which influenced many to go by this earth friendly way of living. One amongst 80 selected worldwide and the only one from Odisha, Neelima has been picked as an official participant for the ClimateForce: Arctic 2019 Expedition, which […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for a global partnership to tackle climate change and strive toward inclusive green growth.

A total investment of $8.1 trillion in nature is required over the next three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the State of Finance for Nature report. This amounts to $536 billion a year by 2050.

In a mysterious occurrence, hundreds of dead jellyfish were spotted washed ashore at the Puri sea beach on Monday.

Odisha’s biodiversity has a major contribution to climate change mitigation because the emissions due to the metal & mining industry need to be absorbed and contained.