Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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Farm Crisis: Maharashtra plans over Rs 5,000-cr package
Plan for a fresh financial assistance comes at a time when the public debt in Maharashtra has already crossed Rs 3.85 lakh crore. Deficient rains and deepening farm crisis, coupled with rising political
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Global warming may eat up $200 billion crops globally by 2050: Study
Mumbai: A whopping USD 200 billion worth of wheat, rice and maize crops could be lost by 2050 globally if the issues arising from global warming are not addressed on a war-footing, an independent study
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Fund to fight climate change will be routed via Nabard
NEW DELHI: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) on Thursday got an accreditation from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) - a global multilateral fund that is meant to assist developing
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5,000cr water project in arid zone gets nod
MUMBAI: The Ministry of environment and forest led by senior BJP leader Prakash Jawdekar on Friday approved a Rs 4845 crore Krishna-Marathwada irrigation project that will irrigate nearly one lakh hectares
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El Nino might have a muted impact on India's GDP
The IMF working paper has tried to dispel some fears associated with the weather phenomenon As the government gears up to face the adverse impact of El Niño on the monsoon, an International Monetary
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Nizamuddin East's 11-yr-old pits still work
In January 2004, Nizamuddin East became one of the first colonies in Delhi to get rainwater harvesting systems (RWH). Over the years, the colony has not only maintained these structures, but also ensured
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Too early to say deficit monsoon to hit rural lending
A clear picture is likely to emerge only towards the end of June Rural distress owing to heavy unseasonal rains in March and the prospects of less-than-normal monsoon have made bankers “a cautious lot”
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Telangana prepares to meet water crisis, borewells to be dug up in state
Hyderabad: With a water crisis looming large over Telangana State, the government has taken up a summer contingency plan to ensure drinking water to nine districts, especially where the groundwater levels
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Characterizing the water balance of the Sooke Reservoir, British Columbia over the last century
Infrastructure such as dams and reservoirs are critical water-supply features in several regions of the world. However, ongoing population growth, increased demand and climate variability/change necessitate
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Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia
In 2005 and 2010 the Amazon basin experienced two strong droughts, driven by shifts in the tropical hydrological regime possibly associated with global climate change, as predicted by some global models.