The Working Group III report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, and examines the sources of global emissions. It explains developments in emission reduction and mitigation efforts, assessing the impact of national climate pledges in relation to long-term emissions goals. An emissions gap persists, …
The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability-has warned of crop failures, water stress and health effects, all of which will impact the poor the most. Over US $ 7 billion loss has been projected for India in agriculture …
Global warming poses a growing threat to the health, economic prospects, and food and water sources of billions of people, top scientists said in a report that urges swift action to counter the effects of carbon emissions. The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says …
India's high vulnerability and exposure to climate change will slow its economic growth, impact health and development, make poverty reduction more difficult and erode food security, a new report by scientists said on Monday. The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stresses the risks of …
With temperature likely to rise in the coming years because of climate change, essential food crops such as wheat are likely to witness a drastic fall in production, according to a report by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report, released on Monday, said the yield on wheat …
Unseasonal rains in India and excessive snowfall in the US all point to erratic weather patterns and climate change. Unchecked global warming will exacerbate fresh-water scarcity as well as hurt food production, driving up prices and increasing food insecurity and malnutrition, said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – …
Report says India could face $7-billion agriculture loss by 2030 A multilateral study says the world is not prepared for risks from climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II report says India and China will face severe effects on their weather, agriculture and economy. India could …
Global warming makes feeding the world harder and more expensive, a United Nations scientific panel said. A warmer world will push food prices higher, trigger “hotspots of hunger” among the world’s poorest people, and put the crunch on Western delights like fine wine and robust coffee, the Intergovernmental Panel on …
Rising greenhouse gases emissions from agriculture particularly with global meat and dairy consumption increasing is threatening UN's target of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius. Beef and lamb account for the largest agricultural emissions, relative to the energy they provide. By 2050 estimates indicate that beef and lamb will …
Asia is facing the brunt of climate change and will see severe stress on water resources and food-grain production in the future, increasing the risk of armed conflict among India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China, the latest report of a UN panel has warned. UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in …
The UN climate panel on Monday said Himalayan glaciers, whose meltwater is vital for hundreds of millions of people, could lose between half and two-thirds of their mass by 2100. The estimate by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revisits a blunder in its last overview that tarnished the …
Yokahoma : In an authoritative report due out on Monday, a UN climate panel for the first time is connecting hotter global temperatures to hotter global tempers. Top scientists are saying that climate change will complicate and worsen existing global security problems, such as civil wars, strife between nations and …
A UN panel on Monday morning released its much awaited report which assessed impacts of climate change on human lives, natural resources and marine ecosystem across the globe. It predicted a gloomy picture for Asia where most of the countries, including India and China, will not only have to face …
With a UN body on Monday predicting severe negative impacts of climate change on many countries including India, its chairman, R K Pachauri, sought to advise the new government - which will come to power after the forthcoming parliamentary elections in May - to use "knowledge and objective information" for …
A UN panel will on Monday come out with its much-awaited report, assessing region-specific impact of climate change on human settlements and natural resources including drinking water and food-grain production. The report to be released in Yokohama, Japan, is likely to predict how many Asian cities including Mumbai, Kolkata, Dhaka …
A dispute over how a key United Nations report will treat the costs of climate change continues to simmer, with a lead author of the section on economics distancing himself from the summary to be sent to governments. Richard Tol, a lead convening author of the chapter 10 in the …
A little-known technology that may be able to take the equivalent of China's greenhouse gas emissions out of the carbon cycle could be the radical policy shift needed to slow climate change this century, a draft UN report shows. Using the technology, power plants would burn biomass - wood, wood …
International scientists will gather near Tokyo on Tuesday for a week-long meeting centred on a grim climate change report that warned of floods and drought that would stoke conflicts and wreak havoc on the global economy. A draft of their report, seen by AFP, is part of a massive overview …
As governments convene in Japan to discuss environmental change, the need for action to avoid a global food crisis is clear Just three days after my homeland was devastated by typhoon Haiyan, the biggest storm ever to hit land, I attended the opening of the UN climate change talks in …
YOKOHAMA: International scientists gathered near Tokyo on Tuesday for a week-long meeting centred on a grim climate change report that warned of floods and drought that could stoke conflicts and wreak havoc on the global economy. A draft of their document, seen by AFP, is part of a massive overview …
New Delhi: Just a week ahead of the release of a crucial report of a UN panel on impact of climate change on food, water and other resources, the World Meteorological Organization has set the tone. Sounding a note of caution, it said that “13 of the 14 warmest years” …
