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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sinking of Liberian ship off the Kochi coast, Kerala, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …

The Science Spurring Talks On A U.N. Climate Pact

Environment Ministers from about 190 nations gather in Copenhagen at the end of the year to try and agree to a broader global pact to fight climate change partly spurred by scientists' bleak findings in 2007 about likely heatwaves, floods, desertification and rising sea levels. Following are highlights of that …

Businesses Push For Global Climate Agreement At U.N.

A group of 500 businesses and nonprofit executives on Tuesday urged global governments to take action on climate change, saying failure to do so would result in catastrophe for the planet and global markets. "If there is no global agreement then we will lose valuable time and opportunity to ... …

Heat waves could hit northern India

N. GOPAL RAJ As a result of climate change, much of the Indo-Gangetic plain and parts of northwest India could see increasing temperatures and worsening heat-waves from the middle to the end of this century, say researchers in the U.S. A global warming of a few degrees may not be …

Higher trends but larger uncertainty and geographic variability in 21st century temperature and heat waves

Generating credible climate change and extremes projections remains a high-priority challenge, especially since recent observed emissions are above the worst-case scenario. Bias and uncertainty analyses of ensemble simulations from a global earth systems model show increased warming and more intense heat waves combined with greater uncertainty and large regional variability …

September U.N. Summit Seen Key To Climate Deal

A drive to agree a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in December risks failure unless world leaders revive bogged-down negotiations at a U.N. summit in New York on September 22, experts say. Recriminations between rich and poor nations about how to share out curbs on greenhouse gas emissions, and scant …

Lush Land Dries Up, Withering Kenyas Hopes

The sun somehow feels closer here, more intense, more personal. As Philip Lolua waits under a tree for a scoop of food, heat waves dance up from the desert floor, blurring the dead animal carcasses sprawled in front of him. So much of his green pasture land has turned to …

Chandrayaan killed by heatstroke

Error In Moon Temp Calculation Led To Failure Panaji: The reasons for early termination of the Chandrayaan-I mission are now tumbling out and they reveal that Isro had kept the Moon orbiter

Climate information for reducing disaster risk

Over the last 50 years, nine out of ten natural disasters around the world have been the result of extreme weather and climate events. Storms, floods, droughts, heatwaves, dust storms, wildfires and many other natural hazards threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. The threat is expected …

Steamy Heat More Common In California: Study

Bouts of extreme muggy heat lasting for days, once rare in California, are becoming more frequent and intense due to ocean patterns altered by climate change, scientists said in a study released on Tuesday. Research meteorologists at the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography reached the conclusion after examining …

Industrialised Nations Plan 10-14 pct CO2 Cuts By 2020

Industrialised nations are planning average cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of between 10 and 14 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 as part of a new U.N. climate pact, according to a compilation of national data. The reductions fall well short of cuts of between 25 and 40 pecent by …

India and climate change talks

If the big and largely rich emitters of today were to take mitigation in the immediate future seriously, they could achieve emission reductions without denying the poor in India the prospects of a humane existence, says Arvind Panagariya IHAVE been surprised by the number of reasonable Indians who have come …

Africa wants $67 billion a year to fight climate change

African leaders will ask rich nations for $67 billion per year to mitigate the impact of global warming on the world's poorest continent, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters on Monday. Ten leaders are holding talks at African Union (AU) headquarters in the Ethiopian capital to try to …

Big benefits seen in adapting to climate change

Helping developing nations to adapt to climate change such as floods or heatwaves can give bigger economic benefits than a focus on deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, a study indicated on Friday. A total of $10 trillion spent on adaptation, ranging from research into drought-resistant crops to measures to …

India Can Gain From Tow Carbon' Growth

The role of developing countries in meeting the challenge of climate change has been in the news in recent weeks, particularly in the wake of Hillary Clinton's visit to India. India's position on the issue has been consistent with the principle of "common but differentiated responsibility", which is part of …

Big Benefits Seen In Adapting To Climate Change

Helping developing nations to adapt to climate change such as floods or heatwaves can give bigger economic benefits than a focus on deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, a study indicated on Friday. A total of $10 trillion spent on adaptation, ranging from research into drought-resistant crops to measures to …

To Keep Maldives Away From U.N. Climate Talks

The Maldives on Wednesday said a budget crisis will keep its president from attending landmark U.N. climate talks, the results of which could have a huge effect on the future of the low-lying archipelago. Famed mostly for its high-end luxury resorts and white-sand atolls, the Maldives has also made a …

Climate volatility deepens poverty vulnerability in developing countries

Climate change will affect urban workers the most, according to a study modelling the effects of climate change in 16 developing countries. The survey examined the potential economic influence of adverse climate events, such as heat waves, drought and heavy rains, on seven socioeconomic groups. Poverty will be increased across …

Time Running Out For December Climate Pact-U.N.

About 180 nations met for U.N. climate talks on Monday amid warnings that time was running out for them to reach agreement on a hugely complex pact, due for completion at the end of the year. About 2,400 delegates at the Aug 10-14 negotiations in Bonn will try to shorten …

U.N. Seeks $10 Billion Aid As Good Start To Climate Pact

Aid of $10 billion from rich nations would be a "good beginning" to launch a U.N. climate treaty due to be agreed in Copenhagen in December, the United Nations' top climate official said on Thursday. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, also told the BBC World …

G8 Agrees To Limit Global Warming; China, India Resist

The G8 agreed on Wednesday to try to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent, but it failed to persuade China and India to join a bid to halve world emissions. With only five months until a new U.N. climate pact …

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