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This week in environment and science

Environment and science related updates from across the world

Green Climate Fund approves eight projects at Zambia meet

Approved projects worth US$ 168 million

How climate change impacts human health

Hidden cirrus clouds make the earth warmer

Chikungunya

Water levels in dams on Himachal rivers decline to half of their capacity

The state, ravaged by floods in 2023, has been suffering a long dry spell this winter because of the lack of rain and snow in the last three months

IPCC Special Report: Climate risks require India to rethink its approach

The report warns of increased risk of coastal flooding, heatwaves, food scarcity and vector-borne diseases

जलवायु आपातकाल

मानव इतिहास का दूसरा सबसे गर्म वर्ष रिकॉर्ड किया गया 2019, …

Mexican communities manage their local forests, generating benefits for humans, trees and wildlife

Mobilising community collective action around timber is a market-oriented way to stop deforestation and conserve biodiversity  

Climate change, the hidden hand

Anthony McMichael takes us on a tour across epochs, showing how collapse of civilisations has roots in climate change

Ice Age heat waves might have killed mammoths, says study

Abrupt warming, which resembles the human-made global warming of today, may have driven the mammoths’ extinction

World seeing signs of climate breakdown: Antonio Guterres

UN Pact for Future must prioritise communities bearing brunt of climate emergency, says UN secretary-general 

Ancient pathogens released from melting ice could wreak havoc on the world, new analysis reveals

Earth’s climate is warming at a spectacular rate and up to four times faster in colder regions such as the Arctic

Red alert in Mumbai amidst heavy rainfall

Till Wednesday, Mumbai recorded a total of 1,557.8 mm of rainfall making it the wettest July in the history of the city

Loss and damage: Displacements

Globally, disasters, mostly cyclones and floods, triggered most internal displacements, or movements, in 2021.

What is a ‘bomb cyclone’?

Bomb cyclones could become much more frequent in the near future due to human-emitted greenhouse gases

Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years

Addressing root causes of global warming more important than geoengineering the planet 

58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change — we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

From common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like plague, 218 of 375 human diseases may be affected

CoP 26: World is on the line at Glasgow

Reclaiming leadership and voice to rebuild the trust of people — both rich and poor — should top the agenda at Glasgow

Leaders' summit : Nations need to walk the talk on climate change

Implementation of these ambitions would require enhanced institutional capabilities through policy amends, behavioural change and technology support

Climate Emergency CoP 25: EU not on track to meet its Paris commitments

A significant proportion of the continent’s emissions reduction has been driven by outsourcing and other extraneous factors

All that happened at UNCCD COP14

The 14th Conference of Parties in New Delhi saw delegates discuss desertification in detail. Here are the discussions they did and decisions they made

Action on climate change: Environmental activism or citizen lobby?

Scientific evidences alone cannot suffice, public policy decisions on climate must be made after careful assessments of economic costs and benefits

Extreme El Niño events may double in 21st century: IPCC

Frequency of El Niño and La Niña events may rise significantly in the future, according to the latest report by the …