Prescription done, how about the cure?
Guns are too large
From the Andes to the stars
Wheat could expand to higher latitudes if warming trends continue: Study
Global maize yield could decline 24% while wheat would increase 17% by 2030 if the world warms like it is doing now, says study
Climate change is real: July 2021 was 3rd warmest globally
Surface temperature for June 2021 was the 5th-highest in 142 years
Can geoengineering help fight climate change? Scientists think so
University of Cambridge has initiated first-of-its-kind Centre for Climate Repair to develop new ways to restrict solar radiation and refreeze …
Vietnam just recorded its highest-ever temperature
Not only Vietnam, but the entire world is experiencing this sudden rise in temperatures
COP24: 2018 may be one of the hottest years ever, says UN climate chief
Patricia Espinosa said this to highlight how important it is for conference in Katowice to address climate change impacts and greenhouse gas emissions
Paris Agreement goals can be achieved with firm implementation
Two UNFCCC reports say that if actions and efforts are stepped up urgently, the goal to limit global temperature increase to below 2 degrees …
Eight European, African families sue EU seeking climate justice
These ‘climate victims’, who live near the coast or in the mountains, are witnesses to melting glaciers and affected by permafrost melting
Global warming won’t reduce winter deaths, says study
People don’t die from the cold but from complications related to respiratory diseases, say researchers
Not merely a numbers game
Although the recently held world population summit emphasised population control in the developing countries as the main block in the path to …
Manmohan's bag of magical budgeting tricks
The finance minister's targets for restructuring -- lower fiscal deficit, stronger economic recovery and higher exports -- form the core of his …
One down
South Korea expresses its intent to reduce greenhouse gases "voluntarily", becomes the developed nations' showpiece to be presented at the COP-4 …
Global Conservator
The US is taking its role as the protector of sea turtles worldwide too seriously, ignoring some important factors
Wait and watch
The us government is in transition. But why should the rest of the world suffer?
Safe or smug?
The awareness of the looming threat of bioweapons has evoked a serious response from all over the world, except India
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High growth, few jobs
Unemployment has grown despite high GDP growth in developing economies, says the latest UN report
No parking
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7th GEF Assembly: Global Biodiversity Framework Fund ratified
First projects under the new Fund likely to roll out ahead of CBD’s CoP16
Atmospheric warming is widening tropical region
May cause increase in desert areas
Melting into oblivion
With rising atmospheric temperatures, glaciers worldwide are rapidly melting. This is a disaster in the making that is yet to be acknowledged
Road to COP16: CBD implementation body ends meet without consensus on many crucial decisions
The delegates will meet once again before COP16 to finalise the text
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