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Extreme heatwaves in a warming world don’t just break records – they shatter them

Research showed that the likelihood of heatwaves was associated with the rate of warming – and that it decreases when fossil fuel emissions fall.

UAE to burn mountains of trash as China stops importing waste

UAE is building facilities worth billions that will burn garbage to generate power. The projects, however, could make it harder for the Gulf nation to net out carbon emissions.

India’s poor face disproportionately higher risk of dying from air pollution than the rich — study

Study finds high-income households produce a majority of ambient or outdoor air pollution, but health risks are still shouldered more by lower-income households.

India skips key meet on climate change in UK, says made its stand clear at G20

India was the only one of 51 invited countries that didn’t attend a two-day ministerial meeting in London, hosted by the incoming president of the COP26 United Nations talks.

From India to US to Turkey to China to Brazil, it’s not ‘crazy weather’ but climate change

The global climate is out of balance. All the current calamities are part of a constellation of extreme weather events and there's no doubt that it will get more warmer.

Repairing – not recycling – is the first step to tackling e-waste from smartphones

Smartphones have become a form of consumption and replacing them on a regular basis has become commonplace. Changing this mindset will be key.

Top 3 global risks now are climate action failure, biodiversity loss, infectious diseases

Businesses have a vital role to play in fighting biodiversity loss and ensuring continued ecosystem services such as clean water, food security etc.

The animal species that is one of the most invasive and damaging to earth

Today, wild pigs live on every continent except Antarctica and uproot soil the area of Taiwan each year.

India halves time taken to grant green approvals. Companies happy, environmentalists worry

Enviornment ministry says its a result of cutting down needless processes and setting timelines for assessment panels. However, environmentalists say the pendulum may have swung too far.

Welcome PM Modi’s focus on clean energy in India despite Covid crisis— US official

Testifying before a Congressional committee Thursday, Jonathan Pershing, senior advisor to Special Envoy on Climate Change John Kerry, said US and India are committed partners on climate.

On Camera

You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?