TopicClimate change

Topic: Climate change

India heat wave drives temperature gap between rich and poor

Aaron Clark - 27 May, 2022

Temperatures in the gritty New Delhi locality of Mungeshpur averaged 1.4° Celsius higher this month than in the suburban enclave of Safdarjung, data from India Meteorological Department shows.

India’s power sector must brace for trouble as climate worsens. Govt can’t sit back

Daljit Singh - 27 May, 2022

India can no longer label extreme climate events as ‘unforeseeable’. The Union govt must prepare for them with alternate approaches.

Climate friendly farming is buzz of Davos, Cargill CEO David MacLennan says

Kim Chipman - 25 May, 2022

The push for 'regenerative agriculture' is a big part of the discussion, raising questions about how to overcome financial & cultural challenges, according to the CEO and other panelists.

The new car model consumers now want, and the elephant in Quad room

Srijay Raj - 24 May, 2022

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A hot, deadly summer with frequent blackouts is coming as climate change tightens grip

Dan Murtaugh - 23 May, 2022

The epicenter of the outages so far has been South and Southeast Asia as the heatwave has caused hours-long daily blackouts, putting over 1 billion people at risk.

India to Africa, countries worst affected get the least help in climate change research

Douglas Broom - 22 May, 2022

Study shows 80% of climate research funding across the world between 1990 & 2020 was spent in the UK, US and EU.

Climate change is making India and Pakistan heat more intense

Laura Millan Lombrana - 19 May, 2022

'Spells of heat have always been a feature of the region’s pre-monsoon climate during April and May,' Nikos Christidis, the scientist who produced the report, said in a statement.

Climate change spurred collapse of 17th-century kingdom in Tibet, says study on crop yield

Pia Krishnankutty - 16 May, 2022

Study on Tibet’s Guge kingdom conducted by researchers from China, US and the Netherlands published in the journal Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology.

‘Horror heatwave’: A climate scientist’s take on the future for India and Pakistan

Andrew King - 15 May, 2022

There are two main reasons India is bucking the trends in 'heatwave intensity' seen in other parts of the world: pollution and irrigation.

What are wet bulb temperatures, and why they probably won’t cross 35°C long enough to be lethal

Simrin Sirur - 12 May, 2022

World panel on climate change said this year that if emissions aren't reduced, wet bulb temperatures would creep closer to 35°C, considered limit of human survivability.

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