Four new initiatives are aimed at better climate modeling & access to climate information. Everyone is a beneficiary of IMD’s efforts, says V-P Dhankhar at Delhi event.
The decision comes after former envoy Xie Zhenhua, who served as China's top climate representative at 16 rounds of climate talks, stepped down due to health reasons.
The WEF’s annual Global Risks Report also warns against risks posed by climate change, economic uncertainty and inflation, talks of increasing sense of polarisation in the world.
Guna people of Gardi Sugdub have ensured construction of a new, sustainable home on Panama's mainland after 14 years of work as their island faces the threat of submergence.
Artificial intelligence is making substantial strides & nations are engaged in advancing quantum technology. Gene editing & mRNA tech, too, show promise. But climate remains a worry.
Though the 2-week climate summit ended with adoption of 'Global Stocktake' text, some say actual resolution is 'marred by loopholes', giving fossil fuel industry 'numerous escape routes'.
While Africa saw 2 major floods highlighting perils of climate change, Europe had its own share of natural disasters. Closer home, it was heatwaves, cyclone & glacial lake outburst.
The end of the Cold War in the 1990s brought an end to the ideological spheres of influence that had defined the post-World War II period, envisioned as a fight between the capitalist West and the communist East.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, almost every member of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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