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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicClimate change

Topic: Climate change

Bengaluru may need $363 million to restore drainage, avoid flooding, says Knight Frank report

The report projected jump in population to 18 million by 2031 from estimated 12.3 mn in 2022. The area within city limits more than tripled in 2011 to 741 sqkm from 1995 levels.

Robots smaller than human hair to deliver drugs inside body & raging cyclone on north pole of Uranus

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Ditch fossil fuels, end ‘senseless war against creation,’ Pope says in plea over climate change

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The world must rapidly ditch fossil fuels and end "the senseless war against creation", Pope Francis said on Thursday, in a fresh plea over climate change that called on

Water, energy supplies at risk in 16 Asian countries as climate woes mount, says research

The researchers warned that all rivers would face escalating and compounding water risks including the Ganges and the Brahmaputra running into India.

Markets are questioning quality of carbon credits, community-based products the new hype

Carbon markets are bringing unprecedented finance to ecological protection, but market frenzy also creating opportunities for greenwashing, creative carbon accounting.

A fierce battle rages between India’s economy and ecology. ‘Pricing’ nature’s services can help

Making environmental destruction costly – either through carbon tax or mandatory offset credits – can help solve climate problems.

Climate change drying out more than half of world’s large lakes, says study in Science

A team of international researchers reported that some of the world's most important freshwater sources lost water at a cumulative rate of around 22 gigatonnes per year for nearly three decades.

Deadly humid heatwaves on rise in India due to human-induced climate change, says international study

People in coastal regions & cities faced more health impacts associated with humid conditions this year, says lead author of the study published by World Weather Attribution.

Southern Europe bracing for summer of ferocious drought with water shortages, worst yields

Soils have become bone dry in Spain, southern France and Italy. Low river and reservoir levels are threatening this summer's hydropower production.

82% Indians ‘alarmed’ or ‘concerned’ about global warming, says Yale-CVoter survey

Report by Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and CVoter International, released Thursday, based on telephone survey of 4,619 Indians from October 2021 to January 2022.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.