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Topic: Climate

UAE names oil giant ADNOC’s chief Jaber as COP28 climate conference president

Jaber, also UAE's minister of industry and technology and climate envoy, will help develop the COP28 agenda and play a central role in negotiations to build consensus.

UN to hold ‘no nonsense’ climate ambition summit next year, no repackaging old pledges

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also said hat he 'will not relent in the pursuit of peace in Ukraine in line with international law and the UN Charter.'

India records highest deaths in 3 years over heatwaves and lightning

There were 27 heatwaves in total and lightning strikes rose more than 111 times, killing 907 people, the Ministry of Earth Sciences said in a report to Parliament.

UK’s ‘warm banks’ are helping people cope with rising energy costs this winter

Warm banks are spaces where people can go to heat up for free if they can’t afford to turn on the heating in their home.

How Ocean data innovation helps transform the seas—WhaleSafe to EU Digital Twin

The next wave of change in ocean understanding will come from not just increasing the volume of ocean data, but improving our ability to discover and connect it.

Coffin, casket, or cremation? How to make death more environmentally friendly

In a one-of-its-kind study, this team analysed human bodies exhumed from grave pits and stone tombs to find out what conditions help speed up decay.

Climate change will make millions migrate. This journalist tells you how to make it fair

A third of people expect they will be displaced in the next 25 years due to climate change. But an environmental journalist shows how to rehome people.

Har Ghar Tiranga is a good idea, but not every Indian has the means to follow Flag Code

Modi govt should consider reverting after 15 August 2022 to discourage the practice of individuals flying the flag by ‘day and night’. It's not practical.

Cryptocurrency is not just affecting markets. Regulators need to crack down on its pollution

The exponential growth of cryptocurrency comes at an environmental cost, with background activity being alarmingly energy extensive and carbon-backed.

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

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

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.