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Climate change isn't doing much good for Olive Ridley turtle eggs

In a first, Tamil Nadu has announced the setting up of climate-resilient hatcheries that will ensure just the right temperatures for their eggs to hatch

Olive Ridley Turtles (- Credit National Marine Turtle Action Plan 2021-26)

environment

Updated on Apr 03, 2024 12:06 AM IST

ByBadri Chatterjee

It’s only March and we’ve crossed 40°C in some places – it’s unseasonably hot

The number of days when any place in India breached 40°C in March and the sum of areas where the threshold was breached has rapidly increased since the 2000s

Mumbai, India - March 20, 2024: A boy Jumping in the afternoon heat as temperature soars at Dadar chowpatty in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)(Hindustan Times)

environment

Published on Mar 27, 2024 06:52 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

World Meteorological Day 2024: Date, history, significance

World Meteorological Day 2024: From date to significance, here's all that you need to know about the special day.

Every year, World Meteorological Day is observed on March 23.(Unsplash)

lifestyle

Published on Mar 22, 2024 02:28 PM IST

ByTapatrisha Das, Delhi

COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal

The three countries – which together formed the COP Presidentcies’ Troika – unveiled a plan to ensure the next round of NDCs to be submitted by the countries are 1.5°C aligned

Copenhagen Climate Ministerial, COP28 (Twitter/@COP28_UAE)

india news

Published on Mar 21, 2024 05:32 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

Can Dogecoin And Shiba Inu Pump Hard Enough To Reach 2021 Levels? Why Analysts Say Retik Finance (RETIK) Is A Better Investment Than DOGE And SHIB

business

Published on Mar 14, 2024 11:23 AM IST

PTI |

Data Munching | The numbers don’t lie: the Earth is warming, and rapidly

We have breached the 1.5-degree Celsius mark of global average temperatures on 35 days of this year already

TOPSHOT - Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during an 8-hour shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid an ongoing heatwaves. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)(AFP)

environment

Published on Feb 17, 2024 04:30 PM IST

ByJamie Mullick

Cracks in the ice: A continental shift in Antarctica

The continent is recording new lows in sea ice and new highs in temperature. Penguins are seeing record die-offs. What else is the ice telling us? Take a look.

Tourists and Adelie penguins at Seymour Island. Over 1 lakh tourists visited Antarctica in 2023. (Getty Images)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 02, 2024 08:33 PM IST

ByNatasha Rego

We can't turn a blind eye to climate change when sea surface temperatures rise

2024 is already witnessing an early and unprecedented surge in ocean heat. This, after 2023 being the warmest year on record

Two men talk together on the shore after swimming in the sea at La Concha beach in San Sebastian on January 26, 2024 as temperatures around 30�C were recorded in Spain. Spain is affected by a heat wave worthy of the start of summer in the middle of January, according to the meteorological agency (Aemet), which is worried about this

environment

Published on Jan 27, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByJamie Mullick

Govt committed to make Himachal ‘green’ state by 2026: Sukhu

The state government has achieved a historic milestone with the operationalisation of the Kiratpur-Bilaspur-Mandi-Kullu-Manali-Keylong green corridor, hosting seven electric vehicle charging stations set to be officially inaugurated shortly

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. (ANI)

cities

Published on Jan 13, 2024 10:32 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Shimla

Number Theory: How sea surface temperatures broke records in 2023

Sea surface temperatures are important because sea temperature is among the big drivers of global climate

Warmer oceans lead to more water vapour in the atmosphere, which feeds weather events like rainfall, snowfall, and cyclones.(FILE AFP)

india news

Updated on Jan 11, 2024 08:41 PM IST

ByAbhishek Jha

Navigating an uncertain, polycrisis-riven world

Seven dominant geopolitical and technological trends that shaped 2023, and are likely to be influential in 2024

TOPSHOT - In this handout photo taken on November 21, 2023 received through the US embassy in Manila on November 23 shows two Philippine Air Force FA-50s (L) flying alongside two US Air Force F-15C Eagles over the South China Sea during the joint maritime and air patrols. US and Philippine troops began joint maritime and air patrols off the Southeast Asian country on November 21, (AFP)

opinion

Published on Dec 30, 2023 10:00 PM IST

ByJanmejaya Sinha

Records shattered, promises unfulfilled

That’s the story of the battle against the climate crisis in 2023

Activists demonstrate for the loss and damage fund at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. AP/PTI(AP12_06_2023_000286B)(AP)

opinion

Published on Dec 28, 2023 08:18 PM IST

ByAditi Mukherji

Climate finance strategies for developing nations

This article is authored by Ananya Raj Kakoti and Gunwant Singh, scholar, international relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Green financing(Representational photo / Creative Commons)

ht insight

Published on Dec 28, 2023 12:00 PM IST

ByHindustan Times

Cause and Effect | 2024 may well break the 1.5°C-barrier for the full year

2023 broke all weather records: The ocean heat content is at an all time high. Expect global temperatures overall to continue to spike in 2024.

Bathers cool off in a shower on Copacabana Beach during a heatwave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in November. (CREDIT: AFP)

environment

Updated on Dec 27, 2023 07:22 PM IST

ByTannu Jain, Jamie Mullick

Implement green hydrogen policy: CM Yogi to officials

While reviewing the draft policy at a meeting here, he said that before finalizing the policy, stakeholders working in this sector should also be consulted, so that investors and users could get maximum benefits from it.

Yogi also asked officials to encourage the firms working in the green hydrogen sector by giving them maximum incentives. (Pic for representation)

cities

Updated on Dec 27, 2023 06:28 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Unpacking COP28: Charting the landscape of climate finance outcomes

This article is authored by Ananya Raj Kakoti and Gunwant Singh, scholars, international relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

ht insight

Published on Dec 26, 2023 11:04 AM IST

ByHindustan Times

COP21 was a game-changer for clean energy, COP28 shows the path ahead

Analyses project a peak in global demand for fossil fuels — what lies ahead is a turning point for the global energy system, writes Tim Gould of the IEA

Delegates walk at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 8, 2023. (REUTERS)

opinion

Published on Dec 21, 2023 03:57 PM IST

ByTim Gould

Leveraging international cooperation to finance renewable energy domestically

Author - Sriparna Pathak, associate professor, Chinese Studies and International Relations, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat.

Renewable energy (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

ht insight

Published on Dec 20, 2023 03:06 PM IST

ByHindustan Times

Kotak Mahindra Bank partners with IITK to launch Kotak School of Sustainability

Kotak School of Sustainability is India's first fully integrated school of sustainability at IIT Kanpur funded by KMBL through its CSR program.

education

Published on Dec 15, 2023 01:14 PM IST

ByHT Education Desk, New Delhi

Current warming risks triggering at least five tipping points: Study

Tipping points are markers beyond which any changes in climate system become self-perpetuating and can lead to abrupt and irreversible impacts.

The UN climate conference opens in Dubai on November 30 with nations under pressure to increase the urgency of action on global warming and wean off fossil fuels, amid intense scrutiny of oil-rich hosts UAE. (AFP)

environment

Updated on Dec 06, 2023 06:39 AM IST

ByTannu Jain

UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28: ‘We are losing the race’

The WMO report said that glaciers measured around the world thinned by roughly one metre (about 3 feet) per year on average from 2011 to 2020.

A melting iceberg drifts due to high temperatures in Scoresby Fjord near Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland.(AFP)

world news

Published on Dec 05, 2023 08:30 PM IST

PTI |

UN agency cites warming trend as COP28 grapples with curbing climate change

The World Meteorological Organization served up more evidence of what scientists already know – the Earth is heating

Experts are divided about one of the most important metrics: The rate of warming. (AP)

environment

Published on Dec 05, 2023 01:15 PM IST

AP |

Ending fossil fuel use only way to save planet: UN chief at COP28

UN chief urged the fossil fuel companies to invest in a transition to renewable energy sources.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the opening ceremony at the COP28 (AP)

environment

Published on Dec 01, 2023 02:15 PM IST

Reuters |

COP28 summit: Parties adopt agenda on opening day

COP28 officially runs from 30 November to 12 December. Jaber said that the UAE, despite being heavily dependent on fossil fuels, has engaged with oil and gas companies to reduce their emission footprint

UAE is hosting the COP28 Summit in Dubai (AP Photo)

india news

Updated on Nov 30, 2023 06:48 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

COP28 Summit: Nations urged to phase out fossil fuels

Britain's King Charles III, world leaders, activists and lobbyists are among more than 97,000 people expected to attend the summit.

world news

Published on Nov 30, 2023 11:22 AM IST

AFP |

India contributed 5% to global emissions, says UNEP in report highlighting gap

The US accounts for 4% of the current world population, but has contributed 17% of global warming from 1850 to 2021, including the impact of methane and nitrous oxide emissions

People walk along the Kartavya Path in front of the India Gate amid heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 13. Delhi regularly ranks among the most polluted major cities on the planet, with a melange of factory and vehicle emissions exacerbated by seasonal agricultural fires. (AFP)

india news

Updated on Nov 21, 2023 06:42 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

India historically contributed to 5% warming: UNEP

Globally,10% of the population with the highest income accounted for nearly half (48%) of emissions with two-thirds of this group living in developed countries.

The bottom 50% of the world population contributed only 12% of total emissions (Representative photo)

india news

Published on Nov 20, 2023 07:37 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

Efforts insufficient to attain Paris agreement goals: UN

The report flagged that global efforts to lower emissions are insufficient to meet Paris goals

If the latest NDCs are implemented, emissions will increase by about 8.8% by 2030, compared to 2010 levels. This is a marginal improvement over last year’s assessment, which found countries were on a path to increase emissions 10.6% by 2030, compared to 2010 levels (REUTERS)

india news

Updated on Nov 15, 2023 06:40 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

World failing to get a grip on the climate crisis, says UN chief on new report

The NDC Synthesis report reveals that global emissions will peak this decade; by 2030 emissions are projected to be 2% below 2019 levels

FILE The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming, a new international report calculates (AP)

india news

Published on Nov 14, 2023 07:54 PM IST

ByJayashree Nandi

Last 12 months on Earth were the hottest ever recorded, analysis finds

The average global temperature was 1.3 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial climate.

The impacts were apparent as one in four humans, or 1.9 billion people, suffered from dangerous heat waves.(AFP)

world news

Updated on Nov 09, 2023 07:00 PM IST

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In a first, Tamil Nadu has announced the setting up of climate-resilient hatcheries that will ensure just the right temperatures for their eggs to hatch

The number of days when any place in India breached 40°C in March and the sum of areas where the threshold was breached has rapidly increased since the 2000s

World Meteorological Day 2024: From date to significance, here's all that you need to know about the special day.

The three countries – which together formed the COP Presidentcies’ Troika – unveiled a plan to ensure the next round of NDCs to be submitted by the countries are 1.5°C aligned

Can Dogecoin And Shiba Inu Pump Hard Enough To Reach 2021 Levels? Why Analysts Say Retik Finance (RETIK) Is A Better Investment Than DOGE And SHIB

We have breached the 1.5-degree Celsius mark of global average temperatures on 35 days of this year already

The continent is recording new lows in sea ice and new highs in temperature. Penguins are seeing record die-offs. What else is the ice telling us? Take a look.

2024 is already witnessing an early and unprecedented surge in ocean heat. This, after 2023 being the warmest year on record

The state government has achieved a historic milestone with the operationalisation of the Kiratpur-Bilaspur-Mandi-Kullu-Manali-Keylong green corridor, hosting seven electric vehicle charging stations set to be officially inaugurated shortly

Sea surface temperatures are important because sea temperature is among the big drivers of global climate

Seven dominant geopolitical and technological trends that shaped 2023, and are likely to be influential in 2024

That’s the story of the battle against the climate crisis in 2023

This article is authored by Ananya Raj Kakoti and Gunwant Singh, scholar, international relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

2023 broke all weather records: The ocean heat content is at an all time high. Expect global temperatures overall to continue to spike in 2024.

While reviewing the draft policy at a meeting here, he said that before finalizing the policy, stakeholders working in this sector should also be consulted, so that investors and users could get maximum benefits from it.

This article is authored by Ananya Raj Kakoti and Gunwant Singh, scholars, international relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Analyses project a peak in global demand for fossil fuels — what lies ahead is a turning point for the global energy system, writes Tim Gould of the IEA

Author - Sriparna Pathak, associate professor, Chinese Studies and International Relations, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat.

Kotak School of Sustainability is India's first fully integrated school of sustainability at IIT Kanpur funded by KMBL through its CSR program.

Tipping points are markers beyond which any changes in climate system become self-perpetuating and can lead to abrupt and irreversible impacts.

The WMO report said that glaciers measured around the world thinned by roughly one metre (about 3 feet) per year on average from 2011 to 2020.

The World Meteorological Organization served up more evidence of what scientists already know – the Earth is heating

UN chief urged the fossil fuel companies to invest in a transition to renewable energy sources.

COP28 officially runs from 30 November to 12 December. Jaber said that the UAE, despite being heavily dependent on fossil fuels, has engaged with oil and gas companies to reduce their emission footprint

Britain's King Charles III, world leaders, activists and lobbyists are among more than 97,000 people expected to attend the summit.

The US accounts for 4% of the current world population, but has contributed 17% of global warming from 1850 to 2021, including the impact of methane and nitrous oxide emissions

Globally,10% of the population with the highest income accounted for nearly half (48%) of emissions with two-thirds of this group living in developed countries.

The report flagged that global efforts to lower emissions are insufficient to meet Paris goals

The NDC Synthesis report reveals that global emissions will peak this decade; by 2030 emissions are projected to be 2% below 2019 levels

The average global temperature was 1.3 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial climate.

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