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Thames source driest ever as England faces drought amid ‘extreme heat’ warning

The Thames stretches 356 kilometres across the south of England from Gloucestershire in the west through London before entering the…

August 12, 2022 1:27 pm

The US reclaims its seat at the climate table

The resurrection of Biden’s flagship climate legislation is just the tonic for once-sceptical countries and organisations to resume partnerships with…

August 12, 2022 4:30 am

‘Extreme’ weather warning in force in Britain as new heatwave hits

The Met Office said its amber warning, its second-most severe after red, will last until the end of Sunday, and…

August 11, 2022 1:58 pm

India’s annual green finance is just one-fourth of its needs, finds study

Climate Policy Initiative in its report titled ‘Landscape of Green Finance in India’, has claimed that “the tracked green finance…

August 11, 2022 10:13 am

Climate change may increase mortality rate due to excess heat by six times: Lancet study

Researchers from the University of North Carolina, US noted that ambient heat during the night may interrupt the normal physiology…

August 9, 2022 2:31 pm

Lok Sabha passes bill to promote use of non-fossil fuels

Further, the bill seeks to introduce new concepts such as carbon trading and mandate the use of non-fossil sources to…

August 8, 2022 9:42 pm

India enhanced ambitions when world seeing less action on climate change: Experts

Environment Ministry officials said the two quantified targets included in the NDC are interlinked with the other promises made at…

Updated: August 4, 2022 12:25 pm

Tech-ing the climate agenda forward

India’s ambitions on decarbonisation are underscored by a cleantech imperative. Realising government-set targets on such technologies will need an investment…

August 2, 2022 8:27 pm

Accelerating science entrepreneurship

There seems to be a strategic case for government investment in fundamental research and science-based entrepreneurship, even in the absence…

August 2, 2022 4:00 am

Climate change made UK heatwave at least 10 times more likely: Study

On July 18-19, an exceptional heatwave affected large parts of the UK. It was the first time that temperatures of…

July 29, 2022 10:52 am

Developed countries must take lead in global transition towards net-zero: India

The UN has outlined that in order to keep global warming to no more than 1.5°C, as declared in the…

July 21, 2022 10:27 am

Heeding climate concerns good for business too

Entities that employ smart, data-driven action plans will be the winners, a Genpact study has found

July 21, 2022 2:30 am

Warning of frequent heatwaves in coming decades issued by global body – check details

In a significant development, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has not only warned that the temperature will remain above till…

July 20, 2022 6:23 pm

Need for blended finance, leveraging private capital to achieve SDGs: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday underlined the need for blended finance and leveraging private capital to achieve sustainable development…

Updated: July 14, 2022 1:11 pm

How MSMEs can achieve sustainable growth in the ‘RRR’ space

Sustainability for MSMEs: Climate change, energy shortage, employment generation, the problem of inequities, rising e-waste problem are some of the…

July 13, 2022 10:00 am

Green Harvest: Towards climate-smart farming

ITC, Mahindra and a clutch of other companies show how the private sector can push this

July 9, 2022 3:30 am

Jolt for green drive

US govt needs to act fast to contain the fallout of the court-driven defanging of the environment regulator.

July 6, 2022 5:00 am

Govt directs steel industry to draw time-bound action plan to lower CO2 emissions

According to a ministry document, the iron and steel industry globally accounts for around 8 per cent of total carbon…

July 4, 2022 1:16 pm

Smarten power systems: Energy storage space gets a green boost

The Gurugram-based startup has emerged as one of the top players in power backup products market, employing an alternative technology

July 4, 2022 8:13 am

Climate emergency is business urgency

The present sustainability conversation has helped focus on improving the environment—clean air, clean water, water availability, lesser pollution, better soil,…

July 1, 2022 12:17 pm

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