Today: September 08, 2024
Today: September 08, 2024

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Environment|Europe|Science

Monday breaks the record for the hottest day ever on Earth

Climate scientists say the record for the hottest day globally has been broken for the second consecutive day and that the worldwide temperature could rise yet more this week

Monday breaks the record for the hottest day ever on Earth
Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it

India’s lithium ion battery storage industry — which can store electricity generated by wind turbines or solar panels for when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing — makes up just 0.1% of global battery storage

India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it
Environment|Health

India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year left hundreds dead or ill

India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves
Environment|News

Climate change makes India's monsoons erratic. Can farmers still find a way to prosper?

Most of India’s 120 million farmers depend on rain from monsoons for a good harvest

Climate change makes India's monsoons erratic. Can farmers still find a way to prosper?
Environment|Science

Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds

Sizzling heat across Asia and the Middle East in late April that echoed last year’s destructive swelter was made 45 times more likely in some parts of the continent because of human-caused climate change, a study Tuesday found

Sweltering heat across Asia was 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds
Business|Environment|News|Political|World

India's Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms

Bengaluru in southern India is witnessing an unusually hot February and March, and in the last few years, it has received little rainfall in part due to human-caused climate change

India's Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms
Business|Environment|News|World

India seeks to boost rooftop solar, especially for its remote areas

India is renewing its push to add rooftop solar to meet the needs of a fast-growing nation that's hungry for energy

India seeks to boost rooftop solar, especially for its remote areas
Business|Environment|News|Political|World

Renewables grew rapidly in 2023, but must grow faster still to meet climate change target, IEA says

The amount of renewable energy installed around the world last year grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years

Renewables grew rapidly in 2023, but must grow faster still to meet climate change target, IEA says
Environment|News|Political|World

Azerbaijan names a former oil exec to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns

Azerbaijan’s ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks later this year

Azerbaijan names a former oil exec to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns
Environment|News|Science|World

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it's key to saving lives, experts say

As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it's key to saving lives, experts say
Business|Environment|News|Political|World

In the salt deserts bordering Pakistan, India builds its largest renewable energy project

Shifting to renewable energy is a key issue at the ongoing COP28 climate summit

In the salt deserts bordering Pakistan, India builds its largest renewable energy project
Business|Environment|News|Science|World

To save the climate, the oil and gas sector must slash planet-warming operations, report says

The oil and gas sector, one of the major emitters of planet-warming gases, will need a rapid and substantial overhaul for the world to avoid even worse extremes fueled by human-caused climate change

To save the climate, the oil and gas sector must slash planet-warming operations, report says
Environment|News|Political|World

COP28 conference looks set for conflict after tense negotiations on climate damage fund

Negotiators on a climate-related loss and damages fund have agreed the World Bank will temporarily oversee the international fund to help poor countries hit hard by a warming planet

COP28 conference looks set for conflict after tense negotiations on climate damage fund
Environment|News|World

India's devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine

The devastation of this year’s monsoon season in India has been significant, with over 400 deaths and more property damage in the Himayalan state of Himachal Pradesh in a single season than the last five years combined

India's devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine
Business|Environment|News|World

Boost in solar energy and electric vehicle sales gives hope for climate goals, report says

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) is becoming harder but a narrow window remains because clean energy infrastructure has grown around the world, a new report said Tuesday

Boost in solar energy and electric vehicle sales gives hope for climate goals, report says
Environment|News|Political|Science|World

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels

Group of 20 leaders have agreed to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels

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