From extreme heat waves to unusually heavy rainfall, extreme weather events have caused widespread unrest around the world this year, killing thousands and displacing millions. Over the past three months, the monsoon in Bangladesh has caused devastating floods. Several parts of South
India will ban the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, all across the country from July 1, 2022. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is all
António Guterres participates in the Ocean Conference in Lisbon, where he lamented that young people will inherit a planet in trouble due to the lack of action of their generation. “We will have to reverse everything: political decisions, economic decisions and individual
Scientists have discovered that due to the climate crisis, lianas — parasitic vines which are common in tropical areas and rainforests around the world are growing more than ever. These vines are an important part of many rainforest ecosystems, but they can
As a result of eating food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals, 600 million people fall ill every year, that is, almost every 10th inhabitant of the planet. 420,000 of them die as a result of foodborne illness, said World Health Organization
Much before the urgency of transitioning to renewable energy dawned upon us to combat global warming and climate change, the idea of harnessing the sun to generate electricity had taken root in a small village called Tilonia, about 50 km northeast of
According to a new study, by the end of this century (2099), people will lose between 50 and 58 hours of sleep per year due to warmer temperatures. The loss of sleep – about 10 minutes per night – is caused by
The State of the Climate 2021 report says that extreme weather events – the daily face of climate change – have taken a heavy toll on human lives, caused shocks to food and water security and resulted in hundreds of billions of
Union environment minister Bhupendra Yadav said, India’s per capita carbon emission is among the lowest in the world and that western industrialised nations should bear the burden of financing to fight climate change. Speaking at the Conference on Environmental Diversity and Environmental
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon exceeded 1,000 square kilometres in April, the highest total since 2008 and roughly twice the level of April 2021, according to data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute INPE. The loss — which only accounts
