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Climate Change
IPCC: Net zero plans needed if we are to stop warming
Posted on 09 Aug, 2021 05:02 PMThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) met virtually to consider the contribution of Working Group 1 (WG1) to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), for two weeks from 26th July to 6th August, 2021.
![India will face irreversible impacts of climate crisis, says IPCC report (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/gw.jpg?itok=QIc-eZU0)
Report identifies 15 high-potential actions for cities to adapt to climate risks
Posted on 04 Aug, 2021 01:56 PMAs cities around the world face a growing climate crisis, McKinsey Sustainability and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group has released a new report called
![Cities are a key contributor to climate change and are responsible for 75 percent of global CO2 emissions (Image: The Digital Artist, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/climate-change-4775186_960_720.jpg?itok=z8h-ggfT)
Floods and recurring natural disasters in India
Posted on 04 Aug, 2021 09:59 AMAfter two weeks of extremely hot and long dry weather, the monsoon winds brought heavy rains to the hilly northern states of India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand) and the south-west coastal states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, and Kerala). Cloudbursts and landslides have wreaked havoc.
![Floods in Uttarkashi (Image: Oxfam International; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/9133804037_11624a0be1_o.jpg?itok=onegFPEr)
New projects for revival of six polluted stretches in Uttarakhand under Namami Gange
Posted on 27 Jul, 2021 05:56 PMNMCG approves new projects for the revival of six polluted stretches in Uttarakhand
![A river stretch in Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/3204751666_9980439e25_c.jpg?itok=b1oKFS_m)
Beat the heat
Posted on 27 Jul, 2021 01:19 PMThe demand for air conditioning is growing at 10-15% annually in India due to a combination of factors including increasing affluence and ri
![A series of air conditioning units on a building (Image: Pxfuel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/buildings-air-conditioning-pxfuel.jpg?itok=rzo5xlVG)
Global warming leads to vanishing glaciers
Posted on 20 Jul, 2021 03:22 PMThe Himalaya-Karakoram region in South Asia is often called the water tower of Asia or the Third Pole. It is one of the most heavily glacierized mountain regions on Earth.
![Parkachik glacier, a part of the Zanskar region, Ladakh (Image: Mahua Sarkar, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/Parkachik_Glacier%2C_Nun_Kun_Massif.jpg?itok=_vk2pIg6)
A just energy transition roadmap
Posted on 30 Jun, 2021 11:15 AMIn the run-up to COP 26, International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST), the Delhi-based environmental organization, launched India’s first ‘Just Transition’ Centre at a virtual event on June 29, 2021.
![How the demand for coal is transforming the environment and the people who depend on it (Image: Wilson-Centre, Environmental Change and Security Program, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/fossil-fuel.jpg?itok=_1ryMZNQ)
Climate change likely to affect agricultural productivity in Maharashtra
Posted on 30 Jun, 2021 09:28 AMMaharashtra faces an increasing risk from climate change which is likely to impact the production of four major crops - Soybean, Cotton, Wheat and Gram, grown in the State according to a study by the Institute for Sustainable Communities.
![Maharashtra faces an increasing risk from climate change which is likely to impact the production of four major crops - Soybean, Cotton, Wheat and Gram. (Image: BAIF Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/BAIF-Flickr.jpg?itok=9wQicrd-)
Lakshadweep Islands: Rising sea levels may inundate some islands
Posted on 24 Jun, 2021 10:47 AMRising global sea levels as a consequence of climate change is likely to permanently inundate many small islands in future.
![Coastal protection measures need to be taken now (Image: Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/lakswadeep.jpg?itok=EPJIR_N3)
It is June, and 49 of 130 major reservoirs are brimming with water!
Posted on 22 Jun, 2021 04:15 PMEven before the monsoon sets in, collective stock in 130 major reservoirs 27 percent of total capacity
![Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/14361734417_8d80b2667f_z_1_0_2_0.jpg?itok=DxAEWAEM)