June 10, 2022 – A draft proposal in New Zealand aims to address methane emissions linked to global warming, one cow and sheep burp at a time. If the plan is adopted, the nation would become the first to charge farmers for the methane emissions emanating from their livestock. “There is no question that we … Read more
The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering is resuming for a second day, with business leaders, government officials, representatives from global institutions and journalists gearing up for more panel talks and networking at the exclusive meeting in the Swiss Alps. Tuesday’s agenda in Davos is packed with sessions on one of the meeting’s key themes – … Read more
By AP Maheshwari It is high time that Environmental Crimes draw our full attention. In fact, we need to first understand our environment in a holistic fashion and then carve out the areas of concern areas where awareness as well as deterrence, both the options should be explored well to check further deterioration of the very … Read more
April 20, 2022 – When Rachel Lendner, a 52-year-old health educator based in Teaneck, NJ, heard that this February was the warmest in history, her heart skipped a beat. “I have a physical reaction of anxiety to hearing about climate change,” she says, in part because she is a parent. “What are we doing to … Read more
“There is no doubt that it’s important to fix the accountability of every climate policy announced by the government. Experts have backed the states’ proposal to set up an environment council, saying it would assist in the development of green policies for implementing India’s climate action. The idea to establish a separate council for climate … Read more
Misinformation about the Covid pandemic and climate change is slowing an effective collective response to these emergencies. BBC Monitoring’s experts Shayan Sardarizadeh and Kayleen Devlin explain the misinformation trends they have seen in 2021 and the effects they have had on lives around the world. Video produced by Suniti Singh Source link
Nov. 10, 2021 — Members of Generation Z, or anyone born after 1996, are much likelier than baby boomers to have fatalistic views about behavioral adjustments to combat climate change, according to a survey of U.S. adults. Yet the two age groups are equally likely to make such changes. Conventional wisdom puts the two generations … Read more
Nov. 8, 2021 — If your morning coffee doesn’t taste like it used to, your coffee maker may not be to blame. A careful review of research suggests climate change may be wreaking havoc on the growing conditions needed for a perfect cup of joe. Coffee, native to Ethiopia, is grown on more than 27 … Read more
Nov. 5, 2021 — Increasingly extreme and more frequent heat waves are clear signals of the threat climate change poses to human health, but heat isn’t the only important factor. High humidity increases the dangers of extreme heat, and high-humidity days are on the rise, too. New findings, published in Geophysical Research Letters, show that … Read more
Oct. 12, 2021 — The effects of climate change span the globe and have reached an overwhelming majority of people on Earth in the form of coastal flooding, wildfires, and other climate-related events, new findings suggest. Using a special computer program to analyze the sizeable amount of data on climate change, researchers report that about … Read more