Indonesia: Sunda Strait tsunami death toll touches 429
Dec 25, 2018, at 03:54 pm
Jakarta, Dec 25 (IBNS): The death toll in the tsunami-hitting incident in Banten and Lampung provinces of Indonesia touched 429, media reports said on Tuesday.
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5.8 earthquake hits Tibet, no casualty
Dec 24, 2018, at 09:54 am
Tibet, Dec 24 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit Xaitongmoin County in Xigaze City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Monday, media reports said.
Indonesia: Tsunami hits Sunda Strait, 168 killed
Dec 23, 2018, at 03:17 pm
Jakarta, Dec 23 (IBNS): At least 168 people died as a tsunami hit Indonesia's Sunda Strait on Saturday, media reports said.
Profiting from urban waste in Vietnam
Dec 22, 2018, at 08:13 am
New York, Dec 22 (IBNS): Women in Hoi An city in Viet Nam are profiting from rubbish and other waste while helping to create a more sustainable urban environment, thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Dec 19, 2018, at 09:26 am
New York, Dec 19 (IBNS): Though not quite as warm as October, November 2018 ranked as the fifth hottest November on record, with the year to date coming in as fourth hottest for planet Earth, according to scientists with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
Cyclone Phethai to hit Andhra Pradesh on Monday
Dec 16, 2018, at 08:44 pm
Visakhapatnam, Dec 16 (IBNS): Cyclonic storm Phethai is "very likely" to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and make landfall in Andhra Pradesh on Monday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department has said.
6.1 earthquake hits Indonesia, no casualty
Dec 16, 2018, at 06:14 pm
Jakarta, Dec 16 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit eastern Indonesia on Sunday, as per the U.S. Geological Survey.
At COP24, countries agree concrete way forward to bring the Paris climate deal to life
Dec 16, 2018, at 04:04 pm
New York, Dec 16 (IBNS): After two weeks of crunch negotiations – with overtime – the almost 200 parties gathered in Katowice, Poland, for the United Nations COP24 two-week climate change conference, adopted on Saturday a “robust” set of implementing guidelines for the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, aimed at keeping global warming well below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels.
Pre-cyclone watch issued for Andhra Pradesh Coast
Dec 14, 2018, at 12:42 pm
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IBNS) : The deep depression over southeast Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 13 kmph and lay centred over southeast Bay of Bengal, about 700 km east-southeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 960 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu) and 1130 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh) on Friday.
Pre-cyclone watch issued for Andhra Pradesh Coast
Dec 13, 2018, at 01:03 pm
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IBNS) :A tropical low in the Bay of Bengal is being seen as a cyclonic threat to Southeastern India.
Dec 13, 2018, at 09:02 am
New York, Dec 13 (IBNS): With roadblocks continuing at the COP24 climate change conference over how to implement the historic 2015 Paris Agreement, United Nations chief António Guterres returned to Poland on Wednesday, to challenge the more than 100 Government leaders gathered in Katowice to find consensus and “finish the job.”
COP24: World sports join team UN in race against climate change
Dec 13, 2018, at 08:55 am
New York, Dec 13 (IBNS): Major organizations from the world of sport are joining an increasing number of private sector businesses in the race to beat global warming. At the United Nations’ COP24 conference in Poland on Wednesday, 17 major players representing sporting bodies, athletes and fans, added their names to the collective scoreboard, with the launch of the Sports Climate Action Framework.
Research shows that seabirds are at risk due to competition for fish
Dec 12, 2018, at 03:52 pm
London, Dec 12 (IBNS): A new study from the University of Aberdeen has identified that seabirds are the most at risk bird species, due to the competition they face from the fishing industry for food.
COP24 negotiations: Why reaching agreement on climate action is so complex
Dec 12, 2018, at 10:07 am
New York, Dec 12 (IBNS): From Tuesday on, close to 100 Government ministers are due be involved in negotiating a final deal on moving forward with climate action here at the United Nations COP24 conference in Poland. So, what is the goal? To agree a concrete plan to implement the historic 2015 Paris climate deal by mid-century. The stakes are high with numerous different pressure points.
Several recent weather extremes linked to climate change: Study
Dec 11, 2018, at 04:55 pm
Washington, Dec 11 (IBNS): The U.S. Northern Plains and East Africa droughts of 2017, floods in South America, China and Bangladesh, and heatwaves in China and the Mediterranean were all made more likely by human-caused climate change, according to new research published today in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS).
‘Going green’ is good business says private sector at UN’s COP24 climate conference
Dec 11, 2018, at 08:17 am
New York, Dec 11 (IBNS): Businesses across the world should no longer be viewed solely as greenhouse gas emissions culprits, but more as indispensable partners for climate action, who stand to increase profits from “going green”. That was the key message as the United Nations COP24 climate change conference went into its second week in Katowice, Poland.
COP24: Huge untapped potential in greener construction, says UN environment agency
Dec 08, 2018, at 06:52 am
New York, Dec 8 (IBNS): Noting some progress in greening the global construction industry, the United Nations environment agency (UNEP) co-released a report on Friday at the COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland, sounding the alarm on the need for “dramatic action” to reduce the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Taking fast road to ‘e-mobility’ central to a sustainable future: COP24
Dec 07, 2018, at 09:56 am
New York, Dec 7 (IBNS): As the transportation sector continues to be a major culprit in the global rise in temperatures, the urgent need for clean solutions – in particular, powered by electricity or “e-mobility” – is being highlighted at the two-week United Nations climate change conference ‘COP24’ in Katowice, Poland.
Greenland ice sheet melt 'off the charts' compared with past four centuries: Study
Dec 07, 2018, at 09:26 am
Washington, Dec 7 (IBNS): Surface melting across Greenland’s mile-thick ice sheet began increasing in the mid-19th century and then ramped up dramatically during the 20th and early 21st centuries, showing no signs of abating, according to new research published Dec. 5, 2018, in the journal Nature.
Tunisia coastline in need of climate cash boost
Dec 06, 2018, at 02:17 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Efforts to mobilize the cash needed to ensure that climate change does not lead to the irreversible damage of Tunisia’s coastline are being undertaken by the North African country’s government, with the support of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Air pollution bigger killer than smoking: Study
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:44 pm
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IBNS): Air pollution in India makes more people ill than smoking, The India Express, citing The Lancet Planetary Health estimate on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy reduction associated with air pollution, said.
Soil pollution ‘jeopardizing’ life on Earth, UN agency warns on World Day
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:37 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Soil is a “treasure beneath our feet,” essential to human lives and well-being, a senior United Nations official has highlighted, warning, however, that this invaluable resource is under constant threat from the little-understood phenomenon of soil pollution.
COP24: A million lives could be saved by 2050 through climate action, UN health agency reveals
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:32 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Taking bold climate action now, could help save a million lives and a lot of money by the middle of the century, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, launching a special report as part of the ongoing COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland.
Assembly President launches new initiative to purge plastics and purify oceans
Dec 05, 2018, at 09:15 am
New York, Dec 5 (IBNS): The President of the UN General Assembly launched a new global call to action on Tuesday, to help end the scourge of plastic pollution in the ocean.
Dec 05, 2018, at 09:01 am
New York, Dec 5 (IBNS): With thousands gathered in Katowice, Poland, for the ‘COP24’ meeting to chart the way forward for climate action, United Nations chief António Guterres presented his longer-term vision on Tuesday for the 2019 Climate Change Summit.
Climate risk Index shows increased impacts of tropical cyclones: Study
Dec 04, 2018, at 06:49 pm
New York, Dec 4 (IBNS): Tropical cyclones have heavy impacts on an increasing number of countries. In 2017, the hurricane season in the Caribbean Sea was particularly strong and left several islands destroyed.
UN launches Facebook Messenger-powered bot to take on climate change
Dec 04, 2018, at 09:15 am
New York, Dec 4 (IBNS): As world leaders and decision-makers get to work on mitigating climate change at the COP24 conference in Katowice, Poland, renowned broadcaster and natural historian Sir David Attenborough launched a new UN campaign to give individuals their say on the key global issue, via social media.
COP24: green, gender focus, as UN's crucial climate change conference gets underway
Dec 03, 2018, at 08:55 am
New York, Dec 3 (IBNS): COP24, the two-week 24th conference of the parties of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), started on Sunday in Katowice, Poland, with a special focus on carbon neutrality and gender equality.
G20 told crucial COP24 climate change conference 'must succeeed': Guterres
Dec 01, 2018, at 07:50 am
New York, Dec 1 (IBNS): During press briefings at the beginning of the G20 meeting of industrialized nations in Buenos Aires, UN Secretary António Guterres described the event as an essential forum, citing a lack of confidence and high level of confrontation within the international community.
Has World Water Council become hostage to Water mafia?
Nov 30, 2018, at 08:26 pm
Marseille, France, 29 November: Set up in 1996 after a proposal to this effect at the United Nations' International Conference on Environment and Development in Dublin in 1992, the World Water Council is in the eye of a storm. With accusations from its very own members of succumbing to the greed of water mafia, the world’s apex body on water is of late mired in controversies.