Spain: Wildfires destroy 150k acres of forest, kill 2 people
Jul 20, 2022, at 12:46 am
Rome/UNI/Sputnik: Wildfires continue to rage in Spain, destroying nearly 60,000 hectares (1,48,263 acres) of forest areas, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Tuesday, citing sources in the affected regions.
Record 40°C UK temperatures linked to climate change: WMO
Jul 19, 2022, at 07:12 pm
New York: The chances of seeing unprecedented temperatures of 40 degree Celsius (40°C) or more in the UK could be up to 10 times more likely in the current climate than under a “natural climate unaffected by human influence,” the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) declared on Monday.
Record number of forest fires imperil Himachal’s ecology
Jul 16, 2022, at 05:44 pm
Himachal Pradesh recorded 2,763 incidents of forest fires this year from April 1 to June 30, which is the highest figure recorded by the state’s Forest Protection and Fire Control division, since 2007. While three forest officers lost their lives, over 23,000 hectares of forest area were affected. Senior forest officers state that dry weather spells and human negligence or wilful destruction could be the reasons for the fires. The local people see it as an outcome of large scale development projects. Mongabay India correspondent Vivek Gupta reports
UK issues red warning for extreme heat
Jul 15, 2022, at 10:53 pm
London/UNI/Xinhua: The UK Met Office on Friday issued a red warning for extreme heat, the highest-level alert, the alert covers parts of England next Monday and Tuesday.
Three killed as car washed away crossing bridge amid heavy rains in Nagpur. See video
Jul 13, 2022, at 02:50 am
Nagpur/IBNS: Three people, including a woman, were killed when a car in which they were travelling was washed away while crossing a bridge amid heavy rains in Nagpur's Savner tehsil.
Jammu and Kashmir: Cleaning drive launched in interior of Dal Lake
Jul 11, 2022, at 10:49 pm
Srinagar: White Globe NGO and Lakes and Waterways Development Authority organized a cleaning drive in the interior regions of Kachri Mohalla, Bhat Mohalla, Latti Mohalla in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
At least 4 killed in cloudburst near Amarnath shrine cave, rescue ops underway
Jul 09, 2022, at 01:32 am
Srinagar/IBNS: At least four people are feared killed in a cloudburst near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, media reports said.
India-based NGO hosts tree plantation event in Toronto to preserve environment
Jul 06, 2022, at 04:38 am
Toronto/IBNS: A tree plantation event was conducted by the Toronto Chapter of India-based NGO SPHEEHA at the headquarters and was participated by several dignitaries.
New UN financing initiative goes live to power climate action
Jul 02, 2022, at 12:19 am
New York: A new UN-led financing tool to strengthen weather and climate forecasting, improve life-saving early warning systems, safeguard jobs, and underpin climate adaptation for long-term resilience, officially opened for business on Thursday.
Scientific knowledge essential for sustainable oceans, UN Ocean Conference hears
Jul 01, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Increasing scientific knowledge, developing research capacity and making the most of new marine technology, are essential to sustainable ocean management, the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, heard on Thursday.
A visionary ‘blue transformation’ strategy to enhance underwater food systems
Jul 01, 2022, at 11:08 pm
New York: Record levels of fisheries and aquaculture production are making a critical contribution to global food security, the UN Ocean Conference under way in Lisbon, Portugal, heard on Wednesday.
Coal ministry approaches environment ministry for inclusion of 5 coal mine pit lakes in Ramsar List
Jul 01, 2022, at 03:19 am
New Delhi: Coal India Ltd (CIL) has undertaken– Conservation of coal mine pit lakes, maintenance of the ecological character of wetlands and inclusion of such pit lakes in the prestigious Ramsar List with the help of state governments and the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), the Ministry of Coal said.
India to impose complete ban on single-use plastic from July 1
Jun 29, 2022, at 03:45 am
New Delhi: 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.
Tackling marine pollution: Individual action, key to ocean restoration
Jun 28, 2022, at 09:03 pm
New York: On Monday, thousands of people gathered at Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, for the first day of the long-awaited UN Ocean Conference. Riding on the global momentum generated by the event, experts are pushing for a new international commitment to combat pollution, including at sea.
Youth are the generation that will help save our ocean and our future, says UN chief
Jun 27, 2022, at 11:55 pm
New York: The world must do more to stop the dramatic decline in ocean health, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, urging young people gathered in Carcavelos, Portugal, for a UN Youth and Innovation Forum to step up because his generation’s leaders had moved far too slow.
Japan sees shortest rainy season this year
Jun 27, 2022, at 11:47 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: The rainy season has come to an abrupt end in parts of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday, with record high temperatures expected in the coming weeks.
China renews yellow alert for rainstorms
Jun 27, 2022, at 07:39 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Monday renewed its yellow alert for rainstorms in many parts of the country.
Tweet of 10-year-old climate activist forces authority to clean garbage around Taj Mahal
Jun 24, 2022, at 08:12 pm
New Delhi/Agra: A social media post by 10-year-old climate activist Licypriya Kangujam created an overnight change as it forced authorities to clean garbage around the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra, a monument visited by a large number of domestic and foreign tourists every year.
Environment Canada issues heat warning in Ontario
Jun 23, 2022, at 02:48 am
Toronto/IBNS: A heat warning remains in effect on Wednesday for southern and parts of northern Ontario, Environment Canada has said.
Two people, including a woman, die in landslide in Assam’s Cachar
Jun 20, 2022, at 03:07 pm
Silchar: Two people, including a woman, died in a landslide in Assam’s Cachar district, officials said on Monday.
Flood and landslides claim 62 lives in Assam so far, 31 lakh people affected
Jun 20, 2022, at 05:54 am
Guwahati: The flood and landslides has claimed 62 human lives in Assam this year so far.
‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come
Jun 18, 2022, at 11:38 pm
New York: Sweltering conditions in Europe have come earlier than expected this year but the bad news is, they’re the shape of things to come.
World has ‘gambled on fossil fuels and lost’, warns Guterres
Jun 18, 2022, at 08:54 pm
New York: The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount of resources, such as fossil fuels, will only deliver a “permanent triple whammy of inflation, climate chaos and conflict”, the UN chief warned on Friday.
Canada: Toronto launches Reduce WasteTO program to achieve net zero strategy
Jun 16, 2022, at 03:53 am
Toronto/IBNS: A new program Reduce WasteTO program – Reducing Single-Use was launched by the city of Toronto to address single-use waste in its first stage of the Single-Use and Takeaway Items Reduction Strategy.
Assam: Four people killed in massive landslide in Guwahati
Jun 14, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Guwahati: At least four people were buried alive following a massive landslide in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Nagaland gears up for Endangered Hoolock gibbon conservation
Jun 12, 2022, at 03:47 am
Guwahati: The Hoolock gibbons, which occur only in the northeast India, on the southern bank of the Dibang-Brahmaputra river system is under threat.
Heatwave conditions likely in Telangana in next 24 hours: Met
Jun 11, 2022, at 07:43 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Heatwave conditions could prevail at isolated places in Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Nalgonda and Suryapet districts of Telangana during the next 24 hours, Meteorological Centre said on Saturday.
Excessive concretization has caused uprooting of trees in Delhi: WWF Official
Jun 11, 2022, at 04:48 pm
On the occasion of World Environment Day recently, World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF's) Neha Raghav took school children of classes 6-8 on a virtual nature trail to spread the love and boundless joy of comprehending nature during an online Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF) event titled Muskaan, presented by Shree Cement. Nitin Waghela brings you the excerpts of the conversation
Revitalize our seas’ UN chief urges on World Oceans Day
Jun 09, 2022, at 10:20 pm
New York: Ensuring a healthy and productive ocean that serves the whole planet, is a “collective responsibility” that can only be fulfilled by working together, the UN chief told an celebratory event marking World Oceans Day on Wednesday.
Delhi is bracing heatwave for today, temperature may dip this weekend
Jun 09, 2022, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: There is no respite for the people of Delhi and its adjoining areas as the India Meteorological Department predicted heatwave conditions on Thursday.