Cyclone Sitrang hits Bangladesh, 7 die
Oct 25, 2022, at 02:25 pm
Dhaka: At least seven people died due to collapse of brick railing and falling down of trees as Cyclone Sitrang hit Bangladesh on Tuesday.
Sitrang to intensify into severe cyclonic storm in next 12 hours: Met
Oct 24, 2022, at 08:06 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: The Cyclonic Storm Sitrang pronounced as “Si-Trang” over East Central and adjoining areas of Westcentral & Northwest Bay of Bengal moved north northeast wards with a speed of 21 kmph during the past 6 hours and lay centered at 0830 hours on Monday over Northwest and adjoining Central Bay of Bengal near latitude 18.3 °N and longitude 88.9 °E, about 380 km south of Sagar Island and 520 km south southwest of Barisal (Bangladesh).
Oct 23, 2022, at 04:06 am
Kolkata: A low-pressure area developed over the north Andaman sea and adjacent south Andaman sea deepened into a depression on Saturday morning, the IMD said in its bulletin.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rocks southwest China
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:46 am
Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 occurred in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Saturday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said.
India, Sweden join hands for green transition
Oct 19, 2022, at 01:04 am
New Delhi/UNI: Strengthening mutual commitment to drive prosperity and address global challenges like climate change, India and Sweden have joined hands to accelerate the green transition via innovation through the India Sweden Innovation Partnership.
UK climate activists arrested after throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh's painting
Oct 18, 2022, at 05:57 am
London/IBNS: Two women members of climate campaign group Just Stop Oil, an organization protesting fossil fuel extraction in Britain, were arrested after they entered the National Gallery in London and threw two cans of tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “Sunflowers” on Friday.
Africa: Response to climate crisis doesn’t match ‘magnitude of the challenge’
Oct 14, 2022, at 11:17 pm
New York: African States are on the front line of the climate crisis, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, but far more action is needed to turn the tide on rising emissions, and reduce global warming.
Nepal floods, landslides leave 33 people dead
Oct 12, 2022, at 08:38 pm
Kathmandu: At least 33 people have died in floods and landslides across western Nepal in the past week, local media reports say.
Climate change: WMO report urges faster action on transition to clean energy
Oct 12, 2022, at 07:38 pm
New York: The UN weather agency issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday for governments everywhere to switch to cleaner forms of energy, such as solar, wind and hydro-electric power.
Assam: Over 33,000 people of three districts hit by flood
Oct 12, 2022, at 02:35 pm
Guwahati: Over 33,000 people of three districts of Assam are affected by fresh wave of flood.
UN relief chief appeals for concerted action to tackle deadly heatwave threat
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:50 pm
Heatwaves already kill thousands of people every year and they risk overwhelming the world’s aid response, unless action is taken to mitigate climate change, the UN’s emergency relief chief said on Monday.
Australian surfers ride climate action wave
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:18 pm
New York: Surfers have an intimate knowledge of the ocean, but have not been seen as leading figures amongst groups leading on climate change solutions. Thanks to groups such as Surfers for Climate in Australia, that perception is starting to change.
Eco-friendly Festivals: Pune recycles clay from Ganesha idols to minimise clay mining effect
Oct 08, 2022, at 09:22 pm
A campaign initiated in Pune city collected 15,000 kilograms of clay sludge after the traditional immersion of Ganesh idols during the recent festival. This clay sludge will be used by idol makers for making new idols. Natural clay is a non-renewable material usually mined in states like Gujarat and West Bengal and brought to Maharashtra and other parts of India to make idols. Clay mining impacts both the environment and the health of the miners. Authorities in Pune are also reusing festival flowers and other religious wastes to make festivals more sustainable. Mongabay-India correspondent Manish Kumar reports
Pakistan’s ‘climate carnage beyond imagination’, UN chief tells General Assembly
Oct 08, 2022, at 05:03 pm
New York: The people of Pakistan are the victims of “a grim calculus of climate injustice”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly on Friday, reminding that while the country was responsible for less than one per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, it is paying a “supersized price for man-made climate change”.
Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit
Oct 08, 2022, at 04:44 pm
New York: Authorities in Egypt must ensure civil society can safely and fully participate in the COP27 UN climate change conference taking place there next month, a group of UN independent human rights experts said on Friday, expressing alarm over restrictions ahead of the summit.
New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis
Oct 07, 2022, at 04:39 pm
New York: A new UN report presented on Wednesday to the Organization’s highest pan-European environmental policy body, covering 54 countries, is calling for greater action to tackle the triple environmental crisis roiling the planet.
New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis
Oct 06, 2022, at 09:00 pm
New York: A new UN report presented on Wednesday to the Organization’s highest pan-European environmental policy body, covering 54 countries, is calling for greater action to tackle the triple environmental crisis roiling the planet.
UN chief: Countries bound for COP27 must make climate action ‘the top global priority’
Oct 04, 2022, at 10:20 pm
New York: As government representatives begin the finalize the agenda for the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt next month, for pre-COP planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital, Kinshasa, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists in New York that the work ahead is “as immense as the climate impacts we are seeing around the world”.
5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan
Oct 02, 2022, at 05:49 pm
Tokyo/UNI: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Japan's southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki and other areas early Sunday, the weather agency here said, with no tsunami warnings issued.
Tiger poached in Madhya Pradesh: Reports
Oct 02, 2022, at 02:06 pm
Seoni (MP)/UNI): A tiger’s carcass was found floating on Saturday in the Pench River, which traverses the national park in Madhya Pradesh that has the same name and straddles the Seoni-Chhindwara district border.
Climate Change: Hurricanes and cyclones bring misery to millions, as Ian makes landfall in the US
Sep 30, 2022, at 01:17 am
New York: Hurricane Ian caused devastation across western Cuba and increased its strength and size as it made landfall mid-afternoon local time on Wednesday, in the United States; meanwhile Typhoon Noru underwent an “explosive” intensification before it hit the Philippines, the UN Meteorological agency, WMO, has said.
Hurricane Ian: Blackout in Cuba after storm
Sep 28, 2022, at 10:22 pm
Havana/IBNS: Cuba is completely without power after Hurricane Ian pummelled the western end of the island, the government announced.
Avalanche on Mt Manaslu injures 15: Nepal Tourism Department
Sep 27, 2022, at 06:11 am
Kathmandu: At least 15 climbers were injured on Monday after an avalanche hit the base camp of Mt. Manaslu in Nepal, the Department of Tourism said.
Powerful typhoon Noru slams the Philippines, kills 6
Sep 27, 2022, at 12:52 am
Manila/UNI: Super typhoon Noru slammed Luzon island in the Philippines with heavy rainfall and winds since Sunday afternoon, leaving six people dead and six others missing, as it blew away from the Southeast Asian country on Monday.
Typhoon Talas kills two people in Japan
Sep 24, 2022, at 10:00 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Typhoon Talas has resulted in the death of two people, left one person missing and three others injured in Japan's central Shizuoka Prefecture, Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday.
Australia: Groundbreaking decision creates pathway for climate justice on Torres Strait Islands
Sep 24, 2022, at 06:47 pm
New York: The UN Human Rights Committee found on Friday that Australia’s failure to adequately protect indigenous Torres Islanders against climate change impacts, has violated their rights to enjoy their culture, free from “arbitrary interference” with their private life, family and home.
Indonesia: Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes, no casualty reported
Sep 24, 2022, at 02:07 pm
Jakarta: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's western province of Aceh on Saturday morning, but did not leave casualties or damages, an official said.
1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders during frank exchanges
Sep 23, 2022, at 05:59 pm
New York: During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government, held on Wednesday at UN Headquarters in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for more action and leadership to tackle the climate crisis, warning that efforts to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels is “on life support”.
Pakistan floods: Six month wait for water to recede, warn relief agencies
Sep 21, 2022, at 04:59 pm
New York: Millions of people in Pakistan are still deeply affected by catastrophic flooding which “is not going anywhere”, UN relief agencies said on Tuesday.
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits Mexico, 1 dies
Sep 20, 2022, at 03:07 pm
Mexico City: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook west-central Mexico on Monday, causing some structural damage on the anniversary of two previous major earthquakes in 1985 and 2017.