Warmer months ahead for many parts of the planet: UN weather agency
Mar 03, 2020, at 04:25 pm
New York/IBNS: Many parts of the world can expect above average temperatures in the coming months even without the presence of an El Niño event to drive warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.
Single-use plastic bag ban goes into effect in New York
Mar 02, 2020, at 09:09 am
New York/Xinhua/UNI: A ban on single-use plastic bags officially took effect in the U.S. state of New York on Sunday, though the state will wait until April 1 to penalize stores that violate the ban.
Kolkata ranks third in poor air quality, Dhaka stands in fourth place
Mar 01, 2020, at 10:20 pm
Dhaka/Kolkata/UNI: Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka has ranked fourth for poor air in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday.
Himachal Pradesh: Mild quake hits Chamba district
Feb 29, 2020, at 05:22 pm
Shimla/UNI: An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale hit Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on early Saturday.
Kerala: Two mild earthquakes hit Idukki district
Feb 28, 2020, at 12:20 pm
Idukki/UNI: Two mild earthquakes occurred near Idukki reservoir in this district of Kerala.
Himachal Pradesh: 3.6 magnitude earthquake hits ChambaÂ
Feb 26, 2020, at 06:14 pm
Shimla/UNI: Moderate intensity earthquake of 3.6 magnitude jolted parts of Chamba district of the hilly state on Wednesday.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rattles eastern Turkey - Seismologists
Feb 26, 2020, at 10:32 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: A 5.0 magnitude earthquake has occurred in eastern Turkey, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center.
Feb 25, 2020, at 03:40 pm
New York/IBNS: Because the production of everything we eat transforms the environment, the United Nations agriculture chief told a high-level UN meeting on biodiversity that careful discussions are needed to decide on the scale of acceptable transformations.
Climate change takes toll on Zimbabwe’s natural habitat, UN deputy chief observes
Feb 24, 2020, at 10:06 am
New York/IBNS: Alongside the human population, Africa’s animals are suffering greatly from the effects of climate change, which United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina Mahommed saw first-hand on Sunday in Zimbabwe.
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake registered off Southern Kuril Islands – Russian seismologists
Feb 24, 2020, at 09:47 am
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk/Sputnik:: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred off the Kuril Islands, a representative of the Sakhalin regional branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) told Sputnik.
Xinjiang railway resumes operation after 5.1-magnitude quake
Feb 22, 2020, at 04:52 pm
Urumqi/Xinhua/UNI: Service on a pivotal railway has resumed after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday night.
Protecting migratory species in a rapidly changing world
Feb 18, 2020, at 10:02 am
New York/IBNS: Many animals – including birds, fish and mammals – migrate along set routes in search of food or breeding grounds. How best to protect them in a rapidly changing world is the focus of a major UN wildlife meeting which opened in Gandhinagar, India, on Monday.
5.1-magnitude quake hits Teploklyuchenka, Kyrgyzstan
Feb 15, 2020, at 05:22 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 99 km SE of Teploklyuchenka, Kyrgyzstan at 0331 GMT on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Act now to prevent Desert Locust catastrophe in Horn of Africa: UN agencies
Feb 11, 2020, at 09:46 am
New York/IBNS: With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a race against time to tackle a Desert Locust invasion amidst ongoing humanitarian challenges, the United Nations warned on Monday.
In 2018 and 2019, one extreme weather event happened almost every month in India: Report
Feb 09, 2020, at 06:49 pm
Nimli/Alwar/IBNS: The continuity and intensity of extreme weather events in India in the 2018-19 period has taken even climate scientists and meteorologists by complete surprise, says the latest State of India’s Environment Annual, which was released here today by Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot.
Climate crisis: Antarctic continent posts record temperature reading of 18.3°C
Feb 08, 2020, at 07:38 am
New York/IBNS: Fresh fears of accelerating damage to the planet’s ice sheets and sea level rise have been fuelled by confirmation from the UN’s weather agency that the Antarctic likely saw a new temperature record of more than 18°C on Thursday.
2020: the year for action, to ‘rise up’ and safeguard ocean lifeÂ
Feb 06, 2020, at 09:05 am
New York/IBNS: With the ocean in deep crisis, members of civil society and philanthropic organisations are urging governments and corporations to take bold action to safeguard the ocean. After a two-day preparatory meeting in New York ahead of June’s UN Ocean Conference in Portugal, activists handed over what they termed “A Blue Call to Action” to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on Wednesday.
Ocean Conference has potential to be a ‘global game-changer’
Feb 05, 2020, at 10:03 am
New York/IBNS: The second global Ocean Conference taking place in Portugal in a few months’ time promises to be “a critical moment” for the health of life under water and on land, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday, as preparations got underway.
Climate action ‘both a priority and a driver of the decade’: Guterres
Feb 04, 2020, at 10:23 am
New York/IBNS: Climate action will be both a priority and a driver of world affairs through the coming decade, United Nations Secretary-General chief António Guterres announced on Monday, during a speech at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, in which he declared that the next ten years will be “crucial for achieving a fair globalization, boosting economic growth and building peaceful societies”.
My Right To Breathe: Delhi residents demand clean air solutions from politicians ahead of polls
Jan 31, 2020, at 01:13 pm
New Delhi,/IBNS: Thousands gathered at town hall meetings across New Delhi recently to demand clean air from their representatives led by My Right to Breath (MRTB), a citizens' movement.
State of emergency declared amid bushfire threat to Australian capital
Jan 31, 2020, at 10:43 am
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Authorities have declared a bushfire state of emergency in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
Chile issues red alert over forest fire
Jan 26, 2020, at 11:07 am
Santiago/Xinhua: Local authorities of Chile's southern region of Biobio issued a red alert on Saturday after a forest fire burned 2.1 square km of vegetation.
5.0-magnitude earthquake jolts Puerto Rico
Jan 26, 2020, at 09:41 am
Washington/Xinhua: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico on Saturday, as the Caribbean island has experienced tremors nearly on a daily basis since late December.
Indian political system unprepared to tackle the realities of climate change: Amitav Ghosh
Jan 25, 2020, at 11:36 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Climate change and its grave consequences continue to be neglected at the cost of populist issues by the Indian political system, opined noted writer Amitav Ghosh on Saturday.
Death toll from earthquake in East Turkey reaches 14 - Emergency Management Agency
Jan 25, 2020, at 09:31 am
Ankara/Sputnik The death toll from the Friday earthquake in Turkey's east has increased to 14 people, the Turkish emergency management agency said.
West Bengal and the UK join hands to tackle degradation in the Sundarbans delta
Jan 24, 2020, at 12:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government's environment department together with the British Deputy High Commission Kolkata and the Newcastle University, UK have joined hands as a ‘force for good’ to launch Living Deltas Transdisciplinary Research Hub funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF).
WEF: Greenpeace challenges banks over $1.4 trillion invested in fossil fuels since Paris Agreement
Jan 22, 2020, at 03:56 pm
Davos-Klosters/IBNS: Since the groundbreaking Paris summit on climate change in 2015, 24 global banks have invested $1.4 trillion in the fossil fuel industry, according to Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director of Greenpeace International. Greenpeace’s report, It’s the Finance Sector, Stupid, published today, puts the blame for the climate emergency at the feet of the banks, insurers and pension funds that participate in Davos.
UN human rights ruling could boost climate change asylum claims
Jan 22, 2020, at 09:26 am
New York/IBNS: The UN Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats.
WEF: New public-opinion poll calls for better climate education and urgent upskilling
Jan 21, 2020, at 03:27 pm
Geneva, Switzerland/IBNS: A global survey of public opinion published today by the World Economic Forum finds that the world overwhelmingly blames global warming on human activity, with some regions slightly less trusting of climate science in 2020.
East Africa locusts threaten food insecurity across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency
Jan 21, 2020, at 09:18 am
New York/IBNS: Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are dealing with desert locust swarms of “unprecedented size and destructive potential” that could spill over into more countries in East Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday.