India's forest and tree cover has increased by 1,445 square kilometers between 2021 and 2023, according to the biennial India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023 unveiled by Union Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav in Dehradun on Saturday.
India concludes another year dominated by extreme weather, with climate change fuelling an alarming rise in disasters across the nation. India experiences the full spectrum of climate impacts, including heatwaves, floods, droughts, cyclones, wildfires and erratic rainfall patterns.
The South Korean government will invest 2.7 trillion won ($1.9 billion) in developing technologies aimed at tackling climate change next year, the science ministry said on Sunday.
The year 2024 is on track to be the warmest on record. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, the past ten years have been the warmest decade on record and global warming is quickly increasing climate extremes, impacts and risks.
With the world realizing that climate change is real and its impact being felt worldwide, experts on the subject have called for urgent steps to counter its effect on life and livelihood.
The farmers must grow vegetables in their backyard, they must get technologically upgraded and they must look to new sources of energy, he said speaking at the foundation day of the Indira Gandhi Agriculture University in Raipur.
Increasing climate change -- as seen in rising temperature, day length and humidity -- are linked to the increased spread of a diarrhoeal illness, according to a study.
Conversations around climate change have sort of become a sing-along anthem in many jurisdictions around the world.
The year gone by stands as a glaring stitch in the tapestry of climate change, revealing the harsh reality of India’s warming landscape.
Various components of the PRITHVI scheme are inter-dependent and are carried out in an integrated manner through combined efforts of the concerned Institutes under MoES.
