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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, virtually launched the Haryana State Action Plan on Climate Change and Human Health, an initiative that is part of the National Programme for Climate Change and Human Health (NPCCHH) established in 2019.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Monday said that the process of shifting some cheetahs at the new enclosure of Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary from Kuno National Park (KNP) is likely to be started by end of this month.
In alignment with the government's commitment to conservation and protection of the environment, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Ecomark Rules on 26th September, replacing the Ecomark scheme of 1991.
In a video message to the International Conference on Green Hydrogen, the prime minister said energy transition and sustainability have become central to global policy discourse.
Emphasizing that climate change is the most significant concern for the world, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday…
