Zimbabwe's economic outlook is positive, with growth expected to increase to six per cent in 2025, up from two per cent last year on the back of an anticipated recovery in agriculture and robust growth in industry and services, the World Bank (WB) said Friday.
By the end of this century, up to two-third of all glaciers worldwide could disappear – an alarming scenario that threatens the future of water supply in many places.
In a cluster of villages inhabited by Tharu tribals in the terai area of Uttarakhand, a nutrition survey discovered that despite other problems, people had managed to avoid malnutrition to a remarkable extent.
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said statistical research will play a greater role in monitoring environmental impacts and climate change as the country moves towards achieving inclusive and sustainable development.
The devastating wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles and surrounding areas serve as an alarming reminder of the vulnerabilities faced by urban and rural communities.
The landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, is a stark reminder of the increasing vulnerability of our natural landscapes to the forces of climate change.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Climate Change Bill, which seeks to set out a national response to climate change, including mitigation and adaptation actions.
I n the new geopolitical contestation and great power rivalry that has seen the United States and China pitched against each other in spreading their respective spheres of influence in various regions of the world, the smaller countries are exposed to their vulnerabilities when wooed either by strategic compulsions or economic doles.
Spurred by climate change and global trade, pathogens that cause plant diseases and crop-destroying pests are increasing and spreading far and wide.
Mr Dhankhar said if there is an existential issue before the planet, an existential problem, it is the climate change for over eight billion humanity. It's the worst problem humanity has ever faced, he said.
