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Climate repair: These three actions need to be taken to stabilise the planet, ASAP
• 4 years agoThe challenge of surviving the next 50 years is now seen as a planet-wide existential crisis.
'Code red': UN report sounds alarm over irreversible climate impact, warns global warming threshold likely to be breached
• 4 years agoEarth's climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a major UN scientific report
Explained: History of IPCC, the international body that reviews climate change effects
• 4 years agoThe body meets next week to vet and validate a summary of part one of its first major assessment in seven years.
Explained: What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? What do they do?
• 4 years agoIPCC authors come from academia, industry, government and non-governmental organisations.
Indian environmentalist, former IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri passes away at 79
• 5 years agoHe chaired the PICC panel from 2002 until he resigned in 2015 after an employee at his research firm accused him of sexual harassment.
Climate strike: From Asia to Africa, millions of schoolkids inspired by Greta Thunberg march for action on global warming
• 5 years agoCrowds of children skipped school Friday to join a global strike against climate change, heeding the rallying cry of teen activist Greta Thunberg.
Land clearing, farming contribute a third of the world’s greenhouse gases: UN Report
• 6 years agoThe report finds that there's no way to stay within 2℃ warming without a significant drop in land-based emissions
IPCC report on climate change and land use gets approval by 195 nations in Geneva
• 6 years agoA key point was the role of bioenergy & to what extent schemes should be rolled out to combat climate change.
New IPCC report due 8 August to thoroughly examine link between global warming, land use
• 6 years agoDouble of India's landmass needs to be devoted to biofuels, carbon capture & storage to cap warming at 1.5-deg C.
India's water woes mount, with floods, droughts and millions of citizens at the mercy of the monsoons
The Third Pole • 6 years agoWhile parts of India face water scarcity, others are facing destruction due to flooding. Both result in death of animals, humans, and biodiversity. Policymakers face challenges as climate change leads to uncertainty.