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Mumbai:When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety. -- Maya AngelouWhen you think of a state in Northeast India, does an image of a dense forest come to mind? The states of this pristine region have more than 75% of their geographical area under forest cover (barring Sikkim and Assam), with the most being in Arunachal Pradesh at 92.8%.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: Three of the 196 countries signatory to the Paris Agreement have submitted their 2035 vision to curb climate change ahead of the February 2025 deadline.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: Another year and another climate conference is upon us, this one in Azerbaijan. It will start off on a positive note for India which recently hit the 200 GW mark in its non-fossil fuels installed capacity, or how much power it can produce from energy sources such as solar and wind. But the world is still far behind in its attempt to halt the juggernaut of global warming, and India can do better.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: A large share of the season’s rains falling in a span of days or weeks, regions of the country that normally do not see very heavy rainfall seeing large excess, states like Bihar and Punjab seeing deficient rainfall--these are some important features of this monsoon so far. Like last year, parts of Northeast India have seen deficient rainfall this year as well along with parts of Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: On July 13, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Rs 16,600 crore Thane-Borivali Twin Tube Tunnel project in Mumbai, in the run up to elections to the state assembly due later this year. But its impact on Mumbai’s only national park will be known only after the project is well on its way to completion, contrary to a condition laid down by the National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) while granting permission for the project.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: Levels of particulate matter in the air declined in South Asia including India in 2022 after years of continuous increase, new research by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) shows. Yet, air quality in South Asia remains poor and many cities do not even comply with their national air quality standards, let alone the more stringent standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: July 22, 2024 was the hottest day in recent history. Even the Indian summer broke many heat records this year, carrying forward a trend of the last few years. Extreme heat affects all aspects of life in India and year after year, it is causing more birds to drop from the sky owing to sunstroke-related symptoms. Bird rescue organisations have reported an increased number of heat-related calls this summer and while some birds survive after hydration therapy, some do not.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: A large majority of surveyed people or 85% in India have reported that they have personally experienced the effects of global warming, and this number has gone up by 11 percentage points since 2021-22, a new report by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication shows. Further, about one in three of the 2,178 respondents (34%) said that they have either already moved or considered moving because of weather-related disasters such as extreme heat, drought, sea-level rise and flooding.
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May 30, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: After Delhi’s winter air pollution started making it to internationalheadlineslastdecade complete with photographs of buildings engulfed by smog, and the ensuing health concerns, public outcry and a political slugfest, the environment ministry constituted a National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in 2019. The programme’s objective was to reduce air pollution levels across the country with a target of 20-30% reduction of particulate matter concentration by 2024.
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May 16, 2024 | 
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Mumbai: While air pollution continues to occupy a prominent place in the manifestos of India’s two biggest political parties, one of the of climate change- coal, and the need for a justful transition away from it-remains missing from the manifestos of these parties. This, while India remains a key voice in global climate negotiations and has agreed to phase down, if not phase out, coal.
