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November 14, 2025 9:10 AM

Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 mln funds for climate health research at COP30

With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $300 million into developing life-saving solutions as global temperatures continue to rise. The money, announced this w...

November 13, 2025 5:13 PM

Powering the future: How India is turning Green Hydrogen into its next energy revolution

India’s energy story is entering a new chapter, one where clean power, innovation, and self-reliance meet. As the nation works toward becoming a developed country by 2047 and achieving Net Zero by 2070, the focus has shifted from traditional fuels ...

November 13, 2025 1:37 PM

COP30 Indigenous protesters defend summit incursion as climate talks roll on

Indigenous protesters on Wednesday defended charging the gates of Brazil's COP30 climate summit and clashing with security a day earlier, saying the action was aimed at demonstrating the desperation of their fight for forest protection. With negotia...

November 13, 2025 12:38 PM

Mercury Dips Further in Kashmir; Srinagar Records Season’s Coldest Night at Minus 2.1°C

Temperatures plummeted across the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday, with Srinagar recording its coldest night of the season at –2.1°C. At the Pahalgam hill station, the minimum temperature dropped to –3.8°C, while Gulmarg registered 0.5°C. In the...

November 12, 2025 5:10 PM

Cold wave sweeps Kashmir; Srinagar records coldest night at minus 1.6

Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city witnessed the coldest night of the season on Wednesday as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 1.6 degrees Celsius, while the Pahalgam hill station recorded a low of minus 3.8 degrees. Officials from the Meteo...

November 12, 2025 3:02 PM

Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current’s possible collapse

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reut...

November 12, 2025 11:48 AM

Typhoon Fung-wong brings floods to Taiwan, thousands evacuated

Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people ahead of Wednesday's arrival of a much weakened Typhoon Fung-wong that brought record downpours to the mountainous east coast and unleashed floods that rose neck-high in places. Businesses and schools were shu...

November 12, 2025 10:30 AM

Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security

Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection. Shouting angrily, protesters demanded access to the U.N....

November 12, 2025 10:17 AM

Heavy rain forecast in four southern TN districts, thunderstorms in isolated areas

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in isolated places across four southern districts of Tamil Nadu -- Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, Thoothukudi, and Kanyakumari -- on Wednesday. The department attributed the weather...

November 11, 2025 3:42 PM

Latest U.N. analysis shows climate pledges cutting emissions by 12%

The yearly amount of planet-warming gases added to the atmosphere will decrease 12% by 2035 from 2019 levels, according to a new analysis published Monday by the U.N. climate change secretariat (UNFCCC). The revised figure represents progress from t...

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