DDIndia Climate Change: Environmental Insights

Climate Change

March 25, 2025 7:12 PM

Ambitious climate action could boost global 2040 GDP by 0.2%, says OECD study

Accelerated climate action could boost global GDP by 0.2% by 2040 compared with current policies, a study showed on Tuesday, as delegates from 40 countries meet in Berlin to shape the agenda for the COP30 summit in Brazil later this year. An analysi...

March 22, 2025 10:09 AM

EU delays 2040 climate target proposal beyond Q1

The European Commission has delayed its plan to propose a new EU climate target in the first quarter of this year, pushing back the launch of an expected commitment to cut emissions by 2040, it said on Friday. Brussels had said last month it would a...

March 21, 2025 9:30 PM

Nature’s groceries and safety net: How forests help feed the world better

Our forests play a vital role in feeding the world. From wild foods to fresh water, from shelter to energy, forests sustain billions of people and biodiversity. Yet we continue to lose them at an alarming rate through deforestation and land degradat...

March 19, 2025 4:28 PM

Record 2024 temperatures accelerate ice loss, rise in sea levels, UN weather body says

Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the world closer to a key warming threshold, the U.N. weather body said on Wednesday. Annual ave...

March 18, 2025 5:09 PM

Indore to launch India’s first PPP green waste processing plant under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban

In a significant leap toward environmental sustainability, Indore is set to become the first city in India to establish a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model-based green waste processing plant under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban. This initiative...

March 10, 2025 4:57 PM

United States quits board of UN climate damage fund, letter shows

The United States has withdrawn from the board of the U.N.'s hard-negotiated climate damage fund, dedicated to helping poor and vulnerable nations cope with climate change-fuelled disasters, a letter seen by Reuters showed. The withdrawal is one of ...

February 28, 2025 2:59 PM

Cyclone Garance hits French island of La Reunion, blowing away roofs

Cyclone Garance slammed into the French overseas territory of La Reunion with top wind speeds of 155 kph (96 mph) on Friday, blowing away roofs and cutting power and access to drinking water for many residents. The island's prefect, Patrice Latron, ...

February 25, 2025 8:46 AM

Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Bay of Bengal, tremors felt in Kolkata

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck the Bay of Bengal early Tuesday morning, with tremors felt across Kolkata and several regions of West Bengal. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred ...

February 23, 2025 12:59 PM

Countries warn against delaying global climate assessment after US exit

The European Union, Britain and climate-vulnerable developing countries have raised concerns about delays to the next global assessment of climate change, by the U.N.'s climate science panel, after the U.S. administration withdrew from the process. ...

February 21, 2025 4:03 PM

Colombia deforestation rose 35% in 2024, minister says

Deforestation in Colombia rose 35% in 2024 from a 23-year low the previous year, fueled by an uptick in the Amazon region, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Thursday. Deforestation reached 1,070 square kilometers (413 square miles) last ye...

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