New Delhi, Dec 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Climate change has emerged as a formidable challenge to sustainable agriculture as an erratic monsoon this year hit India’s farm output triggering a rise in food inflation which forced the…
Dubai, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Climate change is already having catastrophic impacts on many migratory animals and their ability to provide vital ecosystem services to humanity, a major new report of the Convention on the Conservation…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved the first urban flood mitigation project of Rs 561.29 crore for ‘Integrated Urban Flood Management activities for Chennai Basin Project’ under the National…
Dubai, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The COP28 Presidency on Wednesday joined with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28, and Bloomberg Philanthropies to call on housing, urban development,…
Dubai, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a powerful demonstration of global solidarity, governments, businesses, investors and philanthropies have announced over $57 billion across the climate agenda in just the first four days of the UN Climate…
Dubai, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The COP28 Presidency on Sunday formally unveiled endorsements of its COP28 UAE Declaration on Climate, Relief, Recovery and Peace, as part of its focus on accelerating global efforts to make fragile…
Dubai, Nov 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The year 2023 has shattered climate records, accompanied by extreme weather which has left a trail of devastation and despair, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Thursday. The WMO provisional…
Dubai, Nov 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The two-week-long UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), which is expected to see a gathering of over 160 world leaders, commenced on Thursday in Dubai with Sultan Al Jaber officially assuming the…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Over the course of the next two weeks at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, parties (governments), negotiators, business leaders, civic society organisations, among others, will gather to…
New Delhi, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the two-week COP28 Climate Summit negotiations in Dubai starting this week, Power Shift Africa has published a report that issues a call for decisive and unprecedented action to combat…
United Nations, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) While nations discuss global warming in the world body’s conference complex at its headquarters, the Gandhi Solar Park on the roof powers their meetings. A symbol of India’s commitment to…
Mumbai, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The picturesque UNESCO World Heritage Site, the 1,600 km-long Western Ghats Region (WGR) — one of the 35 Biodiversity Hotspots on the planet — is plagued by heavy and rapid soil…
New Delhi, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) India showcases that “you can go green and provide fast economic growth at the same time”, feels former UN Environment Programme executive director Erik Solheim. In a telephonic interview with…
Panaji, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Goa which is facing coastline erosion, change in rainfall and fruiting patterns and flower blossoming seasons, has forced environmentalists, professionals and individuals to work towards combating the impact of climate change…
Lucknow, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) At a time when others of his age are either busy playing cricket or spending time on social media, this teenager from Bhadohi District is busy understanding climate change. The boy,…
Ahmedabad, Nov 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the arid expanse of the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) in Gujarat, a quiet revolution is taking place among the Agariyas, the traditional salt farmers contributing 30 per cent to…
New Delhi, Nov 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) The science is clear: Emissions must fall by 45 per cent by the end of this decade compared to the 2010 levels to meet the goal of limiting global temperature…
Kolkata, Nov 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) At a time when West Bengal is hitting the national headlines for all the wrong reasons, there is at least one area where the state has been acclaimed nationally as a…
Lucknow, Nov 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) He was a student when he saw ponds and lakes in Gautam Buddha Nagar gradually shrinking and then vanishing. Ramveer Tanwar, now 29, felt that if the local people took the…
Bengaluru, Nov 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dasabettu Mathayes D’Sa, popularly known as Desa, has accomplished what many could not even contemplate. He spent his entire retirement savings to purchase a wasteland — a red stone quarry –…