In this file photo taken on April 22, 2016 a child remains at an area affected by a drought on Earth Day in the southern outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. | Photo Credit: AFP Depending on how well humans get a handle on carbon emissions and rising temperatures, a child born today could be confronted with …
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Picture Credit: A tailings pond at an oilsands facility near Fort McMurray, Alta., in July 2012. The estimated cost of reclaiming oilsands mines is almost $31 billion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Rampant industrialization has caused our planet to warm at an unprecedented rate. Glaciers are melting away and sea levels are rising. Droughts last longer and are more devastating. …
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The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation have partnered to form a $1 billion global platform to fight climate change. The platform seeks to empower 1 billion people by catalysing investments in distributed renewable energy (DRE), the foundations said in a joint statement. DRE is a term used when electricity is generated from sources such …
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To mitigate the effects of climate change and rising sea levels, the atoll nation of Maldives is building the first-of-its kind floating island city. Designed by Dutch Docklands, the development will feature thousands of waterfront residences and services floating along a flexible, functional grid across a 200-hectare lagoon. Construction is due to start in 2022 and completed …
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Odisha has the most lightning activity but West Bengal has the highest lightning density, explains the report. Image courtesy: HT Photo Lightning kills more people than cyclones in India, says the Earth Networks India Lightning Report, 2019. And it could increase as much as 12% with every 1 degree increase in global warming. According to …
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