Smokestacks in China. Photo: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images The costs of keeping global warming below 1.5°C would exceed the economic benefits up through the year 2100, according to a new study. Why it matters: One of the biggest challenges to climate action is time delay: we need to pay now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but we …
India has spent $19 billion on average against the required $170 billion every year to fund climate action. According to estimates, $2.5 trillion is needed over 15 years for climate action. India is struggling to lift millions out of poverty and is going to be hit harder than almost any other nation from increasing storms, …
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With Siberia seeing its warmest temperature on record this year and enormous chunks of ice caps in Greenland and Canada sliding into the sea, countries are acutely aware there’s no vaccine for global warming. In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: …
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Tropical plants have driven exploration, started wars, transformed economies. Hear the stories in episode 2 of the new Scrolls & Leaves podcast. Faced with COVID-19, for which there are no specific treatments, people have scrambled to find herbal remedies to protect themselves. Plant-based medicine companies have spotted the opportunity. In June, Baba Ramdev, yoga guru …
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The world is experiencing a pandemic of unprecedented proportions and any assessment on biodiversity, climate change or environment is unlikely to hit the headlines. However, a recent report ‘Living Planet-2020’ by over 125 global experts from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) did receive some attention. The headline was a 68% fall in populations of monitored vertebrate …
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