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Solar growth needs course correction in India
It’s been a trying time for the Indian solar power sector due to recent policy and financial headwinds, and unless they change in the favour of project developers, the going could be tough
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Political will vital to tackle India’s air pollution: WHO
India’s severe air pollution can only be combatted through strong political action, even as the World Health Organisation warned that health costs of climate change have become unacceptable
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Coal and cars drive up emissions growth
The growth of global carbon dioxide emissions has picked up pace again after a brief slowdown, making it more difficult to restrain global warming, and adding urgency to the shift away from fossil fuels
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India, neighbours most vulnerable to climate change
The Global Climate Risk Index 2019 released at the Katowice summit shows that intense cyclones, excessive rainfall and severe floods make India and its neighbours among the worst affected countries in the world
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India to achieve emissions control targets well ahead of time
India said at the ongoing Katowice climate summit that it is well on track to meet its energy capacity and emissions intensity goals in 2020, 10 years ahead of its pledge under the Paris Agreement
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UN pleads for climate action, US remains sceptic
The annual summit opens in the coal mining city of Katowice in Poland, with no sign of agreement over how much money industrialised countries may provide to combat climate change
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Unpredictable seas push fishers away from home
Youngsters from fishing communities in coastal Tamil Nadu are preferring to work as menial labour abroad rather than venture out to the sea with its shifting wind patterns and ocean currents
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Governments leading world to disastrous warming: UN
Not enough governments are on track to cut carbon emissions, but the private sector could be the saviour if coal, oil and gas subsidies are removed, UN Environment has suggested in it emissions gap report
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Slum dwellers in Himalayas especially climate vulnerable
Climate change is likely to aggravate property loss, health hazards and income disruption in urban settlements in mountainous regions, and the poor are especially vulnerable
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Pashmina nomads are succumbing to climate change
The highland goatherds of Changthang in Ladakh are gradually abandoning their nomadic life as the Pashmina goats famed for their wool die in large numbers due to a changing climate
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