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Best of 2020: Climate change is making India less liveable

by Joydeep Gupta | Dec 28, 2020

The government’s first comprehensive study of climate change impacts and forecasts paints a grim scenario if greenhouse gas emissions are not controlled right now

Best of 2020: Cyclones rise as Indian Ocean heats up

by Soumya Sarkar | Dec 25, 2020

The rapid warming of the Indian Ocean due to climate change is leading to more cyclones pummelling South Asia, as storms gather more quickly and become more intense

Best of 2020: Climate change favours locust swarms in India

by Soumya Sarkar | Dec 24, 2020

The locust swarms that destroyed farmlands in western and northern India are linked to the warming of the Indian Ocean. Such proliferation is more likely as rainfall patterns change

Large, deep Antarctic ozone hole persists into November

by Theo Stein, Ellen Gray | Nov 16, 2020

Persistent cold temperatures and strong circumpolar winds, known as the polar vortex, supported the formation of a large and deep Antarctic ozone hole this year

Glacial lakes become more deadly as Himalayan ice melts

by Ramesh Bhushal | Oct 2, 2020

As global warming melts ice in the high Himalayas, more glacial lakes are forming in the mountain range, increasing the risk of flooding downstream areas in India, Nepal and China

Global warming leads to dramatic growth of glacial lakes

by Steve Cole, Erin Guiltenane | Sep 21, 2020

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers have found that the volume of water in these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990

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Electric cars to remain in slow lane in India

By Shally Seth Mohile

Weak consumer appetite, lack of charging infrastructure and a high payback period is holding back adoption of electric cars for personal use in India

Best of 2020: Climate risk plans needed for investors in India

By Sapna Gopal

Financial institutions in India will have to integrate climate risk considerations in their investment decisions and portfolio management to mitigate impacts

Best of 2020: Light vehicles rev up India’s electric mobility market

By Soumya Sarkar

In a promising outlook for light mobility, penetration of electric 3-wheelers in India may rise up to 75% by 2030, followed by 2-wheelers at 35%

Best of 2020: India to lead renewable energy surge

By Soumya Sarkar

Renewable power is surging despite the Covid-19 crisis and is on track to become the largest source of electricity by 2025, ending the dominance of coal

Best of 2020: Child activists lead the fight against climate change

By Anjali Notandas

Concerned about the dangers of climate change and environmental degradation, children in India have taken to activism, demanding their rights to a better future

Best of 2020: Climate change is making India less liveable

By Joydeep Gupta

The government’s first comprehensive study of climate change impacts and forecasts paints a grim scenario if greenhouse gas emissions are not controlled right now

Best of 2020: Cyclones rise as Indian Ocean heats up

By Soumya Sarkar

The rapid warming of the Indian Ocean due to climate change is leading to more cyclones pummelling South Asia, as storms gather more quickly and become more intense

Best of 2020: Climate change favours locust swarms in India

By Soumya Sarkar

The locust swarms that destroyed farmlands in western and northern India are linked to the warming of the Indian Ocean. Such proliferation is more likely as rainfall patterns change

Best of 2020: Covid-19 pandemic: lessons for climate crisis

By Nambi Appadurai

We have to invest in resilience-building measures, especially in health infrastructure, and weather and disease forecast systems, addressing training and adaptive capacity needs

Best of 2020: Children and climate crisis in a Covid-19 world

By Poornima Prabhakaran

We must address the intertwined nature of threat multipliers like climate change and pandemics to the physical and mental health of our children

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