Rain lashes most parts of Kashmir: Met
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Kashmir received moderate rain on the intervening nights of Friday and Saturday, with the Meteorological Department forecasting widespread light to moderate rain, thunderstorms, and snow in the next 24 hours.
5.0-magnitude quake hits Indonesia
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Jakarta/IBNS/UNI: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 rocked off East Nusa Tenggara province in central Indonesia on Thursday, the country's meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said.
Sikkim disaster: Scores of people die with over 80 missing
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Gangtok/UNI: The October 4 disaster in Sikkim as a result of overflow of South Lhonak Lake, killed scores of people.
Tribute: Remembering M. S. Swaminathan
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
M.S. Swaminathan’s greatest strength was his ability to engage and connect with ease with everybody across board, from politicians to bureaucrats, academics, journalists, students and common people. Swaminathan’s primary contribution to the country was his work for the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution was a package that helped India overcome a crisis and was not a long-term sustainable solution. Swaminathan was aware of this and it is obvious from the research-for-development projects being implemented by the Foundation. Mongabay India Managing Editor writer S. Gopikrishna Warrier remembers him
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Multimedia journalist, educator, Fulbright scholar, and founder of Lens15 Media, Jason Strother, visited Kolkata recently to conduct a workshop on the topic of 'Disability Representation In Mass Media, Reporting On Disability And Making Media More Accessible For People With Visual Disabilities' at the American Center. In a conversation with IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra, he talked about climate change, disability journalism and more. Excerpts:
Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years, UNICEF reports
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Hottest September on record puts 2023 on track to be warmest year ever
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
This September was the hottest one ever and 2023 is firmly set to be the warmest year on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
Sikkim flash flood disaster: Death toll touches 19
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
The death toll due to the flash flood which hit Sikkim has touched 19 with more than 100 others still missing, officials said.
Govt agencies, experts had warned of Sikkim’s glacial lake outburst
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
New Delhi: The flash floods in Sikkim, which claimed at least 14 lives and 102 others still missing, did not come without warnings, media reports said.
Himachal Pradesh: Strong tremors felt in Shimla
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Shimla and other parts of Himachal Pradesh, triggering panic among the people on Tuesday.
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits Nepal, tremors felt in New Delhi
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal as tremors were felt in the Indian national capital New Delhi on Tuesday.
Monsoon ends with 'normal' rainfall, El Nino effects mitigated by positive factors: IMD
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the four-month monsoon season concluded with India receiving "normal" rainfall, totalling 820 mm compared to the long-term average of 868.6 mm, according to a news agency report.
Viet Nam: UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concern at the spate of recent arrests and convictions of human rights defenders pushing for clean energy reforms in Viet Nam.
Coal CPSEs provide water to 981 villages in nine states with sustainable use of coal mine water
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
New Delhi: Sustainable utilization of coal mine water resources by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is benefitting around 17.7 lakh people across 981 villages of nine states, the Ministry of Coal said.
Northeast India's AIC SELCO foundation empowers sustainable energy innovators
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Atal Incubation Centre-SELCO Foundation, nestled in the heart of Guwahati, is fast gaining acclaim for its pivotal role in nurturing sustainable energy innovation within Northeast India.
'Green' Energy in Uzbekistan: Prospects of solar and wind power plants by Abdullajon Оtabaev
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Uzbekistan has a very high potential in the use of renewable energy sources. According to the estimates of the International Energy Agency and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Uzbekistan has a combined renewable energy potential for electricity production of 2,091 billion kWh (30 times higher than annual consumption). And in recent years, much attention has been paid to this area in the development of the existing potential.
Research finds extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in distant future
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time.
Jammu and Kashmir: Upper reaches of Gulmarg experiences season's first light snowfall
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Higher reaches of the famous ski resort of Jammu Kashmir’s Gulmarg received the season's first light snowfall on Sunday, officials said.
Researchers are now trying to develop plastic that can break down in seawater
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
University of Queensland researchers are developing a plastic that breaks down in seawater to help turn the tide on marine waste.
UN launches flash appeal to aid 250,000 Libyans hit by devastating floods
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
UN humanitarians are working flat out on the ground in Libya, providing desperately needed aid to thousands of survivors of the flood disaster that has left thousands dead and thousands more unaccounted for.
UN launches flash appeal to aid 250,000 Libyans hit by devastating floods
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
UN humanitarians are working flat out on the ground in Libya, providing desperately needed aid to thousands of survivors of the flood disaster that has left thousands dead and thousands more unaccounted for.
Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh traded the ocean for New York State’s Hudson River, declaring at the end of his epic 517 kilometre journey downriver on Wednesday that “we can never become complacent when it comes to protecting the environment”.
Climate inaction puts lives on the line: WMO
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Insufficient progress towards climate goals is slowing down the global fight against poverty, hunger and deadly diseases, according to a report released on Thursday by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Experts make case for tackling climate and sustainable development together
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
A new UN report delivers a strong message to world leaders heading to New York for the General Assembly’s annual high-level week: tackling the climate and sustainable development crises together will help accelerate overall progress on the 2030 Agenda.
Libya flood: Death toll touches 5,000, thousands still missing
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Libya, the African nation that witnessed the deadliest strike of flood caused due to torrential downpours and the resultant smashing of two dams, is struggling to bury bodies which is piling up in the streets of badly-hit Derna city.
Devastating flood hits Libya, 10,000 missing
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
As many as 2,000 people have died and 10,000 are feared to be missing after storm Daniel ripped through eastern Libya recently.
Morocco mourns quake victims as death toll climbs to over 2,000
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Rabat/IBNS/UNI: Morocco Saturday declared three days of national mourning after a devastating earthquake jolted the country late Friday night.
Earthquake kills over 1,000 people in Morocco
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Rabat: The death toll in Morocco’s deadliest that jolted several cities of the country on Friday night crossed 1,000 on Saturday, AFP reported citing the authorities.
Window to reach climate goals ‘rapidly closing’, UN report warns
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
The world is not on track to meet the long-term goals set out in the Paris Agreement for limiting global temperature rise, a major UN report warned on Friday, calling for a commitment to decisive action.
‘Without renewables, there can be no future’: 5 ways to power the energy transition
Sep 08, 2024, at 11:49 pm
Transitioning to renewable energy is the key to securing humanity’s survival, as “without renewables, there can be no future”, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, ahead of the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, marked on 7 September.