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Ship pollution curbs to stoke global warming – study
Shipping is slowing climate change by spewing out sunlight-dimming pollution but a clean-up needed to safeguard human health will stoke global warming, experts said on Friday.
“So far shipping has caused a cooling effect that has slowed down global warming,” Jan Fuglestvedt, of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO), told Reuters.
“After some [...]
Developing nations call upon developed nations to cut their emissions by up to 40 percent
L’aquila, July 10 (ANI): The developing countries criticised the G-8 nations for not taking enough steps to curb global warming, dubbing the proposed long-term targets as meaningless. he larger developing nations said they wanted to see more credible mid term targets than long-term ambitious targets.
The developing nations said the rich must first set far steeper [...]
How individuals and communities respond to major climate events
Washington, June 20 (ANI): In a new study, a scientist and her team have explored various means by which individuals and communities are responding to weather and climate change.
The scientist in question is Dr. Sara Alexander, an applied social anthropologist at Baylor University in the US.
Alexander and her team studied different households in several [...]
Shyam Saran insists reliance on renewable sources of energy
New Delhi, Mar 16 (ANI): The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, Shyam Saran, on Monday underlined the need to make the strategic shift from reliance on fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy.
Saran added that the shift needs to be made now and should not be delayed any further.
“We need to ensure that [...]
