Environment

A power-hungry world is consuming energy at an ever-faster rate. Mounting demand for heating and cooling combined with a robust world economy meant global energy consumption grew last year at double the average annual rate of the previous seven years. Although wind and solar saw double-digit growth last year, this was nowhere near enough to meet the …

3 charts that show how global carbon emissions hit a record high in 2018 Read More »

42% India’s land area under drought, worsening farm distress About 42% of India’s land area is facing drought, with 6% exceptionally dry–four times the spatial extent of drought last year, according to data for the week ending March 26, 2019, from the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), a real-time drought monitoring platform. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, parts …

42% of India’s land area under drought, 500 mn people severely affected Read More »