Pollution

How To Reboot Climate Policy After COP27: Five Models Of Policy Making

How To Reboot Climate Policy After COP27: Five Models Of Policy Making

Are the Conference of Party (COP) meetings losing steam and if so, what might be done to advance the climate agenda? COP26 in Glasgow and more recently, COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, underline decarbonization’s political challenges. It seems the world has given up the quest for limiting global temperature rise preferably to 1.5°C in relation to the pre-industrial levels. …

How To Reboot Climate Policy After COP27: Five Models Of Policy Making Read More »

The Union minister for environment, forest and climate change, Bhupender Yadav, delivered the country’s national statement at the summit.

Cop27: India harps on LiFE, not issues

No call for fossil fuel cuts, climate cash India on Tuesday told the Cop27 climate summit here in Egypt that it was making an “arduous effort” to battle climate change although “our contribution to the world’s cumulative emissions so far is less than 4 per cent”. The Union minister for environment, forest and climate change, …

Cop27: India harps on LiFE, not issues Read More »

Climate Finance Scarce: India Supports UN’s $3.1 Billion ‘Early Warnings for All’ Action Plan at COP27

Climate Finance Scarce: India Supports UN’s $3.1 Billion ‘Early Warnings for All’ Action Plan at COP27

At the high-level round table, environment minister Bhupender Yadav drew attention to India’s vulnerability to climate change, and stressed how early warning has helped bring down the number of deaths from cyclones by 90% in last 15 years A$3.1 billion action plan for ‘Early Warnings for All’ was launched at the United Nations’ Climate Summit …

Climate Finance Scarce: India Supports UN’s $3.1 Billion ‘Early Warnings for All’ Action Plan at COP27 Read More »

Air pollution health effects: Bronchitis cases on rise; know all about the condition, tips to manage

Air pollution health effects: Bronchitis cases on rise; know all about the condition, tips to manage

As air pollution continues to wreak havoc on our health, staying indoors, avoiding early morning walks, getting vaccinated for flu and pneumonia, wearing N-95 mask while venturing out could help reduce adverse effects of air pollution. Bronchitis cases have been on rise in Delhi-NCR and neighbouring cities as the air quality has plummeted to ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ …

Air pollution health effects: Bronchitis cases on rise; know all about the condition, tips to manage Read More »

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, center, and other GOP members arrive to the US Capitol steps for a news conference on the House Republicans’ “Commitment to America” on September 29.

What’s at stake for Biden’s climate agenda in the midterms

Environmental justice programs are one target for GOP attacks. If Republicans take control of the House, Senate, or both in the midterms, they have every incentive to turn the rollout of Democrats’ singular achievements into a political disaster. At stake is $370 billion in incentives for electric vehicles, electric appliances, clean energy, and pollution reduction, …

What’s at stake for Biden’s climate agenda in the midterms Read More »

Scroll to Top
Copyright ©️ 2022 ProLief Ventures Private Limited