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1662018 Was The Fourth Hottest Year Ever Recorded – Report By NOAA And NASA
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, 2018 was the fourth-hottest year ever recorded which means that the past...
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Coping With Storm Surges In The Sundarbans
Villages located near rivers, creeks and low-lying areas of the Sundarbans – the world’s largest mangrove forest that straddles Bangladesh and India...
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Arctic Communities Push For Greater Say On Development
One event in Tromsø, Norway, marked the range of political action – as well as the scope of challenge – before the...
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Weak Workplan Wounds Paris Agreement
A Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP) was just about saved as the UN climate summit concluded a day behind schedule in Katowice,...
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Consensus Eludes Climate Talks Over Finance And Transparency
The Paris Agreement will not come into effect on schedule in 2020 if negotiators continue bickering the way they have done during...
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South And Southeast Asia Most At Risk By Climate Change
A risk index released at the annual climate summit in the Polish city of Katowice shows that countries in South Asia are...
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India Races Ahead To Achieve Emissions Control Targets
India will surpass its commitments on greenhouse gas emission checks and energy transition to renewables made under the 2015 Paris climate pact...
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Governments Leading World To Disastrous Warming: UN
Governments will not be able to uphold the Paris Climate Agreement, and with business as usual, we are heading for a 3°C...
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Delhi Air Remains On ‘Severe Category ‘ Light Rain Unlikely To Bring Respite
A thick haze engulfed the national capital as the air quality remained in the “severe” category and authorities expressed concern that light...
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Slight Improvement In Delhi’s Overall Air Quality Index, Now In ‘Very Poor’ Category
Delhi’s air quality on Saturday improved to ‘very poor’ category after local pollutants “reduced significantly” and the contribution from stubble burning remained...
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![Villagers in the Sundarbans are being displaced by coastal erosion, high soil salinity and increasingly violent cyclones [image by: Soumya Sarkar]](https://i0.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Sundarbans-storm-e1549092492985.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![Developed countries, historically responsible for the majority of emissions, have only promised that the “probability” of climate finance will be available, disappointing many [image by: Joydeep Gupta]](https://i0.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_5071-e1545205483981.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Developed countries, historically responsible for the majority of emissions, have only promised that the “probability” of climate finance will be available, disappointing many [image by: Joydeep Gupta]](https://i0.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_5071-e1545205483981.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![While the city of Katowice glittered for its visitors the climate negotiations have been dark indeed [image copyright: cop24.gov.pl]](https://i0.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Katowice-e1544431275526.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![While the city of Katowice glittered for its visitors the climate negotiations have been dark indeed [image copyright: cop24.gov.pl]](https://i0.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Katowice-e1544431275526.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![Meenakshi Dewan doing maintenance work on a solar street lighting in her village of Tinginaput, India [image by Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development]](https://i0.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/solar-India-DfID-1020x680-e1543997467840.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Meenakshi Dewan doing maintenance work on a solar street lighting in her village of Tinginaput, India [image by Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development]](https://i0.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/solar-India-DfID-1020x680-e1543997467840.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![Countries are not switching away from coal fast enough to be effective [image by: Andrew / Flickr]](https://i0.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Wind-coal-e1543387719900.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Countries are not switching away from coal fast enough to be effective [image by: Andrew / Flickr]](https://i0.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Wind-coal-e1543387719900.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
