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India in top six for cropland emissions share: ReportIndia is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions from croplands. A new study reveals six countries, including India, are res...- Uttarakhand green cover sees slow rupture over two decades, satellite data showsUttarakhand's lush greenery faces a serious threat. Satellite data from 2001 to 2022 reveals a steady decline in vegetation. Deforestation,...
- CO2 in the atmosphere up by record amount in 2024: UNThe increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year was the biggest ever recorded, the United Nations said Wednesday, ...
- Transformative agricultural technologies could accelerate sustainable development in Bihar, finds Cornell University studyThe Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) at Cornell University has found that Bihar can significantly reduce greenhou...
- UN University report warns about risk tipping points with irreversible impacts on people and planetA report by the United Nations University warns that the northwestern region of India, particularly Punjab and Haryana, is at risk of exper...
- Threats to China’s food security & its global implicationsChinese President Xi Jinping has underlined the importance of food security for China, calling for efforts to strengthen farmland protectio...
- 2022 fifth or sixth warmest year on record: WMOThe global mean temperature in 2022 was 1.15 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, making it the "fifth or sixth" w...
- The next ESG frontier is genetically modified foodThe need to feed an expanding population while cutting agriculture’s high greenhouse gas emissions means farming must become more efficient.
- India says environmental performance index based on ‘unscientific methods’The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Wednesday rebutted the Environmental Performance Index 2022 in which it was place...
- India occupies top spot globally in emissions related to crop burning: ReportThe data in the report reveals new insights into recent trends in biomass fires, including emissions from forest and crop residue fires in ...
- India occupies top spot globally in emissions related to crop burning: Report
- PETA asks government to tax meat, other animal derived foodsPETA India, in a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, requested him to consider taxing meat and other animal derived foods to discourag...
- India cut carbon emission intensity by 12% in 5 yearsIndia's Biennial Update Report was prepared by the ministry of environment and climate change in consultations with various public and priv...
- India submits first biennial report on green house gasesIndia submitted its first Biennial Update Report (BUR) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
- What agricultural 'ecosystems on steroids' are doing to the airIn a study that identifies a new, "direct fingerprint" of human activity on Earth, scientists have found that agricultural crops play a big...
- Eat less meat to control global warming, says new studyUnless current eating habits, especially the Western style high meat diet, are changed the world will move towards ever increasing greenhou...
- Indian scientists warn of more intense freak weather in coming daysIndia will see more intense unpredictable freak weather in the coming days, warned climate change scientists, days after huge chunks of hai...
- India can cut agricultural emissions & subsidies by creating a market for farm offsetsIndia can launch a prototype in Punjab and Bihar, may be under the Sustainable Agriculture Mission under the NAPCC.
- ‘Grain output stagnating’Scientist blames rise in temperature.
- Virgin Atlantic flies jumbo jet powered by biofuelVirgin Atlantic conducted the world's first commercial flight powered by biofuel on Sunday in an attempt to show that the fuel can produce ...
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