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Covid19 hit South Asia very hard, worst economic performance in 40 years says World Bank. (PTI Photo)

Climate change could force 216 million from their homes: World Bank

World Bank's vice president for sustainable development said that the data give a 'global estimate' of the scale of...

14 Sept 2021 3:11 AM IST

Even the European Union (EU), with its over-pious climate attitude, is forced to import coal and fire its coal plants in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, and the EUs economic sanctions against Russia and the Russian retaliation by closing gas supplies to Europe. (Representational Image/AFP)

AA Edit | A victory of sorts in climate change fight

Taken together, the final resolution looks to have followed the agenda of the rich nations.

21 Nov 2022 1:58 AM IST

It is accurate to say that India has quite consciously been led to the stage today when communalism has completely infected the nation. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Aakar Patel | Are we ready to believe things are not going well with...

A course can be corrected only if we accept that we are headed in the wrong direction

11 Jan 2022 2:15 AM IST

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (AP)

Indranil Banerjie | Global climate calamity is here: Does anybody...

All attempts to prevent climate change are failing and the situation is worsening

4 March 2022 3:38 AM IST

Villagers wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Hojai district of Indias Assam state on May 19, 2022. (Photo:AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Climate crisis to be India's biggest threat...

One reason wheat prices have shot up has to do with the intense heatwave that struck parts of India from March

20 May 2022 12:15 AM IST

An anti-smog gun sprays water droplets to curb air pollution, at Delhi- Gurugram Expressway in Gurugram. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Rising stress of heat: Act now, before it gets...

Cities and states are developing heat action plans, but the focus must remain on the most vulnerable

6 May 2022 12:09 AM IST

Weaker production will lead to a drop in farmers income, squeezing margins just as costs of fertilizer and fuel have soared. (Representational image: PTI)

Heatwave to scorch India's wheat supplies, adding food-shortage...

This could be a serious blow to global wheat supplies after Ukraine war upended trade flows out of the critical Black...

2 May 2022 10:18 AM IST

Afghans stand among destruction after an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo)

AA Edit | Quake adds to Afghan woes

Afghan continues to be disfigured by natural calamities as it sits in tectonically active terrain over a vast number of...

23 Jun 2022 11:25 PM IST

Trying to allay the concerns of landslides in Himalayan regions due to the construction of the wider Chardham highway project, the government had said all necessary steps have been taken to mitigate the disaster. (PTI file photo)

Climate change adding layer of vulnerability to fragile Himalayas:...

Food security is at risk in the hills, with landslides, flash floods and soil erosion affecting agricultural land

23 July 2022 12:53 PM IST

A man stands on the dried out lake bottom of the Zicksee in St. Andrae am Zicksee in Burgenland, Austria on July 20, 2022. - Ongoing heat led to draining of the lake. Hundreds of fish died in the dried out lake. (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP)

AA Edit | Europe boils amid climate change

The UK, used to milder climes, saw 40 C crossed for the first time in its history while France had gone through it at...

21 July 2022 12:17 AM IST

An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel helps pilgrims on their way to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath. (PTI Photo)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pilgrimages amid changing climate: Ensure...

What do pilgrimages mean in the time of climate change and the consequent rise in extreme weather events?

14 July 2022 11:34 PM IST