State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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National greenhouse gas inventory data for the period 19902004 and status of reporting
This note presents the latest available data on GHG emissions and removals from Annex I Parties for the period 1990
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Just talk, no promises at Asia Europe meet
leaders from 25 European and 13 Asian nations have adopted a declaration to fight global warming, among other things, at the sixth Asia-Europe Meeting Summit held at Helsinki on September 10-11,
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Ruckus over IPCC's global warming data
the world's top climate scientists, part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc), have toned down the worst possible forecast for global warming over the next 100 years, claims The
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A new look at the first great civilisations
The early civilisations have conventionally been regarded as products of human ingenuity. Of course, favourable geographical conditions also made a difference. But they just might be fortuitous
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Collapse of civilisations
Previous studies have linked climate variations to the collapse of societies around the world. According to a study published in <i>Nature</i> (Vol 375, No 6530, June 1, 1995), drought caused the demise of the Maya civilisation in Mexico. The researchers argued that internal factors like population growth and environmental degradation, worked with climate change and led to the Maya collapse. <br>
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Reduced cow flatulence to check greenhouse gases
Bringing down cow flatulence can reduce the presence of greenhouse gases. So believe a group of scientists from New Zealand and Australia, currently working on a multi-million dollar research
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Natural calamities provide opportunity for promoting renewable energy
Hurricanes and other such events that disrupt energy supplies could provide a
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Hydropower back in World Bank's good books
Big hydropower projects are poised to re-enter the good books of the World Bank (wb) and the Asian Development Bank (adb). In the early 1990s, the wb had stopped funding the Sardar Sarovar Project
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Oceans continue to lose heat
oceans have cooled substantially during some of the warmest years in recent times, claims a study. During the years 2003 and 2005, which saw the highest global average surface temperatures in more