2024 Disasters in Numbers
<p>In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95
Europe
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Carbon emissions from aviation: issues and options
<p><strong>The underlying issue is not trade rules but the global climate regime</strong></p> <p class="rtejustify">The concerted opposition to the EU push towards forcing foreign airlines landing in
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Clouds over solar
<p>India’s solar power policy is now entering round two. And there is much that needs to be reviewed and reworked as the business of solar energy has seen massive turbulence in India as well as globally.
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Fuel economy standards: sanctity of decision making process must be upheld
<p style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Car industry's efforts to dilute standards approved by PMO will significantly
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Global sustainable development goals: Sustainability is about the use, Distribution and scarcity of natural resources - Eradicating poverty and saving the climate
<p>With relations between countries now being shaped by geo-economics rather than geo-politics, an emerging issue is to what extent the United States, China and India, all populous countries and top tier
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Where is the green party?
<div class="authors" style="margin-top: 5px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/sn_blog.jpg"
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Decoding climate change risks
<p><strong><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/msanwal_blog.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 117px;" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Small changes in urban human behavior