Climate Calamity

The world is nowhere near ready for the "calamity" being caused by climate change and must urgently prepare for even worse in the future, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday.

Speaking during 19th convocation of NIT Karnataka (NIT-K), Surathkal virtually on Saturday, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said the world is facing the challenges of climate change and natural calamities which may alter the face of earth in the future, which in turn will impact our lives.

A clean and green environment is at the root of his government's policies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he was presented the UN's Champions of the Earth Award by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Heavy rains pummelled the entire Philippines today, threatening to aggravate flooding that has prompted the government to declare a state of "national calamity".

Warning that the "calamity" of climate change should not be used as a commercial opportunity, India today asked the developed nations to set up a mechanism that will turn technology and innovation into an effective instrument for "public good and not just private returns".

The UN will hold a once-in-a-decade meeting on disaster risk reduction this weekend, with policymakers gathering in tsunami-struck Japan after warnings that the cost of climate change-related calamities could bankrupt future generations.

Gradual increase in an area's overall temperature actually leads more often to permanent population shifts than do natural calamities, claims a new research.

The world is nowhere near ready for the "calamity" being caused by climate change and must urgently prepare for even worse in the future, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday.

Speaking during 19th convocation of NIT Karnataka (NIT-K), Surathkal virtually on Saturday, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said the world is facing the challenges of climate change and natural calamities which may alter the face of earth in the future, which in turn will impact our lives.

A clean and green environment is at the root of his government's policies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he was presented the UN's Champions of the Earth Award by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

Heavy rains pummelled the entire Philippines today, threatening to aggravate flooding that has prompted the government to declare a state of "national calamity".

Warning that the "calamity" of climate change should not be used as a commercial opportunity, India today asked the developed nations to set up a mechanism that will turn technology and innovation into an effective instrument for "public good and not just private returns".

The UN will hold a once-in-a-decade meeting on disaster risk reduction this weekend, with policymakers gathering in tsunami-struck Japan after warnings that the cost of climate change-related calamities could bankrupt future generations.

Gradual increase in an area's overall temperature actually leads more often to permanent population shifts than do natural calamities, claims a new research.