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Dr. Seema Javed The high-level 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference—co-hosted by France and Costa Rica—is taking place in Nice, France, from 9–13 June 2025. The conference is being held to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14): Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources …

Dr. Seema Javed The energy world has changed dramatically since the release of the first World Energy Investment Report a decade ago. Nonetheless, some of the trends of that first report echo in the 2025 edition. There is a “major shift in investment towards low-carbon sources of power generation.” The …

The bank offers digital and in-person EV loans to meet sustainable mobility goals On World Environment Day, Punjab National Bank (PNB), India’s leading public sector bank, reinforces its commitment to environmental sustainability by offering 0.05% less interest rate on electric vehicles compared to non-electric vehicle loans. PNB’s strategic focus on …

Punjab National Bank (PNB), India’s leading public sector bank, has reduced interest rates on its education loan offering under the Vidyalaxmi Scheme by 20 bps. This initiative further strengthens the bank’s commitment to enhance education accessibility. The Vidyalaxmi Scheme is designed to provide comprehensive financial support to students towards quality-driven …

Dr. Seema Javed The World Meteorological Organization says there is a 70% chance the global average temperature in the five years 2025-2029 , will be more than 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times. The 1.5C threshold is symbolically important, as all governments agreed in the 2015 Paris climate agreement to try …

Dr. Seema Javed Mass loss from ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica has quadrupled since the 1990s and now represents the dominant source of global mean sea-level rise from the cryosphere. This has raised concerns about their future stability and focussed attention on the global mean temperature thresholds that might …

Dr.Seema Javed For the first time on record, China’s CO2 emissions have fallen as a result of clean energy expansion rather than weak growth in electricity demand, according to new analysis for Carbon Brief. The growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to fall despite …

Dr. Seema Javed Thirty influential health organisations representing the interests of over 12 million health professionals worldwide — including major global health voices and health professional associations at the international, national, and regional levels—have signed a commitment to no longer work with PR and ad agencies who also provide services …

Dr Seema Javed Brazil who is the host and president of the COP30 this year, the UN’s Climate Summit, is taking outreach efforts to a new level that goes beyond the usual. Brazil is the host for COP30 this year. It has appointed 30 envoys ahead of the Summit in …

Health Department issues guidelines to raise public awareness on heatwave safety Public advised to avoid going out in intense sunlight between 12 PM and 4 PM Special guidelines issued for elderly, children, and laborers to combat heatwave effects ‘Mitra System’ introduced for worker monitoring, shaded rest areas to be provided …