Tag Archives: Climate change

Dr. Seema Javed Indian Monsoon is a complex phenomenon and reportedly climate change and global warming has further accentuated the situation, with each year surpassing the earlier records. The precipitation across the country is driven by the Indian Monsoon as over 70% of the annual rainfall is realized during this …

Dr. Seema Javed Many animals and plants unique to the world’s most stunning natural places face extinction if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, according to a new scientific study published in the journal Biological Conservation. However, remaining within the climate goals of the Paris Agreement – which aims to …

Dr. Seema Javed  Politicians wanting to block climate action often argue it will cost too much. Sometimes they refer to the economic models that have been developed since the 1990s to determine the “cost vs benefit” of different levels of climate action versus different levels of warming. Thousands of economists …

Dr. Seema Javed “By not complying with its climate objective, France is at fault, and the State should be held responsible for that.” Amélie Fort-Besnard, rapporteur public for the Paris Administrative Court, declared today during the hearing of case whereby four French NGOs in late 2018  had launched a lawsuit againt …

Dr.Seema Javed The year 2020 will always be referred as the year of the great pandemic in future. But while the public health emergency dominated headlines, our era’s other big headache, climate change, also found prominence in the footnotes. While the world floated into the Paris Agreement era, developing & …

Seema Javed A green recovery is essential to close the climate action gap, and could put emissions in 2030 at 44 GtCO2e – within the range of emissions that give a 66 per cent chance of holding temperatures to below 2°C.  According to The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) annual emissions …

Dr.Seema Javed In these last days of August while we endure the twin crises of COVID-19 and climate change, there is undoubtedly a growing consensus in India that climate risks cannot be avoided. On 25 August 2020, the Reserve Bank of India, in its annual report for 2019-20 claims that …

Dr. Seema Javed The 59th United States Presidential election, 2020 will be held on 3rd November admist Covid crisis. “climate change’ seems to have become a relevant topic and keeps showing up between Democrats or Republicans to win control of white House this time. Democratic party emphasizes climate language: The Democratic National Committee is …

Special Desk Food security is under threat in several states in India as the worst locust outbreak is ravaging West India, threatening to spread further east. Worrisome as several locusts waves are expected from now until early July, due to spring breeding in southern Iran and southwest Pakistan. UN has …