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Dr. Seema Javed  In the lead up to COP27 in Egypt, the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) is releasing a new report which finds that G20 countries, who are responsible for almost 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions, lack gender-responsive national climate change policies. This year, the G20 …

Dr. Seema Javed Since the outbreak of the war between Ukraine and Russia in February this year and following global sanctions on Russia, oil prices have spiralled out of control, leading to record high hikes in fuel prices world over. International crude oil prices soared to a 14 year high …

Dr.Seema Javed Human-caused climate disruption is now damaging every region.The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change details the suffering already happening. Half of humanity is already in the danger zone.Each increment of global heating will further increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.That is …

 Dr. Seema Javed Last week’s record-breaking heatwave in parts of the US and Canada would have been virtually impossible without the influence of human-caused climate change, according to a rapid attribution analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists. Climate change, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, made the heatwave …

Dr. Seema Javed Despite the commitments to decarbonize the steel sector, global steel production and development is still dominated by conventional, coal-based steelmaking, threatening to overwhelm global climate goals or risk billions in stranded assets. That is the finding of a new report by energy research group Global Energy Monitor(GEM) …

Dr. Seema Javed  Major oil, coal and gas companies could be held legally responsible for the climate change damages caused by their carbon emissions, according to a study led by Oxford University researchers, published in the journal Nature Climate Change today , on Monday 28 June. Climate change is increasingly a subject for …

 Dr. Seema Javed  It is not very long when we saw extremely severe cyclone Tauktae wreaking havoc in Mumbai and claiming several lives. And now, it is the Mumbai Monsoon that has wrenched the maximum city on the very first day of its arrival. Santa Cruz Observatory recorded a whopping …

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 At least one fifth (21%) of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies, representing sales of nearly $14 trillion, now have net zero commitments according to a new report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) and Oxford Net Zero . Majorities of those companies (by sales) …

Dr. Seema Javed Almost all  thermal power plants sites are laden with hazardous substances used during operation and their poor handling can be harmful for human health and environment. The Southern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Chennai comprising of Justice Ramakrishan and Expert Member Saibal Dasgupta …