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Hottest year on record also marks a major failure to achieve international climate goals
1 day, 7 hours ago

Hottest year on record also marks a major failure to achieve international climate goals

Salon  

2024 was a grim milestone in the history of our planet. Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto, a senior social scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told Salon that he and his colleagues perceive the warming as a long-term trend and that extreme weather events like the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires will only get worse “if policymakers continue to be derelict in …

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2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm
5 days, 7 hours ago

2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm

LA Times  

Amid a week of horrifying wildfires in Los Angeles, government agencies in the U.S. and around the world confirmed Friday that 2024 was the planet’s hottest year since recordkeeping began in 1880. But since warmer air holds more moisture, the higher temperatures “could have exacerbated some events this year.” Last year’s data also notes a step toward a major climate …

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Report: Renewable energy growth falls short of climate goal
1 year, 9 months ago

Report: Renewable energy growth falls short of climate goal

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Deployment of new wind and solar power plants needs to be drastically ramped up by the end of the decade to meet the world’s climate goals, the International Renewable Energy Agency said Tuesday. In an advance preview of its annual report on the global shift from fossil fuels to clean energy, the agency said renewables accounted for 83% …

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Even with ‘moderate emissions’, India’s heat is set to get worse
1 year, 10 months ago

Even with ‘moderate emissions’, India’s heat is set to get worse

The Hindu  

The climate crisis is no longer a distant event that might happen in the future. The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that extreme heat events will grow with increasing global warming and that every increment of warming matters. Likewise, winter temperatures have also increased by 0.5º C to 0.9º C in 54% of India’s …

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Here’s how temperature records around the world are validated
3 years, 4 months ago

Here’s how temperature records around the world are validated

Live Mint  

During last week's heatwaves in Italy and Spain, meteorologists in both countries announced provisional data suggesting temperature records had been set there. Here is how the WMO validates record claims, and what the records can tell us: Months of evaluation Confirming a claimed heat record takes several months. An initial assessment is carried out by the WMO Commission for Climatology …

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Associate (Legal) - C Vacancy At Ministry Of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
4 years, 2 months ago

Associate (Legal) - C Vacancy At Ministry Of Environment, Forest & Climate Change

Live Law  

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change invites application for the post of Associate – C. Name of the Post: Associate - C Remuneration: Rs. The interested candidates are required to submit in their application along with all supporting documents to the Director, Policy & Law Division, Level III, Jal Wing, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jr Bash Road, Aligani, New Delhi …

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Unexpected impacts of climate change: worse food safety and more traffic accidents
6 years, 5 months ago

Unexpected impacts of climate change: worse food safety and more traffic accidents

CNN  

Story highlights Food safety violations rise with hotter temperatures, study says, yet food inspections decline High-temperature days lead to more fatal car crashes while policing efforts decrease CNN — On excessively hot days, there are more likely to be fatal car accidents and food safety problems, and police officers and government food inspectors tend to do less of their duties, …

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Dealing with climate change: Seven ways the planet could tip into 'Hothouse Earth'
6 years, 5 months ago

Dealing with climate change: Seven ways the planet could tip into 'Hothouse Earth'

Firstpost  

Even if humanity slashes greenhouse gas emissions in line with Paris climate treaty goals, the planet could overwhelm such efforts and irretrievably tip into a hellish ‘hothouse’ state, top scientists warned on Monday. “The Earth System may be approaching a planetary threshold that could lock in a continuing, rapid pathway towards much hotter conditions — Hothouse Earth.” Weakened carbon ‘sinks’ …

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