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AU Start-Up Offers Climate Risk Solutions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

AU Start-Up Offers Climate Risk Solutions

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam’s Andhra University-based start-up Geo Climate Risk Solutions says it has made notable advancements in environmental management and sustainability through employing artificial intelligence technologies. These enable precise predictions of extreme weather events, including floods, droughts, wildfires and urban heat islands,” said GCRS chief executive officer Prasad Babu. Prasad Babu explained that his company employs sophisticated data engineering, AI and …

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India at CoP-29: Push for climate finance and strengthen domestic sources
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India at CoP-29: Push for climate finance and strengthen domestic sources

Live Mint  

As CoP-29 reaches its final phase of talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, the focus on climate finance has intensified, underscoring its importance for developing economies like India. At the heart of this effort lies India’s domestic financial sector, particularly its banks, which are the largest source of climate finance outside of the government. Banks can embed climate risk into their broader …

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Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds

The Independent  

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RBI guideline on climate risk disclosure – a pragmatic step for India
8 months, 1 week ago

RBI guideline on climate risk disclosure – a pragmatic step for India

Hindustan Times  

The RBI’s guidelines will put into place the importance of early climate impact systems to protect communities and companies small and large. This announcement was made a week before United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission voting to approve new climate risk disclosure rules, while narrowing mitigation disclosures and adding adaptation pertaining to capitalised costs, expenditures expensed, charges, and losses incurred …

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The climate crisis is not gender neutral
9 months ago

The climate crisis is not gender neutral

The Hindu  

The climate crisis is already here and does not impact everyone equally. Within small and marginal landholding households, while men face social stigma due to unpaid loans, women experience higher domestic work burdens, worse health, and greater intimate partner violence. Also, extreme weather events and subsequent changes in water cycle patterns severely impact access to safe drinking water, which increases …

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From the grassroots to the elite, sport is already feeling the impacts of climate change, so why aren’t peak bodies prepared?
9 months, 4 weeks ago

From the grassroots to the elite, sport is already feeling the impacts of climate change, so why aren’t peak bodies prepared?

ABC  

Australia is a sports-mad nation with a problem, according to Emma Pocock. Lack of leadership Of Australia's 45 national sporting organisations, the report found 29 have undertaken no climate change or sustainability initiatives whatsoever, with the worst performing sports including volleyball, rugby league, athletics, gymnastics and cycling. "They are falling behind some of their international counterparts like Sport UK and …

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Column: Bowing to business and the right wing, the SEC issues a pathetically watered-down climate disclosure rule
10 months ago

Column: Bowing to business and the right wing, the SEC issues a pathetically watered-down climate disclosure rule

LA Times  

Lake Mead is shrinking, due to a long drought influenced by global warming. Then there’s California, which last year enacted two laws requiring companies with annual revenues of more than $500 million and business activities in the state to disclose their climate-related economic risks; companies with revenues of more than $1 billion face more stringent requirements to report the full …

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Absolute decoupling yet to happen between carbon emission, GDP growth globally, says RBI deputy governor
1 year, 2 months ago

Absolute decoupling yet to happen between carbon emission, GDP growth globally, says RBI deputy governor

The Hindu  

While the growing recognition of the adverse effects of climate change had led to some recent actions that were weakening the correlation between carbon emissions and GDP growth globally, an absolute decoupling was yet to happen, Michael Debabrata Patra, deputy governor, Reserve Bank of India said at the New York Fed Central Banking Seminar organised by the Federal Reserve Bank, …

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Wildfire-prone California to consider new rules for property insurance pricing
1 year, 3 months ago

Wildfire-prone California to consider new rules for property insurance pricing

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will let insurance companies consider climate change when setting their prices, the state’s chief regulator announced Thursday, a move aimed at preventing insurers from fleeing the state over fears of massive losses from wildfires and other natural disasters. On Thursday, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said the state will write new rules to let insurers look …

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Homeowners face rising insurance rates as climate change makes wildfires, storms more common
1 year, 3 months ago

Homeowners face rising insurance rates as climate change makes wildfires, storms more common

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says. “Some places may be impacted very minimally, but other places could see massive increases in insurance premiums in the coming years,” …

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Africa endures more severe warming than elsewhere, posing risk of conflict
1 year, 4 months ago

Africa endures more severe warming than elsewhere, posing risk of conflict

The Hindu  

Africa is heating up at a faster rate than the rest of the planet and enduring more severe climate and weather disasters such as droughts, a joint U.N.-African Union report said on Monday, warning that climate change could stoke conflict over resources. "Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions but is suffering disproportionately from climate …

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Global firestorm: A summer of infernos in Canada, Greece, Hawaii and beyond point to the future
1 year, 4 months ago

Global firestorm: A summer of infernos in Canada, Greece, Hawaii and beyond point to the future

LA Times  

Ash-covered cars still line the highway in Lahaina, Hawaii, where hundreds of people tried in vain to escape from a fast-moving and fatal wildfire, like a scene out of a nightmare. “Climate change doesn’t really explain the catastrophic nature of the fire, and for that I think we have to look deeper at a variety of social, economic and political …

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Spain announces new department to study effects of very hot weather on health
1 year, 6 months ago

Spain announces new department to study effects of very hot weather on health

The Independent  

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These are the US states most at risk from climate crisis
1 year, 10 months ago

These are the US states most at risk from climate crisis

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Gross Domestic Climate Risk includes rankings of how more than 2,600 jurisdictions may look in 2050 following damage …

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Climate crisis: World's forests losing ability to absorb carbon, finds study
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate crisis: World's forests losing ability to absorb carbon, finds study

Hindustan Times  

A landmark study has found, the world's forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon due to increasingly 'unstable' conditions caused by humans. The scientists say these global variations could make it harder to predict the global impact of schemes to absorb carbon. Dr McGuire said: "We found that large regions of the world are vulnerable to sudden and dramatic …

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UP, Bihar among World's top 50 regions facing climate risk: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

UP, Bihar among World's top 50 regions facing climate risk: Report

Hindustan Times  

Nine states in India, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab, are among the world's top 50 regions at risk of damage to the built environment due to climate change hazards, according to a new report published on Monday. Read here: NGT directs authorities to demolish hotel constructed in Sundarbans Cross Dependency Initiative, part of a group of companies committed …

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Revealed: The key cities and regions most at risk from climate change in 2050
1 year, 10 months ago

Revealed: The key cities and regions most at risk from climate change in 2050

The Independent  

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India set to issue rules on climate risk and sustainable finance
1 year, 11 months ago

India set to issue rules on climate risk and sustainable finance

Live Mint  

India’s central bank is putting regulations in place to push the nation’s lenders to take steps, including bolstering green lending, to mitigate risks emerging from climate change. Rules in the offing include a framework for acceptance of green deposits, a framework on climate-related financial risks, analysis on various climate scenarios and stress tests, Shaktikanta Das, the governor of the Reserve …

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Threat of losing homes to sea taking ‘huge toll on mental health’ of villagers
1 year, 11 months ago

Threat of losing homes to sea taking ‘huge toll on mental health’ of villagers

The Independent  

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Billions needed to cut flood risk for hundreds of thousands of homes
2 years, 1 month ago

Billions needed to cut flood risk for hundreds of thousands of homes

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Around 600,000 homes and businesses face growing flood risks over the next 30 years unless …

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Warning UK could ‘easily’ see catastrophic floods on scale of Germany’s deadly deluge
2 years, 2 months ago

Warning UK could ‘easily’ see catastrophic floods on scale of Germany’s deadly deluge

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Water gushes into a London Tube station during flash floods in July 2021 Germany’s chancellor …

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Political spat over climate risks in investments gets hotter
2 years, 2 months ago

Political spat over climate risks in investments gets hotter

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The political fight is only getting fiercer over whether it’s financially wise or “woke” folly to consider a company’s impact on climate change, workers’ rights and other issues when making investments. And even as his state cleans up from the environmental destruction caused by Hurricane Ian, DeSantis plans to ask the Florida Legislature in 2023 to …

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Major flood would hit Los Angeles Black communities disproportionately hard, study finds
2 years, 2 months ago

Major flood would hit Los Angeles Black communities disproportionately hard, study finds

LA Times  

Flooding from a storm event so severe that it likely occurs once every 100 years would cause far greater damage to life and property in the Los Angeles Basin than federal emergency officials have forecast, according to UC Irvine researchers who warn also that Black and low-income communities would be hardest hit by the disaster. That’s because a 100-year flood …

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Summers could last longer with increased drought risk, says Met Office
2 years, 4 months ago

Summers could last longer with increased drought risk, says Met Office

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Using climate models and the UK Climate Projections, our research found that the largely ‘summer-like’ weather patterns – bringing …

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