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Burning all fossil fuel in world can melt South Pole ice sheet

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pBurning the entire deposit of fossil fuels in the world mdash about 10000 gigatons mdash would melt ice covering the South Pole entirely And melting of this ice sheet can raise global sea levels to nearly 200 feet which in turn would submerge large swathesp

pThis has...

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Subject Tags: climate change

Indias INDCs to tackle climate change wont hit

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pGovernment today said that India39s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions INDCs for Paris climate summit in December this year which are likely to be announced this month will not compromise the country39s socioeconomic goalsp

pquotIndia is set to announce its...

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Subject Tags: climate change , India , policy

India environment minister blasts rich worlds greedy lifestyles

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThe architect of Indiarsquos climate policy has criticised the impact of Western decadence on the planetrsquos finite resources as the country readies its pledge to a UN carboncutting pactp

pIn comments reported by leading daily Times of India on Tuesday environment...

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Subject Tags: climate change , policy

Overexploitation climate change reducing fish population

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pAn international study today said that fish population which is quotcriticalquot to human food security is declining worldwide while the marine ecosystem in India is under quothugequot pressure due to overfishingp

pA study conducted by WWF Living Blue Planet Report...

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Subject Tags: climate change

With 14 rain deficit this monsoon may end up among worst 3 in 30 years

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pThis year39s monsoon could end up as among the worst three in nearly three decades With an extended dry patch in most of the country which has revived fears of a weak harvest and food inflation the season39s rainfall deficit has widened to 16 per cent according to the...

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Subject Tags: climate change , India , water

Indias faultlines are stumbling block for reaching UN goals

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pSustaining the goals being set by the United Nations UN for the world seems to be unattainable even for developed countries In case of India the country faces numerous issuesp

pThe new Sustainable Development Goals SDGs and the 169 targets linked to the goals will be...

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Droughtresistant crops need to be promoted Pawar

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pPromotion of 39droughtresistant crops39 and good price for agriculture produce will help solve farmers39 problems in the country former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said here on Sundayp

pSpeaking at the annual general body meeting of the Maharashtra Rajya...

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UP losing fertile top soil govt seeks Rs 10crore central fund

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pUttar Pradesh soil is losing its fertility content Except Maharajganj all 74 other districts of the state have reported a low level of black humus mdash a carbon compound vital for fertility of the soil states official recordsp

pThe government is now looking for...

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Subject Tags: climate change , Financing

Rich countries discuss 100bn climate finance pathway

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pstrongCLIMATE CASHstrong Ministers from 18 countries who in 2009 promised to deliver 100 billion a year in climate funds by 2020 met on Sunday in Paris to discuss how they would find the cash and what type of finances would countp

pIn a two page statement they said...

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Indonesia reveals draft climate offer for 2030

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 23, 2015

pIndonesia the worldrsquos tenth biggest emitter has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 29 below businessasusual projections in 2030p

pThe Asian country could broaden the target to 41 with international support newswire Carbon Pulse reported on Wednesday...

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