Hurricane Sandy could be an answer to many who’ve wondered when America would smell the climate change. Hitting the USA’s northeastern coast with incredible force – ironically, one week before the country votes for its next president – Sandy is no ordinary storm.

Frankenstorms can get worse as global warming intensify

 

Expressing concern over the increasing impact of disasters and climate change in the Asia and the Pacific, high-level delegations from 50 countries of the region have called for drawing up an international agreement on disaster risk reduction to follow on the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015).

Call for Global Pact on Disaster Risk Reduction

 

Ahmedabad based Cluster Pulse, an economic development agency for educating SMEs, has signed an MoU with Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the economic development agency of government of Germany on” impact of climate change on businesses & economy “.

Ahmedabad based Cluster Pulse inks MoU with GIZ of Germany

 

India’s energy needs can be met entirely by solar and other renewable sources, says a new study by two professors at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore. Their report published in the journal Current Science may add ammunition to the anti-nuclear agitation in India.

India Can Meet Its Energy Needs Without N-Plants

 

 

Greenhouse gas emissions, relentlessly driving global climate change, will continue to push up sea levels for thousands of years, says a study. The study sought to model sea-level changes over millennial timescales, factoring in earth’s land ice and the warming of the oceans — something which has not been done before.

Global Warming Will Relentlessly Drive Sea Rise: Study

 

 

 

Pawar, who is attending the meet as a representative from India said that the global food price spike of 2008, 2010 and the current one of 2012 is suggestive of fearsome impact of supply shocks due to extreme climatic events in the very small sources of large food suppliers.

Food Prices rise due to climate change induced supply shock: Pawar

 

 

 

Amid concerns of a slowdown in economy and high unemployment in large developing nations, India has called on the G-77 group of countries to adopt growth promoting policies to boost demand and create jobs.

G-77 group must undertake growth promoting policies: India

 

J Srinivasan, professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, goes through his work days secretly hoping for a global major climate crisis. As a leading climate change scientist in India, he knows that the country and the world are inching towards disaster.

Grim Global Warming Outlook for India Post 2030: IISc’s Research

 

 

In a move that will bring cheer to wildlife lovers but could dismay industry lobbyists already complaining about the difficulty in obtaining green clearances, the government plans to add biodiversity conservation as a new criterion to grant environmental and forest clearances.

Biodiversity norms for green clearances coming, says Environment Minister

Temperatures in India will rise sharply within decades just as it overtakes China to become the world’s most populous nation, while monsoon rains will be more intense and variable, according to predictions by Indian and British climate scientists.

Indian Temperature Predicted to Soar