According to the report, floods (43.4 per cent) and storms (28.2 per cent) are the two most frequently occurring disasters.
'When there is a change in the wind speed or the stress exerted on the surface, it will change the ocean currents.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told scientists that the government would make it easier to do scientific research in the country and asked them to keep the five principles of economy, environment, energy, empathy, equity at the centre of enquiry and engineering.
Obama and Modi would primarily focus on climate change but will also review progress in bilateral relationship and discussion on regional and global issues including terrorism.
The prime minister lamented on the lack of unanimity amongst the member states on the issue of terrorism, saying it dents those very principles, that are the basis for the creation of the United Nations.
'It is quite natural for our farmers to go for rice and cane when both power and water are almost free.'
'There are three issues related to beef consumption and cow slaughter. One is the British origin of cow slaughter. Two, if slaughter of cows is sanctioned by Islamic scriptures and three, the environmental impact of beef consumption.'
Yes, India needs desperate measures to kick-start growth. But selling off its lungs to the highest bidder to hack away cannot be the way out, says Sumit Bhattacharya.
The Adanis' Australian dreams have been shattered.
Some might contend that a candidate for being termed the most corrupt (or corrupting) country in the world is Switzerland.
The World Meteorological Organisation assessment which was released on Monday in Marrakech, Morocco said that 2016's global temperatures are approximately 1.2 C above pre-industrial levels.
The new agreement, will be negotiated and once it is sealed it will also be judged
And the US won the evening
We need to clarify the rules for legal slaughterhouses and make sure that these can be enforced.
While long term solution depends on each one of us altering our consumption patterns, the future depends on next generation technologists and entrepreneurs creating business models that naturally reduce the green house gas emissions.
Australia will target mining companies and power producers in India this week with a turbine designed to generate electricity from waste coal and methane, which could slash greenhouse emissions.
A key UN climate change summit that will be attended by nearly 150 world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off on Monday under the shadow of the deadly Paris terror attack to try to craft a long-term deal to limit carbon emissions.
In the face of climate disaster, a new environmental movement by the name of Extinction Rebellion has risen up, and they will make sure you hear their plea -- 'To governments of the world: we declared a climate and ecological emergency. You did not do enough. To everybody else: rebel' The environmental group, which was founded in the United Kingdom, has planned a large coordinated movement -- called International Rebellion -- in more than 60 global cities. Demonstrators blocked roads and bridges leading to the Palace of Westminster in central London. They staged a "die-in" in Wellington, New Zealand. They obstructed a major roundabout in Berlin and splattered fake blood on Wall Street's "Charging Bull" sculpture. Here are some of the most powerful images from the movement.
Banning meat is cruel demonetisation. It is stealing from the poor, nothing less, writes Sunita Narain.
Another catastrophe awaits us - living in a more inequitable, insecure, and intolerant world.
This would make India the world's second-biggest nuclear energy market after China
A proposal by the US and its allies asking developing countries to equally contribute towards global climate finance has irked developing countries at the Paris meet.
Donald Trump denied it. Hillary Clinton avoided saying it. But the Climate Change crisis is frighteningly real, says Sunita Narain.
Subject to finance & tech from rich countries through an ambitious, fair Paris deal
'Presidents may come and go, but America will go on forever,' an American business leader tells Ambassador T P Sreenivasan in New York.
Volkswagen did not name a successor, but said proposals on management appointments would be made to a full board meeting on Friday.
What are the most worrisome aspects of climate change for India? Can they be solved?
Indian Railways has to up investment to strengthen network just like China and Russia.
India's electric mobility goal, which has so far been riding on two wheels, is all set to graduate to four wheels. At least, the journey has begun. Hyundai Motor India said it would invest Rs 4,000 crore till 2028 to launch half-a-dozen electric vehicles (EVs) in India. It would eventually straddle premium and mass segments. The first of these - the electrified version of an internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered model - will go on sale as early as next year.
In Budget 2015, the finance minister has opted to take the slow road and has doubled the cess on coal to "balance the need to tax pollution and the price of power" in his words.
At the summit, the US is able to play the role of a bully.
Sebi might come out with a regulatory framework for issuance of 'green' bonds
The president said he will be signing a number of executive orders over the next several days of the week.
Uttarakhand was a tragedy that none of us will forget. As experts analysed the tragedy, it became clear that the disaster was more man made. The intergovernmental panel on climate change in its Assessment Report 5 states that human influence on the climate system is clear and this is evident from the increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing, observed warming, and understanding of the climate system.
Since the US, the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China, has shifted in a major way to shale gas, the focus of global environmentalists' ire has fallen on India, which is the third biggest emitter, reports Darryl D'Monte.
'As the sun rises, so does my acquaintance with the neighbourhood's avifauna,' says Kishore Singh.
India lost around 38.5 thousand hectares of tropical forest in the last decade. Nearly 14 per cent of the country's tree cover! It is one thing for Modi to announce that India will reach a net-zero level of emissions in 2070. But if it is serious, it needs to start today, points out Ramesh Menon.
India hopes to bridge gap with US to buffer against a Paris agreement that restricts country's developmental space.
"Climate change is a major global challenge. But it is not of our making," Modi said.
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
