Environment/Science
New Delhi, Jul 22 (Just Earth News): The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has constituted a committee to prepare the draft Ganga Act, it was announced on Friday. more
2016 on pace to be hottest year ever as climate change trends reach ‘new climax’– UN

New York, July 22 (Just Earth News): Global temperatures for the first six months of this year reached new highs, setting 2016 on track to be the hottest-ever on record, the United Nations w ...

UN chief invites leaders to fast-track ratification of Paris climate deal

New York, July 21 (Just Earth News): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging world leaders to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change and speed up the process to restrict greenhouse gas ...

UN agency starts food aid to 6.5 million people affected by severe drought in Malawi

New York, July 21 (Just Earth News): The United Nations food relief agency has launched what is set to become the largest ever emergency food relief operation in Malawi, where an unprecedent ...

Trees contribute to reducing carbon footprints even after being cut down – UN report

New York, July 21 (Just Earth News): Trees contribute to reducing carbon footprints even after being cut down – UN report

Ban urges burden-sharing, solidarity to combat effects of El Niño and mitigate climate change

New York, July 20 (Just Earth News): The lives and livelihoods of more than 60 million people around the world have been turned upside down by the extreme weather events linked to the El Nià ...

Drylands susceptible to more drought and land degradation, shows first of its type UN study

New York, July 19 (Just Earth News):More than two billion people live in deserts and other drylands, and as water availability declines due to climate change and land use – combined with v ...

UK companies offer support to develop a low carbon and climate resilient Kolkata

Kolkata, Jul 19 (Just Earth News): UK companies specialising in urban design and planning visited Kolkata recently and met with Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and state government offic ...

NASA scientists to discuss 2016 climate trends, impacts

California, July 18 (Just Earth News) : Climate experts from NASA will discuss recent trends in global temperatures and Arctic sea ice, as well as research now underway to better understand ...

New UN-backed survey reveals ‘alarming’ damage to world’s high seas and marine ecosystems

New York, July 14 (Just Earth News): More than half of the world’s fragile coral reefs are under threat and most of our major fish stocks are now overexploited, according to the latest glo ...