Baku, Nov 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the world getting hotter and more dangerous, the Azerbaijan Presidency of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) has successfully secured funding for the Loss and Damage Fund reaching $720…
New Delhi, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted mitigating risks associated with glacial lakes in order to ensure a safer future for the communities. “The discussions…
Baku, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, is rapidly accelerating climate change and damaging the ozone layer, jeopardizing the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming target and posing a serious threat to public health,…
Baku, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Most G20 members, including the US, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, need to significantly step up climate action, the Climate Accountability Matrix launched at COP29 in Baku by the independent…
Bandar Seri Begawan, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Brunei water village clean-up event has collected 165 plastic bags of waste, totalling over 1,300 kilograms, from various zones in Kampong Ayer, local media reported on Tuesday. The…
Bengaluru, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Forest Department has filed an FIR in connection with the incident of cutting of hundreds of trees for the shooting of superstar Yash-starrer ‘Toxic’ film in Bengaluru, sources confirmed on…
New Delhi, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Noida International Airport (NIA) on Tuesday announced its membership of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. “By joining the UNGC, NIA reaffirms…
Rome, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The majority of Italians deemed adapting to climate change a priority, both in terms of lifestyle and investment policy, according to an annual survey released by the European Investment Bank (EIB)…
Baku, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) India is not attending the two-day World Leaders Climate Action Summit (WLCAS) beginning Tuesday with country statements at the 2024 UN climate conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan that is focussed heavily…
Chennai, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Following heavy rains on Monday night and early Tuesday morning, the District Collector of Chennai has declared a holiday for all schools in the district. Chennai District Collector Rashmi Siddharth Zagade…
Srinagar, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Twenty civilian vehicles stuck due to heavy snowfall in Razdan Pass of Jammu & Kashmir’s Bandipora district were rescued on Tuesday in a night-long operation by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO)….
New Delhi, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi-NCR continues to grapple with hazardous air quality levels, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining at 355, classified as ‘very poor.’ According to the Central Pollution Control Board…
Chennai, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has issued a yellow alert from Tuesday, November 12, until November 15, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall expected in Chennai and 15 other districts…
Florida, Nov 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President-elect Donald Trump has selected former New York Representative Lee Zeldin to serve as his administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin on Monday announced that he has accepted the…
Baku, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP29, kicked off in Azerbaijan’s capital city of Baku on Monday….
Baku, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the two-week UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) kicked off on Monday in the Azerbaijan capital with a pivotal opportunity to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis, concerns remain over…
Moscow, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Vladivostok set a new 30-year high-temperature record, reaching 14 degrees Celsius and surpassing the previous record for this date by 0.9 degrees Celsius, the Primorye Hydrometeorology Center said. The warm Sunday…
Baku, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even if all COP announcements to date were to be fully implemented, a significant CO2 emission gap would still need to be closed by 2050, according to IRENA’s World Energy Transitions…
Guwahati, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed a groundbreaking method to remove ammonium from wastewater by using a combination of microalgae and bacteria. The approach not only…
Jakarta, Nov 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Semeru volcano, located in Indonesia’s Java, erupted again early on Monday at 03:35 a.m. local time, spewing thick grey ash up to 1 kilometre above its summit. “This eruption was…