Tag: Climate Change
Dense Fog in North India
In the final days of December and the initial few days of 2024, a thick fog enveloped a large portion of northern India.
Loss and Damage Fund
The commencement of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai saw the official initiation of a fund for loss and damage, aimed at assisting vulnerable nations in managing the consequences of climate change.
Dubai climate conference | CoP-28 | UNFCCC
Context: Next month, the 28th edition of the Conference of Parties (CoP) is scheduled to take place in Dubai, spanning…
Loss and Damage Fund
Article in the Hindu – Importance of ‘loss and damage’ funds
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) | UNCCD’s 1st data dashboard
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) launched first data dashboard compiling national figures from 126 countries recently.
Marine Cloud Brightening
Context: Several Australian organisations are investigating the potential of cloud brightening as a means to mitigate coral bleaching. About Marine…
Geoengineering
A report by the Climate Overshoot Commission said that potentially dangerous experimental geoengineering methods – including controversial “solar radiation modification” – need to be halted until they have been researched thoroughly.
Planetary Boundaries
According to a new study, the world has breached six of the nine planetary boundaries necessary to maintain Earth’s stability and resilience.