Shanghai recorded its hottest May day in 100 years in May 2023, the city’s meteorological service announced, shattering the previous high by a full degree.

Glaciers in Hindu Kush Himalayas are melting at unprecedented rates and could lose up to 75 per cent of their volume by 2100, scientists have said, adding that this would cause dangerous flooding and water shortages for the 240 million people who live in the mountainous region. .... read more

Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report recently, noting the world’s fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times. .... read more

As global temperatures rise, trees in colder areas are benefiting from an extended growing season. .... read more

New York was the most polluted major city in the world recently, as smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed the city in haze, according to the IQAir website.

Payments company Mastercard recently launched a global project to recycle credit and debit cards as part of a plan to save the billions of cards in circulation across the industry from landfill. .... read more

The entire power requirement of the Chennai city airport, which handles around 20 million passengers per year, is now met by renewable energy. .... read more

Reinforcing the bond between nature and local communities, Himalayan state in India, Sikkim, has taken up a novel initiative to reinforce this timeless association. Under the government-monitored programme “Mero Rukh Mero Santati” (MRMS) (My Tree My Child), 100 trees will be planted for every newborn baby in Sikkim, one of the first such programmes in the Eastern Himalayas. .... read more

In a first in India, hydrogen-powered trains are expected to start from Haryana’s Jind district by the end of this year and first hydrogen plant of the country is being set up in the district, said Shobhan Chaudhry, general manager (GM) of Northern Railway. .... read more

India can potentially prevent nearly 400,000 deaths from diarrhoea and save about 14 million DALYs (disability-adjusted life years) from water-related ailments if it manages to achieve universal rural coverage under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), said a World Health Organization report commissioned by the government. .... read more

A programme to identify pollution sources across the Capital has unearthed more than 94,000 distinct or point-sources of dust pollution between November 2021 and June 2023, with the most common being the over 30,000 potholes found in the city. .... read more

“India is the only G20 country that has kept its commitments under the Paris climate pact,” Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said recently. Shri Modi made the remarks during a joint press conference with United States President Joe Biden. .... read more