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India is ranked among the top five countries, as per the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI). India is also the best among the G-20 nations giving a major confidence boost to the energy transition programmes that the country has been undertaking. The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an instrument …

The data is published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red list of threatened species. The Komodo dragon, the largest lizard in the world, is going to lose 30% of its population in the next 45 years. Rising temperatures and the subsequent rise in sea levels are considered …

On August 7 2022, the US Senate passed one of the most important legislation in its history. The bill, formerly known as the Inflation Reduction Act would essentially allocate $369bn to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and investing in renewable energy sources. This would essentially reduce America’s emissions by about 40% …

When Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted in 2018, extreme rainfall could never have been an estimated cause of it. But a study by Nature in 2020 showed otherwise. According to a new review paper in the Bulletin of Volcanology the geosphere and hydrosphere are complexly interrelated components of the Earth’s system. …