Environment Archives - NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/category/environment/ Independent Online News Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:23:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://nepsnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-09-at-13.03.36-1-32x32.jpeg Environment Archives - NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/category/environment/ 32 32 Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/countries-reach-historic-deal-to-cut-shipping-emissions/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/countries-reach-historic-deal-to-cut-shipping-emissions/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 11:23:46 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4906 After years of intense negotiations, countries on Friday reached a landmark deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from global shipping, setting mandatory fuel standards and introducing an industry-wide carbon pricing mechanism.

The framework – agreed during the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee – aims for net-zero emissions from the sector by 2050 and will be formally adopted in October before coming into force in 2027.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/04/12/countries-reach-historic-deal-to-cut-shipping-emissions/feed/ 0 Storm-raising, witches and the new conspiracist threat to weather research https://nepsnews.in/2025/03/15/storm-raising-witches-and-the-new-conspiracist-threat-to-weather-research/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/03/15/storm-raising-witches-and-the-new-conspiracist-threat-to-weather-research/#respond Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:52:10 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4780 Several US states want to criminalise atmospheric experiments, which could prevent meteorological studies

David Hambling

Conspiracy theories about weather manipulation go back centuries and are more dangerous than you might think.

In the ninth century, St Agobard of Lyon wrote a treatise called On Hail and Thunder attacking the popular superstition that storm-raisers could call up tempests at will.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/03/15/storm-raising-witches-and-the-new-conspiracist-threat-to-weather-research/feed/ 0 Weather tracker: Cyclone Jude causes chaos in Mozambique https://nepsnews.in/2025/03/15/weather-tracker-cyclone-jude-causes-chaos-in-mozambique/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/03/15/weather-tracker-cyclone-jude-causes-chaos-in-mozambique/#respond Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:34:59 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4773 Faye Hulton (Metdesk)

More than 200mm of rain fell in 24 hours, destroying 900 homes and leaving 40,000 people without power

Cyclone Jude was the third cyclone to hit Mozambique this season. First spotted as a depression last Friday to the south-west of the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, it intensified over the next few days to a moderate tropical storm, affecting northern Madagascar on Saturday and killing at least one person.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/03/15/weather-tracker-cyclone-jude-causes-chaos-in-mozambique/feed/ 0 COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/04/cop16-landmark-biodiversity-agreements-adopted/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/04/cop16-landmark-biodiversity-agreements-adopted/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:42:12 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4606 The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded this weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s genetic data and on recognising people of Africa descent and Indigenous Peoples as key stewards in conservation efforts.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/04/cop16-landmark-biodiversity-agreements-adopted/feed/ 0 The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges UN chief https://nepsnews.in/2024/07/26/the-heat-is-on-we-must-rise-to-the-challenge-of-rising-temperatures-urges-un-chief/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/07/26/the-heat-is-on-we-must-rise-to-the-challenge-of-rising-temperatures-urges-un-chief/#respond Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:22:32 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4557 The UN chief on Thursday issued an urgent call to action to better protect billions around the world exposed to crippling effects of extreme heat, as global temperature rise continues unabated.

The appeal comes against the backdrop of record temperatures and deadly heatwaves – from the United States to Africa’s Sahel and Europe to the Middle East – that have killed several hundred people this summer.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/07/26/the-heat-is-on-we-must-rise-to-the-challenge-of-rising-temperatures-urges-un-chief/feed/ 0 Brutal heatwave cooks US south-west, an early sign of sizzling summer ahead https://nepsnews.in/2024/06/09/brutal-heatwave-cooks-us-south-west-an-early-sign-of-sizzling-summer-ahead/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/06/09/brutal-heatwave-cooks-us-south-west-an-early-sign-of-sizzling-summer-ahead/#respond Sun, 09 Jun 2024 11:33:05 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4508 Gabrielle Canon in Oakland and Dani Anguiano in Chico, California

Millions of Americans are sweltering as experts warn early heat could herald next record-smashing summer

With the official start of summer still weeks away, a record-setting heatwave is cooking the south-western US, causing dangerous conditions far earlier than normal.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/06/09/brutal-heatwave-cooks-us-south-west-an-early-sign-of-sizzling-summer-ahead/feed/ 0 Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at plastic pollution talks https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/30/developed-countries-accused-of-bowing-to-lobbyists-at-plastic-pollution-talks/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/30/developed-countries-accused-of-bowing-to-lobbyists-at-plastic-pollution-talks/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:25:56 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4374

Campaigners say last-minute compromise plays into the hands of petrostates and industry influences

Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

Campaigners are blaming developed countries for capitulating at the last minute to pressure from fossil fuel and industry lobbyists, and slowing progress towards the first global treaty to cut plastic waste.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/30/developed-countries-accused-of-bowing-to-lobbyists-at-plastic-pollution-talks/feed/ 0 Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could raise $900bn in climate finance by 2030’ https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/30/taxing-big-fossil-fuel-firms-could-raise-900bn-in-climate-finance-by-2030/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/30/taxing-big-fossil-fuel-firms-could-raise-900bn-in-climate-finance-by-2030/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:21:49 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4368

Levy on oil and gas majors in richest countries would help worst-affected nations tackle climate crisis, says report

Matthew Taylor

A new tax on fossil fuel companies based in the world’s richest countries could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help the most vulnerable nations cope with the escalating climate crisis, according to a report.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/04/30/taxing-big-fossil-fuel-firms-could-raise-900bn-in-climate-finance-by-2030/feed/ 0 ‘It’s the industry’s dirty secret’: why fashion’s oversupply problem is an environmental disaster https://nepsnews.in/2024/03/16/its-the-industrys-dirty-secret-why-fashions-oversupply-problem-is-an-environmental-disaster/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/03/16/its-the-industrys-dirty-secret-why-fashions-oversupply-problem-is-an-environmental-disaster/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:44:29 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4188

As many as 40% of clothes made each year – 60bn garments – are not sold. Experts say tackling such obscene waste will require radical changes in production – and legislation

Lucianne Tonti

o one knows exactly how many coats, jeans, T-shirts and trainers are produced every year, which means no one knows how many garments remain unsold in warehouses, destined for landfill or destruction.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/03/16/its-the-industrys-dirty-secret-why-fashions-oversupply-problem-is-an-environmental-disaster/feed/ 0 France’s lower house votes to limit ‘excesses’ of fast fashion with environmental surcharge https://nepsnews.in/2024/03/16/frances-lower-house-votes-to-limit-excesses-of-fast-fashion-with-environmental-surcharge/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/03/16/frances-lower-house-votes-to-limit-excesses-of-fast-fashion-with-environmental-surcharge/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:37:37 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4184

Measure is part of package aimed at limiting pollution associated with cheap, imported clothes

Agence France-Presse

France’s lower house of parliament has backed a string of measures to make low-cost fast fashion, especially items from Chinese mass producers, less attractive to buyers.

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