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Climate change making food crops less nutritious

Rising carbon dioxide emissions are set to make the world?s staple food crops less nutritious, according to new scientific research, worsening the serious ill health alread...

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Environment

India drafts policy to cut carbon emissions from deforestation

India, one of the world's largest polluters, has drafted a national policy aimed at reducing its carbon emissions from deforestation as part of a global scheme which financ...

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Environment

India should turn to renewable sources of energy

Should Western countries be forced to pay more attention to reducing carbon footprint than countries like India, as the developed world has contributed more towards damagin...

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Sustainable Development

India to have roadmap for cutting carbon emissions

India has unveiled a draft national policy to provide a roadmap for building comprehensive strategies for cutting carbon emissions from deforestation. Officials said the na...

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Environment

Climate change and the tragedy of the commons

Scientists have for long warned of the costs that a warmer planet would impose on the living standards of many, or even the survival of some. Last week witnessed another su...

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Environment

World really not ready for climate change

The world is not ready for climate change, which poses a number of serious risks, says the planet?s leading body of climate scientists, writes Brian Clark Howard. In Yokoha...

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Environment

Rising carbon dioxide level affecting food quality

Rising carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is lowering protein in key dietary crops which may affect the nutritious value of foods, a new study has warned. For the first...

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Environment

Climate change, air quality and health

The third National Climate Assessment report, due to be released this month, confirms both the role of human activities in causing climate change and the broad range of adv...

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Sustainable Development

India's Shift to a Sustainable Energy Future

India is the world’s fourth-largest energy consumer and will likely overtake China in the next decade as the primary source of growth in global energy demand. As NBR ...

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Sustainable Development

Forests key to sustainable development, existence of humans

A new study has warned that the destruction of forests, that made earth habitable for mammals in the first place, will lead to the decline of all mammals, including humans....

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