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Climate change is ‘great demon of our day’

Climate change is an issue the Church of England has to face up to and take action on by redirecting its investments , its parliamentary body heard today.

There was...

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Bollywood

Abhishek Bachchan appointed END7 campaign's ambassador in India

Abhishek Bachchan has been named the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases’ official END7 campaign ambassador in India, to help raise awareness of neglected ...

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Environment

Climate change means UK will have to get used to flooding

The political blame-game is in full swing over who is at fault for the current flooding crisis. But ministers debating local dredging operations in Somerset is a sideshow.<...

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Environment

Deaths caused by heat will rise to average of 7,000 a year in 2050

The number of deaths caused by extreme heat in the UK will more than treble by the middle of the century as a result of climate change and population growth, experts have s...

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Sustainable Development

Pakistan highlights importance of rule of law in promoting development

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has stressed the link between the rule of law and sustainable development, economic growth and the eradication of poverty and hunger, as the UN ste...

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Environment

Global warming blamed for recent storms in UK

London: Met Office’s chief scientist suggests that climate change is likely to be a factor in the extreme weather that has hit much of the UK in recent months. Dame J...

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Sustainable Development

How can we make sustainable development work for the poor?

Water, energy and food supplies are interconnected. As the global climate changes the threat to these supplies becomes ever clearer. But how can we work towards protecting ...

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Environment

Warmer water species point to changing climate in Yellowstone River

State biologists were surprised to catch an uninvited guest near Springdale during fish surveys two years ago: a silver sucker with red fins called a shorthead redhorse. Read More

Sustainable Development

Mahindra Group gets Sustainable Development Leadership Award from TERI

February 06, 2014, New Delhi: Mr. Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the USD 16.7 billion Mahindra Group, today received the Sustainable Development Leadership Awardfrom The Energ...

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Environment

Heat-related deaths will rise 257% by 2050 because of climate change

An elderly couple enjoy an ice cream on Brighton Pier in the summer heatwave of 2013. Heat-related deaths are expected to rise by 2050, as global warming causes temperature...

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