http://jeetbetwin.com/articlelist/2647163.cmsWorld news on global warming, climate change, wildlife, pollution, carbon business and climate politics. News from Indian environment including wildlife like tiger, lion, elephants. Also, news from United Nations.en-gb2025-05-01T17:50:00+05:30Copyright:(C) Thu, 01 May 2025 17:50:00 IST Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd, http://in.jeetbetwin.com/policyterms/1554651.cmshttp://syndication.jeetbetwin.com/ http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/507610.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/articlelist/2647163.cms <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120789480.cms" />New Zealand faced severe weather conditions, prompting a state of emergency in Christchurch due to heavy downpours and river overflows. Wellington experienced destructive gales, leading to flight cancellations and warnings for residents to stay indoors. Heavy snow and large waves impacted other regions, causing power outages and disruptions to daily life, with the storm expected to ease on Friday.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/rest-of-world/new-zealand-hit-by-destructive-winds-heavy-rain-and-snow-and-high-waves/articleshow/120789480.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/rest-of-world/new-zealand-hit-by-destructive-winds-heavy-rain-and-snow-and-high-waves/articleshow/120789480.cms2025-05-01T14:11:54+05:30Charlotte Graham-Mclay <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120772068.cms" />http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/climate-solutions-fund-launched-to-support-low-carbon-innovation-in-india/articleshow/120772068.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/climate-solutions-fund-launched-to-support-low-carbon-innovation-in-india/articleshow/120772068.cms2025-04-30T22:31:05+05:30Vishwa Mohan <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120766434.cms" />In drought-stricken Iraq, farmers like Hadi Saheb are drilling wells to tap into groundwater reserves, enabling them to cultivate desert lands and increase wheat production. While this government-backed initiative boosts food security, experts warn that unsustainable groundwater extraction threatens to deplete this vital resource, mirroring past experiences in neighboring countries and raising concerns about long-term water availability.http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/iraq-farmers-turn-to-groundwater-to-boost-desert-yields/articleshow/120766434.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/iraq-farmers-turn-to-groundwater-to-boost-desert-yields/articleshow/120766434.cms2025-04-30T18:30:25+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120737801.cms" />Five environmental organisations accused France, Germany and Italy on Tuesday of failing to stop destructive fishing, including bottom trawling, in protected areas in a legal complaint to the European Commission. In their complaint, the organisations including the Environmental Justice Foundation and ClientEarth accused the three countries of "seriously and systemically failing to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems in violation of EU law".http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/france-germany-and-italy-failing-to-stop-destructive-fishing-ngos/articleshow/120737801.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/france-germany-and-italy-failing-to-stop-destructive-fishing-ngos/articleshow/120737801.cms2025-04-29T21:56:38+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120718746.cms" />In Chile's ancient rainforest, the 'Gran Abuelo,' a 5,400-year-old tree, faces a new threat from a proposed highway. Scientists warn the road will increase the risk of wildfires and endanger the Alerce trees, which are vital for climate research. Researchers are working to protect this ancient tree and its surrounding ecosystem.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/rest-of-world/can-the-worlds-oldest-tree-survive-progress/articleshow/120718746.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/rest-of-world/can-the-worlds-oldest-tree-survive-progress/articleshow/120718746.cms2025-04-29T11:01:29+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120561596.cms" />http://jeetbetwin.com/city/chandigarh/why-sell-in-plastic-bags-vendors-prioritise-cost-over-environment/articleshow/120561596.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/city/chandigarh/why-sell-in-plastic-bags-vendors-prioritise-cost-over-environment/articleshow/120561596.cms2025-04-24T00:13:19+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120626032.cms" />http://jeetbetwin.com/india/mercury-crosses-40-degrees-mark-in-most-places-in-punjab-haryana/articleshow/120626032.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/india/mercury-crosses-40-degrees-mark-in-most-places-in-punjab-haryana/articleshow/120626032.cms2025-04-25T22:18:53+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120608677.cms" />In Altadena, four months after devastating wildfires, nature demonstrates remarkable resilience. Volunteers document the return of wildlife, including a mountain lion, to the Eaton Fire burn area. Despite the destruction, birdsong fills the air, and plant life is regenerating, offering hope to a community rebuilding after immense loss, showcasing nature's power to recover.http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/left-alone-by-humans-wildlife-returns-to-the-eaton-fire-burn-area/articleshow/120608677.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/left-alone-by-humans-wildlife-returns-to-the-eaton-fire-burn-area/articleshow/120608677.cms2025-04-25T12:10:28+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120610896.cms" />Recent James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest potential alien life on exoplanet K2-18b, detecting dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a biosignature on Earth. Past astrobiology findings, like those on Mars and Venus, have proven inconclusive, highlighting the challenge of defining life beyond Earth's chemistry. Scientists and philosophers must collaborate to develop broader definitions of life to recognize novel extraterrestrial forms.http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/scientists-claim-to-have-found-evidence-of-alien-life-but-biosignatures-might-hide-more-than-they-reveal/articleshow/120610896.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/scientists-claim-to-have-found-evidence-of-alien-life-but-biosignatures-might-hide-more-than-they-reveal/articleshow/120610896.cms2025-04-25T12:55:55+05:30University of Cambridge <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120614149.cms" />The UK government and Italian energy company Eni Thursday announced a deal to create a major carbon capture and storage network to store millions of tonnes of CO2 beneath the Irish Sea. Eni plans to store 4.5 million tonnes of CO2 per year, a quantity that could rise to 10 million after 2030, equivalent to the emissions of four million cars.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/europe/uk-italys-eni-unveil-deal-on-carbon-capture-project/articleshow/120614149.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/europe/uk-italys-eni-unveil-deal-on-carbon-capture-project/articleshow/120614149.cms2025-04-25T14:42:25+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120580526.cms" />http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/at-93-galapagos-tortoise-becomes-a-mom-to-four-see-adorable-photos-philadelphia-zoo-mommy-abrazzo-new-cute-tortoise-in-philadelphia/photostory/120580526.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/at-93-galapagos-tortoise-becomes-a-mom-to-four-see-adorable-photos-philadelphia-zoo-mommy-abrazzo-new-cute-tortoise-in-philadelphia/photostory/120580526.cms2025-04-24T14:54:42+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120569751.cms" />A new study estimates that the world's largest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, aiming to hold companies accountable like tobacco giants. The research identifies 111 companies, with the top ten fossil fuel providers, including Saudi Aramco and Gazprom, responsible for over half of the damage.http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/global-warming/worlds-biggest-companies-have-caused-28-trillion-in-climate-damage-a-new-study-estimates/articleshow/120569751.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/global-warming/worlds-biggest-companies-have-caused-28-trillion-in-climate-damage-a-new-study-estimates/articleshow/120569751.cms2025-04-24T08:44:58+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120540895.cms" />http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/global-warming/dramatic-scenes-as-wildfire-sweeps-across-new-jersey-mass-evacuations-triggered-garden-state-pine-barrens-climate-change-global-warming/photostory/120540895.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/global-warming/dramatic-scenes-as-wildfire-sweeps-across-new-jersey-mass-evacuations-triggered-garden-state-pine-barrens-climate-change-global-warming/photostory/120540895.cms2025-04-23T11:00:50+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120547544.cms" />http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/in-photos-from-classrooms-to-cabinets-how-india-came-together-for-earth-day-2025/photostory/120547544.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/in-photos-from-classrooms-to-cabinets-how-india-came-together-for-earth-day-2025/photostory/120547544.cms2025-04-23T14:29:09+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120525950.cms" />Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said Tuesday. It offers the most comprehensive national estimate of snow leopards -- also known as the "ghosts of mountains" -- previously estimated by the IUCN to be in the range of 301-400.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/rest-of-world/landmark-nepal-survey-estimates-nearly-400-elusive-snow-leopards/articleshow/120525950.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/rest-of-world/landmark-nepal-survey-estimates-nearly-400-elusive-snow-leopards/articleshow/120525950.cms2025-04-22T22:34:21+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120516201.cms" />Pope Francis, deeply moved by the devastation he witnessed in Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan, channeled his experience into his landmark encyclical "Praised Be." This document framed care for the planet as a moral imperative, criticizing the global north's economic practices for harming the Earth and disproportionately affecting the poor.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/europe/pope-francis-saw-environmental-and-climate-issues-as-moral-concerns/articleshow/120516201.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/europe/pope-francis-saw-environmental-and-climate-issues-as-moral-concerns/articleshow/120516201.cms2025-04-22T15:41:23+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120506810.cms" />From responding to weather disasters to rising competition in the fast-warming Arctic, militaries are exposed to climate change and cannot let it become a strategic "blind spot", security experts say. "What I worry about, as someone who worked in national security for a long time, is this blind spot puts the US at risk," she said. http://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/global-warming-is-a-security-threat-and-armies-must-adapt-experts/articleshow/120506810.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/global-warming-is-a-security-threat-and-armies-must-adapt-experts/articleshow/120506810.cms2025-04-22T10:27:20+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120505145.cms" />An Indonesian soldier gives a thumbs up as he crosses a rice field on a combine harvester in remote Papua, where a government food security mega-project has raised fears of mass deforestation.the military had the resources and "high discipline" to accelerate the food project while securing "stability and security" in the region.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/rest-of-world/indonesia-food-plan-risks-worlds-largest-deforestation/articleshow/120505145.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/rest-of-world/indonesia-food-plan-risks-worlds-largest-deforestation/articleshow/120505145.cms2025-04-22T09:36:00+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120505327.cms" />It may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn't mean it's free of that modern scourge of the environment -- the rubbish humanity discards. For him, a clean environment is vital for future generations, and he hopes the initiative will be "just the first in a series of campaigns to clean up the desert". vid-anr/fka/srm/dcp/tymhttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/morocco-volunteers-on-sahara-clean-up-mission/articleshow/120505327.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/home/environment/morocco-volunteers-on-sahara-clean-up-mission/articleshow/120505327.cms2025-04-22T09:41:26+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/120463024.cms" />http://jeetbetwin.com/city/goa/environment-clearance-for-dump-mining-to-cost-rs-4-lakh-per-100ha/articleshow/120463024.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/city/goa/environment-clearance-for-dump-mining-to-cost-rs-4-lakh-per-100ha/articleshow/120463024.cms2025-04-21T00:39:57+05:30