Tag: Climate change

Govts can’t only blame climate change for floods | Opinion

source: hindustantimes.com When the first of this monsoon’s waterlogging occurred in Mumbai in early July, Mumbai municipal commissioner Pravinsinh Pardeshi blamed climate change for the crisis. “The city’s infrastructure is not capable of handling climate change and change in rainfall pattern,” he told this newspaper on July 5. Indeed, in a matter of just eight days, from 8.30 am

Global temperatures to hit near-record highs in 2019, forecasters warn

Source- standard.co.uk The highs will be the result of human-caused climate change and warming from the El Nino weather phenomenon in the Pacific, experts said. Temperatures around the world in 2019 are expected to average around 1.10C above pre-industrial levels. This is close to the record-breaking hot year of 2016 when temperatures were 1.15C above the 1850-1900 period.

Latest climate study says it’s already too late

Source- greencarreports.com Sit down before you read this. Good. With all the dire warnings about climate-change coming from the most recent studies—from the Fourth National Climate Assessment released on Black Friday to an October report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which showed that catastrophic effects could hit by 2040—the latest news is even