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June 9 – June 15, 2021

Dear readers,

Rising temperatures could result in a 0.5-meter global sea-level rise. The increased warming might also melt the glaciers of the Hindu Kush mountain range. The Mediterranean is warming thrice as fast as oceans, according to a recent study. After Cyclone Yaas the Sunderbans are under threat as well as Kerala. and learnings from Odisha can help minimize future casualties. IIT Kharagpur researchers have found a way to detect tropical cyclones earlier than satellites in the North Indian Ocean.

Climate change has also become a threat to Africa’s transport system. Globally, COVID-19 has widened the gap in universal access to energy and clean cooking fuels. In the agriculture sector, switching to organic fertilizers may substantially reduce direct GHG emissions. Over $1 trillion is needed by 2030 to put the world on track to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. In the absence of meaningful change, India risks losing 3-10% of its GDP annually by 2100.

CSE’s newly launched book Climate Change: Science and Politics can be brought from the CSE store and the State of India’s Environment 2021: In Figures (E-book) can be accessed from the DTE website.

EXTREME WEATHER TRACKER

Ice shelves of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier may go earlier than expected, 15 June 2021 Read More

Sea surge on Kerala coast: Why experts are calling for nature-based solutions, 14 June 2021

The Mediterranean is warming three times more than the oceans: Study, 10 June 2021

The warming is twice as fast in inland and high areas

COMMENTARIES

The way ahead for low-emission agriculture, 14 June 2021

Direct emission of greenhouse gases reduces substantially by switching to organic fertilizers

Closing the loop on COVID-19, wars and climate change: Maybe we were never that great, 11 June 2021

It is a strange situation waiting to happen: The attackers are aliens, but we have unleashed these aliens. We have welcomed zoonotic pathogens through our unbridled, wanton lifestyle

Climate change is a threat to Africa’s transport systems: What must be done, 11 June 2021

Worst-case disruptions to Tanzania’s multi-modal transport networks could cause losses of up to $1.4 million per day

Over $1 trillion needed by 2030 to put the world on track to reach net-zero by 2050, 10 June 2021

Unless much strong action than current investment levels is taken, energy-related CO2 emissions in emerging economies will grow by five billion tonnes over the next two decades

Cyclones to heatwaves to starvation deaths: The Odisha model for survival, 10 June 2021

It's important to remember what happens when a government lets people die in a disaster

CLIMATE NEWS | SCIENCE| IMPACTS| POLITICS

Chief executives, investors write to world leaders: Need bold climate action, 10 June 2021

Need to change rules of the game to prompt corporate action, the open letter said

COVID-19 widened the gap in universal access to energy, clean cooking fuel: UN report, 10 June 2021

In 2030, an estimated 2.4 billion will be without clean cooking fuel and 660 million people will still not have access to electricity

Detecting tropical cyclones in North Indian Ocean earlier than satellites: IIT-Kharagpur researchers find a way, 09 June 2021

The technique could help in early detection of the development of tropical cyclones in the atmospheric column over ocean surface in the North Indian Ocean

Glacier melting in the Hindu Kush: 2 billion people may face food, water shortage by 2100, 09 June 2021

Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges could lose up to two-thirds of its ice by 2100, according to UNDP

After Cyclone Yaas, Sunderbans brace for massive floods again, 09 June 2021

A low-pressure area brewing over north Bay of Bengal might coincide with spring tides on June 11 and prolong flooding

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Books

State of India’s Environment 2021: In Figures (E-book)

Climate Change: Science and Politics

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