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India: Temperatures in MP to surge by 1-1.5 degrees by 2045: Study
2016-06-06 03:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
India TV: Madhya Pradesh is likely to see 1-1.2 degree Celsius rise in temperature by 2045, bringing more droughts that will pose enormous pressure on agriculture, water resources, infrastructure and energy sectors, according to a study. The study, Climate Change in Madhya Pradesh: Indicators, Impacts, and Adaptation, done jointly by faculty member Veemal Mishra of IIT-Gandhinagar and Amit Garg of IIM-Ahmedabad says that with rise in temperatures, the frequency of severe, extreme, and exceptional droughts...
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Amec Foster Wheeler selected for LNG terminal work in Tamil Nadu, India
2016-06-06 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Indian Oil LNG (IOLPL) has awarded a contract to Amec Foster Wheeler for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import, storage and regasification terminal in Ennore within the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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With dwindling food production, how India can tackle problem of climate change
2016-06-05 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: A lot has been spoken about climate change over the years. It is one of the major challenges planet earth faces currently amongst various other issues. Even the much talked about COP21 discussions held in Paris last year ended without any tangible and immediate steps to curb the alarming issue of climate change. With global greenhouse gas emissions reaching unprecedented levels despite multiple efforts, the UNs weather agency recently said, Temperatures in the first two months of the year 2016...
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India can reach solar power goal; what Narendra Modi can do
2016-06-05 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Express: Prime minister Narendra Modi is making major strides in energising India through solar power. During the UN conference on climate change held in Paris in 2015, Modi and the French president, Francois Hollande, launched International Solar Alliance, to be headquartered in India. The Modi government has also set a target of installing 100 GW of solar power by 2022, which seems ambitious given that the existing solar capacity is only 6.9 GW. But nothing is impossible, and the best way to do that...
India: City NGOs to plant over 25,000 trees
2016-06-04 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NYOOOZ: Welfare First Foundation and Nerul CBD Belapur Walkers Associationhave taken up an initiative to plant more than 25,000 trees, particularly in nodes that lack greenery. The saplings will be planted depending on the rains. On World Environment Day, that falls on June 5, a tree plantation programme will be conducted on Parsik hill by NMMC commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. The corporation is providing saplings and conducting digging works. Welfare First Foundation president, Dr Varsha Rokade, the brain...
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