by Envecologic | Feb 13, 2020 | Climate Change, Sustainable Development
“I am enormously optimistic about what we can do, but I deeply worry about what we will do.”Nicholas Stern, Professor of Economics & Government and Chair of Grantham Research Institute of Climate Change & Environment, London School of Economics, UK...
by Envecologic | Dec 5, 2018 | Climate Change, COP, UNFCCC
The 24th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), hosted by Poland, kick-started on December 03, 2018. Here is some of the key highlights from Day 1 of COP 24. The Katowice outcome is crucial...
by Envecologic | Jun 4, 2018 | Climate Change, Global Warming
Whether we agree with it or not, truth is that there is enough scientific evidence to prove existence of environmental distortions of the highest order. Over decades as industrialization progressed and accessibility to almost everything became easier, we got so caught...
by Envecologic | Mar 22, 2018 | Climate Change, Drought, Water Crisis
Cape Town is on the verge of becoming the first major city to run out of water. The South African city has only 90 days worth of water left in the reservoirs after three years of persistent drought. The residents have been warned that the city will soon approach ‘day...
by Envecologic | Jun 21, 2017 | Climate Change, Sustainability, Water Crisis
Asit K. Biswas, National University of Singapore; Cecilia Tortajada, National University of Singapore, and Udisha Saklani Over the past three years, the monsoon – the rainy season that runs from June through September, depending on the region – has been weak or...
by Envecologic | Jun 20, 2017 | Climate Change, Insurance, Risk
Insurance can play a major role in hedging climate change risks in emerging economies like India. According to International Finance Corporation, India is among those countries which are most vulnerable to climate change, with annual losses of between $9 billion and...
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