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How Pregnant Women's Exposure To Climate Change May Affect Babies Brains
Climate disasters are known for damaging homes, disrupting power and displacing residents. But even after the lights come back on and people return to their homes, their effects can linger.
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Weather Disasters Killed 2 Million In 50 Years: UN Agency
The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a United Nations agency said on Wednesday.
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Climate Disasters, Conflicts Displaced 39 Lakh Indians In 2020: Report
As many as 39 lakh people in India were displaced in 2020 due to climate disasters and conflicts, making it the fourth worst-hit country in the world to have such a high number of internal displacements, a new report said on Friday.
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UN Climate Talks A Chance To 'Rise To History'
Ministers from around the planet today launched a five-day scramble in Paris to answer "the call of history" and strike a deal to spare mankind from climate disaster.
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Climate Disasters May Double Without Emissions Cut: Asian Development Bank
Climate disasters may double in the next two decades unless the world cuts its carbon dioxide emissions, the Asian Development Bank said today, with "high risk" nations in Asia set to be hard hit.
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Nearly 200 in Floods, Lakhs Displaced; Bengal Worst Hit
Around 200 people have died and nearly one crore people have been affected in floods caused by heavy rain in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Manipur and Odisha. In Gujarat, 70 people have died since June, news agency Press Trust of India has reported. Large scale relief and rescue operations are underway in all the affected states.
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How Pregnant Women's Exposure To Climate Change May Affect Babies Brains
Climate disasters are known for damaging homes, disrupting power and displacing residents. But even after the lights come back on and people return to their homes, their effects can linger.
-
Weather Disasters Killed 2 Million In 50 Years: UN Agency
The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a United Nations agency said on Wednesday.
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Climate Disasters, Conflicts Displaced 39 Lakh Indians In 2020: Report
As many as 39 lakh people in India were displaced in 2020 due to climate disasters and conflicts, making it the fourth worst-hit country in the world to have such a high number of internal displacements, a new report said on Friday.
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UN Climate Talks A Chance To 'Rise To History'
Ministers from around the planet today launched a five-day scramble in Paris to answer "the call of history" and strike a deal to spare mankind from climate disaster.
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Climate Disasters May Double Without Emissions Cut: Asian Development Bank
Climate disasters may double in the next two decades unless the world cuts its carbon dioxide emissions, the Asian Development Bank said today, with "high risk" nations in Asia set to be hard hit.
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Nearly 200 in Floods, Lakhs Displaced; Bengal Worst Hit
Around 200 people have died and nearly one crore people have been affected in floods caused by heavy rain in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Manipur and Odisha. In Gujarat, 70 people have died since June, news agency Press Trust of India has reported. Large scale relief and rescue operations are underway in all the affected states.
