Data centres for AI storage significantly impact local climates and require vast amounts of water, exacerbating shortages in already stressed areas.
At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, member states adopted a declaration stating that fossil fuels will remain a key part of the world’s energy mix, particularly for developing economies, and denounced the European Union’s carbon‑border adjustment mechanism. The text also urged richer nations to provide predictable finance and technology to help the Global South adapt to climate impacts and manage disaster risks.
BRICS leaders adopted a New Delhi declaration establishing four new agriculture initiatives, including a farmer‑centric BRICS AGRIN and networks for agroecology, regenerative and digital agriculture. The measures are intended to enhance climate resilience, productivity and cooperation among member countries.
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman Srinivasulu warned that climate change has become a direct economic risk for businesses, urging firms to treat climate intelligence as core business intelligence at the CII Karnataka ESG Summit 2026. Several industry leaders echoed the call to embed ESG and resilience into boardroom decisions across Karnataka and India.
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Among his key contributions were determining the degree to which observed climatic change could be attributed to human activity
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Workers face unsafe working conditions, excessive working hours, increasing climate-related risks, inadequate social protection, and limited access to even basic workplace facilities, says report
Little Flower Degree College holds international seminar on climate change
Nepal flash floods aftermath LIVE: Good chance that trapped workers are still alive in Nepal hydropower plant, official says The Hindu Tibet floods: China is keeping tight control over the narrative by deleting videos, censoring news Scroll.in Nepal Floods LIVE Updates: Nepal Flood Death Count Rises To 1,204 NDTV Nepal seeks climate compensation...
Chintan Research Foundation launches book on climate crisis from Global South perspectives.
As climate change warms the Himalayas, disasters like the Nepal floods are becoming more frequent AP News Daily Editorial Analysis 31 August 2026 Vajiram & Ravi Natural Disasters See No Borders: A Lesson for the Himalayan Countries TheWire.in Protect Kashmir’s ecology before it’s too late: Mirwaiz Rising Kashmir Nepal flood highlights growing risk...
Scientists investigate how a high-altitude rock-and-ice avalanche may have triggered one of Nepal’s most devastating floods; while experts have not directly attributed this event to climate change, they note that rising temperatures are warming the Himalayas and accelerating glacier melt
Before The Nepal Flood, A Glacial Fall: Tracing The Trigger, And A 100-km Killer Surge NDTV Flash floods put focus on India's glacial lakes The Times of India Letters to The Editor — August 29, 2026 The Hindu Cryospheric Risks and Transboundary Resilience Drishti IAS Himalayan disasters: Climate change is not the only factor Rediff
Aerial view of the devastating Nepal flash floods | Graphics The Hindu Nepal floods latest: Foreign minister calls for 'global effort' to address climate change after devastating flash floods BBC Nepal flash flood: India sends tunnel rescue team to Nepal The Hindu ‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu...
From parched drylands in Bapatla to diesel-powered pumps in the Krishna Delta and rotting paddy fields in West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh’s farmers are confronting different faces of the same climate crisis, writes GVR Subba Rao
