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Climate Health Medical

Only seven countries meet safe air quality levels

HQ Team December 16, 2024: The 2023 World Air Quality Report, released by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, revealed that only seven.

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A ransomware group has breached the information security network of India's Sun Pharmaceuticals unit, and there is a possibility that "file systems, business and personal data" might have been compromised.
Climate Health Medical Research

AI’s energy demands linked to asthma risks, premature deaths

Bharti Jayshankar December 11, 2024: The rapid expansion of data centres driven by artificial intelligence (AI) is raising serious public health concerns, with.

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Climate Research

Hundreds of scientists warn of catastrophic sea rise in Antarctica

HQ Team December 6, 2024: Over 450 polar scientists at the inaugural Australian Antarctic Research Conference, held from November 19 to 22, 2024,.

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The heat waves sweeping across the globe are the “new normal” and do not come as a surprise, Alvaro Silva, a climate expert with the World Meteorological Organization said.
Climate

Alarming ‘hot spots’ of heat waves appearing worldwide, finds study

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals that certain regions are experiencing unprecedented heat waves that.

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Negotiators at a global climate conference signed a $300 billion-a-year deal to finance emissions reduction — that developing nations say falls way short of their expectations.
Climate Health Pharma

Global warming on backburner; vexed financing deal sees light at COP29 

Global representatives at a climate conference signed a $300 billion-a-year deal to finance emissions reductions — a move developing nations say falls way.

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At least 327 people have died in Bangladesh from January 1 to August 7 due to dengue, with the density of mosquitoes and potential hotspots being the highest in five years.
Climate Health

Climate change will raise dengue cases burden to alarming levels, WHO reports

HQ Team November 23, 2024: Dengue fever cases have almost doubled each year since 2021. This year saw more than 12.7 million cases in total.

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Extreme heat due to climate change, combined with wildfires and desert dust, is having a pernicious effect on air quality, human health and the environment, a WMO report stated.
Climate Health Research

Air pollution linked to increased risk of head and neck cancers

HQ Team November 22, 2024: Air pollution is a human carcinogenic and is associated with lung, breast and gastric cancers. Long-term exposure to.

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More than 30 nations, which combined account for 47% of global methane emissions from organic waste, signed a pact to reduce levels by 2030.
Climate Health Medical

Pact to cut methane emissions from organic waste signed at COP29

More than 30 nations, which combined account for 47% of global methane emissions from organic waste, signed a pact to reduce levels by.

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Climate

Developing nations demand trillions in climate finance at COP29

HQ team November 14, 2024: The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held.

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COP29
Climate

Multilateral development banks pledge $120b to climate finance

HQ Team November 13, 2024: At COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, multilateral development banks (MBDs) announced a commitment to $120 billion in climate financing.

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