The Global Carbon Project uses government and industry reports to come up with final emission figures for 2017 and projections for 2018 based on the four biggest polluters: China, the United States, India and the European Union.
Modi, a strong advocate of climate change had met Guterres last week on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina where both the leaders held discussions about climate change and India’s support for the Paris Climate Agreement.
Previous studies suggested reducing meat and dairy consumption also provides a range of added benefits such as preserving biodiversity and improving human health.
Avoiding global climate chaos will require a major transformation of society and the world economy that is "unprecedented in scale," the IPCC said in a landmark report.
The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C was approved by the IPCC on Saturday in Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Areas around Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Teen Murti Bhavan and RK Puram among others witnessed heavy rains and lightning in the yesterday morning.
Hotter weather attributed to climate change is drying out vegetation, creating more intense fires that spread quickly from rural areas to city subdivisions, climate and fire experts say.
The study has also found that malaria has spread to new areas and its transmission may increase in duration.
The national capital on Sunday recorded a maximum of 40.1 degrees Celsius, three notches above the normal for this time of the year, the meteorological office said.
According to the IMD, heavy to very heavy rains at a few places, with extremely heavy rains at isolated places, are very likely over Uttarakhand and east Uttar Pradesh.
The national capital received rains as Monsoon arrived a day ahead of its schedule, bringing the mercury down even as humidity levels shot up, oscillating between 100 per cent and 60 per cent.
Nitish Kumar questions over Namami Gange project during East India Climate Change Conclave
The French President is in India for a four-day visit that began on Friday evening. He was speaking at a town hall interaction session with students at Bikaner House here.
Researchers used the data dating back to 1993 to observe the levels of the world's oceans, a report said.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the UN has a “very solid commitment” for climate action, pointing out that African nations were the biggest victims of the globally changing weather patterns.
The researchers have found a star located 120 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus which is identical to Sun in mass, radius and age.
"The first 11 months of the year were the third warmest on record, behind 2016 and 2015, with much-warmer-than-average conditions engulfing much of the world's land and ocean surfaces," WMO media officer Clare Nullis was quoted as saying.
John Kerry noted that many Americans remain "absolutely committed” to the 2015 Paris climate accord despite President Donald Trump’s threat to abandon it.
The French President, on the eve of a climate summit he arranged in Paris, condemned the manner in which the US had signed an international deal, then withdrawn from it.
A climate expert said that this a first-of-its-kind attempt to phase out the traditional coal power on such a massive scale after the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.
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