XLRI Students' Blog on Corporate Sustainability

  Introduction to Climate Change - by BMD Group3 The 20 of the warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years.  - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) " Climate change is occurring in a world that is already highly unequal and unjust and, therefore, accentuates and deepens that injustice. "  – Colm Regan, 80:20 Development in an Unequal World. Climate change is a global phenomenon that affects every nation and every person on earth. Although humans finally realize the impact of climate change in weather patterns, rising sea levels, and geophysical disasters, climate-related disasters are still causing economic losses of hundreds of billions of dollars. This is apart from the human impact, which has resulted in the death of 1.3 billion people and injured 4.4 billion people between 1998 and 2017.  The developing countries are particularly suffering the most. The basic requirements of a living being, such as nutritious food and clean drinking water, are a...

By: BM-A, Group 6 Aston Leo (B19010) Ishaan Arora (B19020) Parikshit Garg (B19032) Raghav Bhatia (B19035) Shubham Bhardwaj (B19050) Vaasu Sehgal (B19057)   Introduction A total of 17 Sustainable Development Goals were established during the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by 193 members of the UN General Assembly. Each member pledged to act in the welfare of the planet, its people, and prosperity. To try and ensure that “no one will be left behind” at the same time “shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path” by working in partnership with each other. SDG 13 is defined as “Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.” [i] It points out that no country in the world has not had been affected adversely by climate change. Increasing emissions of GHGs, now at a level 50% higher than the 1990 level [ii] , coupled with global warming, has led to long term changes in the climate system. These changes now threaten the planet...