India, March 20 -- Global temperature rise may touch 1.5 degree by 2030 and India is experiencing high loss and damage; say experts

A United Nations report on global climate change released on March 20, 2023, has accepted that the current plans are insufficient to tackle climate change and trains a sharp focus on loss and damage (L&D), which refers to the climate change consequences that go beyond what people can manage.

L&D came into the prominence during the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.

There, an L&D finance facility was agreed upon by close to 200 countries after a prolonged and bitter negotiation. Incidentally, the agenda of L&D as ...