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India’s biggest Climate Clock

Published: 3rd May, 2024

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Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), as a part of the Earth Day Celebrations, installed and activated India’s biggest Climate Clock on the CSIR Headquarters Building in New Delhi.

About Climate Clock

  • The Climate Clock shows how much time is left before continued CO2 emissions lock in at least 5 degrees of global warming, a key threshold for global climate goals under the Paris agreement.
  • Today, the planet is about 1.1 degrees Celsius hotter than it was before the Industrial Revolution due to carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels.

Fact Box: About CSIR

  • CSIR, a premier national R&D organisation, is among the world's largest publicly funded R&D organisation.
  • CSIR's pioneering sustained contribution to S&T human resource development is acclaimed nationally.

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