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Source: The Hindu Topic · 8 Sep 2026Today’s topic: The Hindu editorial, “Warning on warming: On the UNEP report, Limiting Overshoot”.
The most sobering shift in climate science over the past few years has been the quiet retirement of a comforting assumption. For a long time the international conversation treated the agreed temperature thresholds as walls that would either hold or fail. The emerging consensus, reflected in the latest United Nations environment assessment, is that the world will very likely cross those thresholds for a period and then, if emissions fall steeply enough, come back down. This is the phenomenon of overshoot, and it changes what climate policy must actually do.
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Disintegrate (verb)
To break into small parts and lose all structure or unity. टुकड़े-टुकड़े होना; बिखर जाना
Synonyms: Crumble, Fragment, Shatter, Break Up
Antonyms: Unite, Cohere, Assemble, Consolidate
Example: The old register disintegrated the moment it was lifted.
Mitigation (noun)
The act of making something less severe, harmful or painful. शमन; तीव्रता कम करना
Synonyms: Alleviation, Reduction, Easing, Abatement
Antonyms: Aggravation, Intensification, Worsening, Escalation
Example: Planting trees along the highway is a small mitigation of dust and heat.
Obdurate (adjective)
Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. हठी; अड़ियल
Synonyms: Stubborn, Unyielding, Inflexible, Adamant
Antonyms: Yielding, Flexible, Compliant, Amenable
Example: The landlord remained obdurate and refused any reduction in rent.
Concessional (adjective)
Offered on easier terms than usual, as with low-interest loans. रियायती शर्तों वाला
Synonyms: Subsidised, Discounted, Soft-Term, Preferential
Antonyms: Commercial, Full-Price, Costly, Market-Rate
Example: Small farmers received concessional credit for buying seeds.
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1. Synonym of Mitigation
2. Antonym of Concessional
3. Synonym of Disintegrate
4. Antonym of Obdurate
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