Page 21 - Environment

Coal firms around the world aren't setting up new mines, except Adani Group

Companies hesitant to invest in new projects as financing is difficult to come by and long-term demand is uncertain.

Sam Pitroda's leap of faith

Book review of Redesign the World: A Global Call to Action

Coal India alive, sensitive to need of environmental protection: Chairman

Coal India chief Pramod Agrawal has said that the coal behemoth is alive and sensitive to the need of environmental protection and the PSU pursues sustainable mining practises persistently. The statement assumes significance especially when when there has been concerns about the global climate change on account of burning of fossil fuels, including coal, which releases green gases into the atmosphere. "Restoration of ecosystem, effective bio-reclamation, effective utilisation of water are followed with equal fervour and importance as production," Agrawal said in a communication. Coal India, he said, has planted close to 2 million saplings during FY'21 over an area of 862 hectares exceeding the target by 16 per cent. "CIL is alive and sensitive to the need of environmental protection and pursues sustainable mining practices peristently," the chairman said in his message posted on the company's website. Satellite surveillance indicates that in 51 major Open cast mines, producing mor

World Environment Day 2021: Theme, ecosystem restoration, pics, and more

World Environment 2021 theme is 'ecosystem restoration' - a global mission to revive billions of hectares, from forests to farmlands, from the top of mountains to the depth of the sea

TCS aims to reduce emissions by 70% in 2025, bring down to zero by 2030

Company has set forth this new carbon reduction goal after having achieved the previous target of reducing its specific carbon footprint by half by 2020

Global warming behind one in three heat-related deaths, study affirms

Between 1991 and 2018, more than a third of all deaths in which heat played a role were attributable to human-induced global warming, according to a new article in the journal Nature Climate Change.The study, the largest of its kind, was led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the University of Bern within the Multi-Country Multi-City (MCC) Collaborative Research Network. Using data from 732 locations in 43 countries around the world shows for the first time the actual contribution of human-made climate change in increasing mortality risks due to heat.Overall, the estimates show that 37 per cent of all heat-related deaths in the recent summer periods were attributable to the warming of the planet due to anthropogenic activities. This percentage of heat-related deaths attributed to human-induced climate change was highest in Central and South America (up to 76 per cent in Ecuador or Colombia, for example) and South-East Asia (between 48 per cent to 61 .

Investing less than 1% of world GDP in nature can tackle climate change

An investment of $8.1 trn in nature is required over three decades to successfully tackle the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises, according to the State of Finance for Nature report

Sustainability over salary for Indians amid Covid-19 pandemic: Study

Firms risk losing talent to more environmentally sustainable peers amid changing consumer sentiment

85% Indians see environment focused firms as better employers: IBM Study

Companies could face the risk of losing top talent to more sustainability-conscious competitors

Do not make promises that you know you cannot keep: Suresh Prabhu

Former environment and power minister and current Sherpa on negotiations with G7 and G20, Suresh Prabhu tells Aditi Phadnis in an interview the approach India should adopt on Net Zero. Edited excerpts

Cyclone Amphan resulted in $14 bn economic losses in India: UN report

Cyclone Amphan, which made landfall in May last year near the India-Bangladesh border, was the costliest tropical cyclone on record for the North Indian Ocean

Governance: Putting the 'G' in ESG

A study found that over the 12 months, governance consistently ranked second, behind only a company's products, as a driver of corporate reputation

Worsening wildfires

Local tribes should be involved in forest upkeep and management

SBI drags feet on loan to Adani firm for controversial Australian coal mine

Bank's executive committee, which will make the final decision, hasn't had discussions about the loan this year, reports Bloomberg.

Up in smoke: Uttarakhand looks to the clouds, forest fires rage on

In the last 2 or 3 days, forest fires have broken out with seething frenzy in many areas of the hill state, and are threatening to destroy the rich plant and animal wealth of the Himalayan region

India is vulnerable to climate change, should join the race to net zero

If rises to challenge, it can serve as a model for other developing countries

Frayed culture

Though new Uttarakhand CM Rawat was wrong in his remarks on ripped jeans and what women should wear in public, encouraging young people to explore alternatives to jeans is the right thing to do

Best of BS Opinion: Agenda for Stockholm+50, micro loan regulations & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Repairing the natural world

Book review of UNDER A WHITE SKY: The Nature of the Future

Agenda for Stockholm+50

As we approach Stockholm+50, we are looking at an increasingly inequitable world; where poverty and marginalisation are growing