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Delhi smog tower: Primary results show 80% reduction in pollution, says Rai

The over 24-meter-high structure was inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on August 23.

100 districts in country most vulnerable to climate change: Report

All 612 districts in India are vulnerable to climate change, but 100 districts, mostly in the eastern part of the country, are most vulnerable, a study said.

Don't sanction constructions with negative environment impact: SC

The Court, which ordered razing of twin towers built by Supertech in Noida, observed, in several decisions, it has come across rampant increase in unauthorised constructions across urban areas

Manufacturing firms list green goals; environmentalists say more needed

Tata Power was the first power company to declare a net-zero target for itself

Single-use plastic items to be prohibited from July 2022: Centre

The ministry has also notified an increase in the thickness of plastic bags, aiming to reduce littering of plastic

India can grow and cut emissions at the same time: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Massive electrification and a switch to green sources of electricity could be an ideal decarbonisation strategy for India, suggests the former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission

Code red for humanity: UN report delivers dire warning on climate change

'CODE RED': IPCC says planet to warm by 1.5 degree Celsius in all growth scenarios over 20 yrs

G20 agrees statement on environment, struggles over climate progress

The G20 meeting is seen as a key intermediate stage ahead of global climate talks known as COP 26 to be held in Glasgow in November.

All stakeholders must act proactively in protecting environment: Vice Prez

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that from Panchayat to Parliament, all stakeholders must act proactively in protecting the environment

Kejriwal pitches for Bharat Ratna for Sunderlal Bahuguna posthumously

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday sought that the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, be given to noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna posthumously

Shaping India's green future

There are two broad development pathways for India: A net-zero approach and a low-carbon approach. Jayant Sinha prefers the former

Brazil's environment min resigns amid probe into illegal logging in Amazon

Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles resigned, weeks after he was targeted by federal police as part of an investigation into alleged illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest.

Prepare plan for 100% plastic waste recycling: Delhi environment dept

The Delhi Environment Department has asked all municipal bodies to immediately prepare a time-bound action plan to achieve 100 per cent segregation, recycling and processing of plastic waste. The department has also asked the urban local bodies (ULBs) to develop a 'plastic waste monitoring dashboard' on their websites having information about daily generation, collection, segregation, recycling, processing and disposal to landfills by June 30. Every ULB has been directed to constitute a 'Plastic Waste Task Force' headed by their commissioner, and a 'Plastic Waste Management Cell' to closely monitor compliance of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, and single-use plastics. These decisions were taken at the first meeting of the Special Task Force on Plastic Waste Management Rules held on June 8, according to the minutes of the meeting. At the 36th PRAGATI meeting on February 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked state governments to constitute a special task force under ..

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