Climate finance for cities and buildings
This handbook provides local policy makers and other interested readers with an overview of climate and carbon finance mechanisms, both existing and in development, and their relevance to the urban context.
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The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2018
A fast-changing climate, conflict, inequality, persistent pockets of poverty and hunger and rapid urbanization are challenging countries’ efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according
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KOTTAYAM
A sleepy town finds its rivers dirtied
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Karnataka, UK firm tie up for water project
Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Anglian Water Intenational of UK for a joint venture with private sector participation to
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding water pollution by tanneries and chromium dumps at Rania, Kanpur Dehat, Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, 15/11/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re : Water Pollution by Tanneries at Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh WITH In Re : Water Pollution at Rania, Kanpur Dehat & Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur
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DDA Master Plan experts call for low-rise high-density development, mixed-land use
“Acquire illegal farmhouses for social infrastructure; use sick industrial plots for residential development” The Delhi Development Authority on Monday completed a significant milestone in its ongoing review of the Delhi Master Plan-2021. Four technical committees engaged in reviewing four broad areas of the Master Plan came up with presentations on the work done so far and an audience of top public servants, town planners, urban designers and architects offered their views on the broad ideas that the improved Master Plan seeks to incorporate.
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Auto exhaust blamed for air quality dip
New Delhi: Delhi’s air pollution levels are on an upward spiral with this summer having recorded higher of ozone and particulate matter. Simultaneously, levels of carbon dioxide emitted from vehicles have
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of a commercial complex by DMRC, 17/03/2021
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Delhi Through Shobha Agarwal Vs Delhi Metro Rail Corporation & Others dated 17/03/2021.</p> <p>A factual and action taken report
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Vulnerable vultures
Rapid urbanization, destruction of habitat and rampant use of pesticides are some of the factors affecting the population of scavenging birds--------- Vultures in the sky are disappearing very fast. According to statistics of the Bombay Natural History Society, the vulture population has declined by more than 99% and is declining at a rate of more than 40% annually.
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Some characteristics of urban slums 2008-09
<p>This latest NSSO report on the condition of urban slums says that 49,000 slums were estimated to be in existence in urban India in 2008-09. It provides data on living facilities like drinking water, toilet, sewerage, drainage and garbage disposal.<br />
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Segregate garbage at source or pay fine, industries told
Manufacturing units and other industries may have to pay penalties if they don’t manage solid waste generated by them at source. The government plans to introduce legislation that will mandate manufacturers to segregate waste at source, said Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar. Kumar made the announcement on Tuesday, while addressing commissioners of city and town municipal councils from across Karnataka. He was speaking at a workshop organised by the Municipal Administration department on garbage disposal and management.
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Global outlook on walking and cycling 2016
Lack of investment in safe walking and cycling infrastructure is contributing to the deaths of millions of people and overlooking a great opportunity to contribute to the fight against climate change,
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Towards resilience and transformation for cities within a finite planet
All cities need to become resilient to climate change’s direct and indirect impacts and to build this into infrastructure investments, development plans and disaster risk management, says this paper published by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
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Air pollution in Asia and the Pacific: science-based solutions- summary
<p>Millions of lives could be saved and one billion people living in Asia could be breathing clean air by 2030 if 25 simple and cost-effective measures are implemented, according to this new UN report. It is the first comprehensive scientific assessment of the air pollution outlook in Asia and the Pacific.</p>
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Draft notification: Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands protection zone
Whereas the Central Government vide its notification number S.O.114(E), dated the 19th February, 1991, (hereinafter referred to as the said notification), declared Coastal Regulation Zone and imposed certain restrictions on the setting up and expansion of industries, operations and processes in the said Zones for its protection; And whereas, the said notification was amended, from time to time, ba
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West By Far East
In the rush for economic growth, China ignored its environment. Now it faces a nightmare. The country is one of the most polluted in the world.
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Drought But Why? How India can fight the scourge by abandoning drought relief
During 2014-2017 India was shaken by severe spells of drought that hit over 500 million people across geographical regions. Unlike in the past, these droughts did not spare the urban areas; metropolitan
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World Development Indicators 2017
This year the World Development Indicators database has been improved to include more indicators that cover the Sustainable Development Goals and more data disaggregated by sex, age, wealth quintile, and
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Dams in tribal belt of Western Ghats for the Mumbai Metropolitan region: unjustified projects when better options exist
Mumbai Metropolitan Region is planning and building over 12 dams in the ecologically fragile, biodiversity rich Western Ghats region. This is a predominantly tribal belt. By very conservative estimates,
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Changing Small Island Developing States: a space perspective on environmental change in the Caribbean
Small Island Developing States are experiencing some of the earliest and most severe impacts of climate change. Through a series of case studies illustrated with compelling satellite imagery, a new publication