WWF sets up camera traps to study elephants
COIMBATORE: The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) along with the Coimbatore forest department has installed 48 camera traps in Kallar and Walayar regions to study the movement pattern of elephants. The traps
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‘Radical shift in water conservation will prevent Cauvery-like disputes’
Experts call for appropriate pricing of water in cities to prevent wastage A resolution to the Cauvery water-sharing row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu must involve a radical change to attitudes towards
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Transnational climate change impacts: an entry point to enhanced global cooperation on adaptation?
This policy brief explains how SEI developed indicators of transnational climate change impacts, presents highlights of the results, and discusses some of the implications for national adaptation planning
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Inequalities in full immunization coverage: trends in low- and middle-income countries
<p>The objective of the study was to investigate disparities in full immunization coverage across and within 86 low- and middle-income countries.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/94/11/15-162172.pdf?ua=1"
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Measuring Haitian children's exposure to chikungunya, dengue and malaria
<p>The objective of the study was to differentiate exposure to the newly introduced chikungunya virus from exposure to endemic dengue virus and other pathogens in Haiti.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/94/11/16-173252.pdf?ua=1"
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Estimating economic losses to tourism in Africa from the illegal killing of elephants
<p>Recent surveys suggest tens of thousands of elephants are being poached annually across Africa, putting the two species at risk across much of their range. Although the financial motivations for ivory
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The Low Carbon Economy Index 2016
The latest Low Carbon Economy Index report from PwC has revealed that China led the way in decreasing its carbon intensity during 2015, in a year which saw global carbon intensity drop by 2.8%, double
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Policy innovations for transformative change: implementing the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals are a global commitment to “transforming our world” and eradicating poverty in all its forms everywhere. The challenge
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The State of Biodiversity in Africa: a mid-term review of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
The second edition of the ‘State of Biodiversity in Africa’ provides a mid-term review of progress on implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
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Toward a global baseline of carbon storage in collective lands: an updated analysis of indigenous peoples' and local communities' contributions to climate change mitigation
A new report quantifies the carbon stored aboveground in tropical forests that are legally owned or traditionally held by Indigenous Peoples and local communities in 37 countries across tropical America,
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Greenhouse gas emissions inventory capacity: an assessment of Asian developing countries
In the context of the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement (PA), this paper presents the status and changes in the capacity of 37 developing countries in Asia to develop national GHG inventories
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Energy, climate change and environment: 2016 insights
The historic Paris Agreement on climate change sets the course for a fundamental transformation of the global economy over the next decades. The Agreement’s overarching goal of limiting global average
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Energy storage in India: applications in the renewable energy segment
Electricity generated from any source, whether traditional or renewable, needs to be consumed instantly. This limitation of electricity has led to the development of energy storage technologies. Energy
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding fresh construction and expansion of ghats on the bank of the river Hindon, Uttar Pradesh, 01/11/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2016 regarding fresh construction and expansion of ghats on the bank of the river Hindon.</p>
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Climate change and agricultural policy options: a global-to-local approach
Climate change is a significant and growing threat to food security—already affecting vulnerable populations in many developing countries, and expected to affect ever more people in more places, unless
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Guideline manual for Continous (Real time) Emission Monitoring (CEM) in industries
This guideline document is prepared to assist both industries and regulators in successful implementation of CEMS through self-regulation. This document provides information on CEMS equipment and the pollutants
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Rubella persistence in epidermal keratinocytes and granuloma M2 macrophages in patients with primary immunodeficiencies
<p>Cutaneous granulomas are a well-recognized pathologic feature in patients with various primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) and may be self-limited or can progress to a persisting granulomatous
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Notification on lead content in Hosuehold and Decorative paints Rules, 2016
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC), in its recent notification, has prohibited manufacture, trade, import as well as export of household and decorative paints containing lead or
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Global climate risk index 2017
The Global Climate Risk Index 2017 analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent data available –
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Financing India’s clean energy transition
India’s energy system faces the triple challenge of meeting growing demand, cutting pollution and offering more than 300m people not connected to the power grid access to modern energy. The government