Emissions 'far above' 2C target
Global plans to curb carbon dioxide are well below what's needed to keep temperatures from rising above 2 degrees according to a new analysis. It is the work of researchers from the Climate Action Tracker
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Maths helps prepare for new diseases
An invasive pathogen has affected thousands of hectares of olive plantations in Puglia, southern Italy Researchers have developed a way to help determine the level of surveillance required to detect the
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Children paralysed in Ukraine polio outbreak
Two children have been paralysed in the first polio outbreak in Europe for five years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Both cases were in Ukraine where only half the children are fully
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S.Africa may expand nuclear power to cut reliance on coal
South Africa's future energy mix could have an even higher share of nuclear power than the planned 9,600 megawatts (MW), as it aims to cut reliance on polluting coal-fired power stations, a government
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Germany proposes changes to nuclear liability law- draft law
The German government has proposed changes to a law to prevent German utilities from evading the payment of billions of euros needed to fund the country's nuclear exit, according to a copy of the draft
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Scientists discover mechanism for air pollution-induced liver disease
A research team led by Kezhong Zhang, Ph.D., at the Wayne State University School of Medicine's Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, has discovered that exposure to air pollution has a direct adverse
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How China Is Taking Major Steps to Control Shipping Air Pollution
In a series of announcements over the weekend and on Monday, the Chinese government took several important steps to control emissions from shipping activities, which until now have been virtually unregulated.
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Environment Ministry: Transportation was biggest source of urban pollution in 2014
Despite a steady decrease in emissions since 2002, transportation remained the most significant air pollution source in the urban centers throughout 2014, the Environmental Protection Ministry revealed
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International Efforts to Cut Carbon Pollution Won't Be Enough
Pledges from dozens of nations to rein in carbon emissions aren’t enough so far to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to four European research centers. Plans submitted by China, the U.S., the
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Increase in rate of Brazilian Amazon deforestation raises alarm
Figures released this week point to an apparent rise in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over the last year, an ominous development that one researcher attributed to an increase in cattle ranching
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Tropical forests in trouble in SE Asia, west Africa: analysts
BONN - New satellite data reveals a rapid loss of tropical forests in Cambodia, parts of west Africa and Madagascar, and the Gran Chaco region of South America, analysts said Wednesday. Sparse tree
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Gambia: Stakeholders Call for Behavioural Change in Ending Open Defecation By 2017
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Minster of Environment and UNICEF country representative have called for behavioural change in the attainment and sustainability in ending open defecation in
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End open defecation, Luapula Minister urges chiefdoms
LUAPULA Province Minister Brigadier General Benson Kapaya has called on chiefdoms to work towards ending open defecation to improve public health and curb water-borne diseases. Gen Kapaya said poor access
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Nigeria: 190,000 Nigerian Children Die of Diarrhoea Yearly
Dr Jude Oko, a member of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abuja chapter, has said that no fewer than 190,000 children die of diarrhoea in Nigeria every year. Oko, in an interview with the News
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Nigeria: No Cholera Outbreak in Bauchi- Official
The Director, Bauchi State Disease Control, Dr Ahmed Fanti, has said that there is no case of cholera in the state. Fanti told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday that the speculation
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Somalia: Over 343,000 Children to Face Acute Malnutrition- UN
The number of acutely and severely malnourished children in Somalia is likely to increase to 343,400 and 63,400 respectively through the end of the year, a UN-backed food security assessment says. Widespread
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Centre to focus on rural poverty
The Centre has decided to keep its focus on addressing multi-dimensional poverty in rural areas. The Centre would stick with convergent planning for rural development. The rural development ministry
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Making cities smart will take time, effort: Study
Policy think tank formed by PM Modi has suggested ways to execute the project better Bengaluru, Kolkata miss Smart City list Within days of the government announcing 98 shortlisted names for smart
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GMC takes firm stand on Guntur’s monkey menace
GUNTUR: Monkey menace is on the rise in the city which has led to public inconvenience in several areas. It must be recalled that recently the Government General Hospital (GGH) was in news for the rat
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Railway litterbugs plead leniency before NGT
Tribunal directs them to pay Rs.1,000 instead of Rs.5,000 to the Railways The litterbugs who were slapped with a challan of Rs.5,000 for dirtying railway premises appeared before the National Green