Climate India 2022: an assessment of extreme weather events
<p>India recorded extreme weather events on 242 of the 273 days from January 1 through September 30, 2022, according to this new report by the Centre for Science and Environment.</p>
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Decade of defiance: ten years of reporting land and environmental activism worldwide
<p>More than 1,700 murders of environmental activists were recorded over the past decade, an average of a killing nearly every two days, according to this new report by the Global Witness.</p>
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Status of the country commitments till 2030 on the road to COP 26
In 2020, the fifth year since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the 191 countries that ratified the Agreement were required to submit their second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). This factsheet
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2020 ESCAP Population Data Sheet
<p>The Population Data Sheet, published annually by ESCAP, features a range of key indicators on population dynamics- including population size and growth rates, fertility rate, life expectancy and age
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Environmental Norms for Coal-Fired Power Stations
This factsheet offers a status update on the state of compliance with the December 2015 norms, with respect to particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, and oxides of nitrogen. Compliance with water and mercury
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National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-21: key indicators- India and 14 States/UTs (Phase- II)
Indicating a demographic shift, the number of women surpassed men for the first time in India with the sex ratio being 1,020:1,000, according to findings of the National Family and Health Survey-5. The
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COVID-19: Are Children Able To Continue Learning During School Closures?
<p>In response to the unprecedented educational challenges created by school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 90 per cent of countries have implemented some form of remote learning policy.
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Carbon budget
<p>How the US-China deal has appropriated the carbon budget and left nothing for sustainable development of the rest of the world.</p> <p><strong>Note</strong>: CSE Factsheet</p>
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Women, Gender Equality and Climate Change
This UN factsheet focuses on how women are affected by climate and how they respond.
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Food assistance fact sheet-Namibia updated January 30, 2020
<p>Namibia experienced significant rainfall deficits during the 2019 agricultural season, leading to below-average harvests in cereal-producing areas, particularlynorthern Namibia’s Omusati, Oshana,
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Protected Planet Report 2020: Tracking progress towards global targets for protected and conserved areas
<p>The UNEP report is the final “report card” on the goal of protecting at least 17 per cent of land and inland waters, and 10 per cent of the marine environment, by 2020. Progress currently stands at 16.6 per cent on the first target, while the marine target stands at 7.74 per cent. One-third of key biodiversity areas– whether on land, inland waters or the ocean –are not protected at all.</p>
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Emissions Trading Worldwide: Status Report 2020
<p>While global attention is focused on efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic, climate change will remain a defining long-term challenge that requires policies to create sustainable economies. ICAP’s
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Preparing India for extreme climate events: mapping hotspots and response mechanisms
<p>75% of India’s districts are hot spots of extreme climate events finds Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) in this new report. With an unusual spike in extreme events since 2005, these districts are bearing the effects of changing microclimate with loss of property, livelihoods and lives.</p>
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Clean and efficient bioenergy cookstoves
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) is pleased to announce the release of the factsheet ‘clean and efficient bioenergy cookstoves’- the tenth in the series of publications. Globally, more than 3 billion
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Factsheet on Basel Ban amendment and its implications for India
India was one of the first countries of the global south in the early 1990s to call for a ban on exports to developing countries. India notified the hazardous waste rules in 1989 before the Basel Convention
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Global biomass potential towards 2035
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) is pleased to announce the release of the factsheet ‘Global biomass potential towards 2035’ – the ninth in the series of publications. This comes at the opportune
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Energy efficiency of appliances
Even though the appliance penetration of India is lower than the global standard, its energy consumption is high and will increase. Indian appliance ownership is where China was two decades ago. Indian
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HFCs: Realising the potential for climate benefits from the Montreal Protocol
In 1987, the Montreal Protocol phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), an ozone-depleting substance (ODS) used as coolants in refrigeration and air conditioning. Unfortunately, the chemicals
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Analysis of salt, total fat, trans fat and carbohydrate in junk food
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/library/large/2019-12-13/0.42202300_1576241707_24-46cover-story_junkfood_final-9.jpg" style="width: 340px; height: 189px; margin: 14px; float: left;"
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Statement on Climate of India during 2019
<p>The year 2019 was the seventh warmest year on record since nation-wide records commenced in 1901 according to IMD's Statement on Climate of India during 2019.</p>