The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
2016 was particularly bad for the national capital in terms of air quality with the volume of ultrafine particulates PM 2.5 and PM 10 violating the annual safe standards by over five times in certain areas. As per pollution data, shared by Union Environment Minister Anil Dave in reply to …
The Environment Ministry got an increase of nearly 19 per cent in its budgetary allocation for the next fiscal even as environmental bodies said that Union Budget has failed to acknowledge the problem of pollution. The Union Budget proposed an allocation of Rs 2,675.42 crore for the Environment Ministry for …
The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday was an opportunity missed when it came to promoting green energy and taxing polluting technologies, environmentalists said. While the Budget 2017-18 did include provisions for setting up of 20,000 megawatt of solar power generation capacity and lowering import duty …
As Delhi continues to battle 'very poor' air quality, the Supreme Court-empowered EPCA today asked the Delhi government to ensure that the Badarpur thermal power plant, a major source of air pollution in the city, continues to remain shut. Last November, the government had issued directions under section 31 A …
The healthcare sector is known to be a wellness centre and must unwittingly act as a source of further risk exposure to the healthcare staffs, patients and their families as well as the neighbourhood. Biomedical waste, the waste generated from the healthcare sector, is the biggest concern for all healthcare …
The objective of the Global Stocktake laid out in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement is ‘ to take stock of the implementation of the Paris Agreement to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of this Agreement and its long-term goals.’ The ‘purpose and long-term goals’ as mentioned …
Experts say claims by manufacturers hollow. Visakhapatnam: Gulping down the so-called healthy masala oats first thing in the morning and washing it down with a malt-based health drink could be a perfect recipe to add more empty calories and fat to your daily intake. Confused? Despite their luring commercials and …
Water bodies hold the key to minimise the poisonous impact of air pollutants in the national Capital. “Undeviating key to combat venomous pollutant value in Capital air is the “revival” of water bodies,” say the Ecological scientists are working on the pilot project (Yamuna biodiversity parks). According to the National …
50 million rural homes without power despite idle generation Screams alerted Dadasaheb Vidhate to the fire trapping three of his children in the family’s thatched-roof hut in rural India. “Neighbours rushed to help douse the fire, but we couldn’t save anyone,” Vidhate, 45, said of the blaze four years ago, …
CHENNAI: It took 8,500 men working two shifts every day for six months - and three shifts for two months - to finish, ahead of schedule, the Adani Group's giant solar power plant in southern India. The vast, 10 sq km project in Ramanathapuram, in the southern state of Tamil …
Environmentalist and member of the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, Sunita Narain, insists that odd-even is not a way of life. The scheme is a stringent measure which may be taken under emergency situation to check air pollution but the EPCA should work not to allow such …
Concerned over the deteriorating air quality in Delhi and the National Capital Region, the Environment Ministry has amended laws and formally tasked a Supreme Court-appointed panel with implementing a graded action plan for pollution control. The comprehensive plan, prepared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), focussing on Delhi was …
This includes the imposition of the odd-even policy if PM 2.5 crosses 300 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) or PM 10 crosses the 500 mark. MORE THAN a month after it was cleared by the Supreme Court, the Environment Ministry has notified the action plan to implement a ‘graded response’ …
The central business district is all set to become the city’s first vehicle-free zone from next month Connaught Place is going to become the Capital’s first vehicle-free zone from next month, and experts feel it is a step in the right direction in order to make the city more liveable …
Experts say the issue must be tackled in a comprehensive and concerted manner with tailor-made solutions for every source of pollution Winter has set in and pollution levels are once again soaring in Delhi. Even after a slew of measures were announced by the government, little seems to have improved. …
If you thought Anand Vihar was the most polluted spot in the city and curbing emission levels there could bring down the capital's sky rocketing pollution average, take a look at ITO. The ITO station, which was out of order for nearly three years, started operating again from July 2016. …
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials, the city is expected to receive light rainfall on January 6 and 7. With the likelihood of rainfall and a dip in temperature over the weekend, the Capital may finally experience winter chill this season. The development will certainly bring cheer to …
This report is an outcome of another report. In 2015, the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC;) issued guidelines for the participation of the private sector in afforestation of degraded forests. The guidelines argued that poor productivity of forests has led to a shortage of raw materials to …
That diesel emissions are harmful and toxic is an old story. But even after 20 year of global action to clean diesel up, it is still throwing up new and more difficult challenges; and that is an unfolding story. US, Europe and Japan have made emissions targets stringent, but diesel …
The Strategic and Operational Guidance presented in this document is based on expert inputs and deliberations held at the International Workshop on National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance for Developing Countries. The workshop, focusing on animal and environmental aspects, was organized by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on …
