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 …
KOLKATA: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the landmark judgment from the Chief Justice bench of the Supreme Court of India banning registration of luxury diesel cars and SUVs with engine size of 2,000 cc in the entire national capital region of Delhi till March, next year. …
Air pollution is responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 deaths annually in Delhi as it is the fifth leading cause of death in India, a report by India's Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said. Press Trust of India (PTI) reported that the publication 'Body Burden 2015: State of India's Health' …
The Supreme Court of India ordered several transportation restrictions in the nation’s capital on Wednesday to help curb pollution, issuing a temporary ban on the registration of some diesel cars and setting a time frame for all taxis in the region to switch to compressed natural gas. The court halted …
A number of public health catastrophes - arising largely out of environmental reasons — are staring the people of India in the face. While the debate over polluted air and how to control it rages on in the national capital, people have also had to contend with a host of …
India has seen an increase in vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria due to climate change Sample this: Air pollution is the fifth leading cause of death in India, 37.7 million Indians are affected by water-borne diseases annually and approximately 1.5 million children die due to diarrhoea alone. Worse because …
Air pollution is responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 deaths annually in Delhi as it is the fifth leading cause of death in India, a report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today said. The publication 'Body Burden 2015: State of India's Health' released today also said that climate change …
AMRITSAR: Quoting a report, 'Body Burden 2015: State of India's Health', in the latest publication of NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which was released here on Tuesday, its director general Sunita Narain said World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 13.1 million people in India would annually die of …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday disappointed the Arvind Kejriwal government which sought the apex court's stamp of approval on its odd-even car use formula for Delhi but said if it went ahead with its implementation, even judges and the CJI would abide by it and resort to car pooling. Appearing …
A number of public health catastrophes – arising largely out of environmental reasons -- are staring the people of India in the face. While the debate over polluted air and how to control it rages on in the national capital, people have also had to contend with a host of …
PARIS: Civil society groups and green think-tanks from South Asia did not appear too enthused with the Paris agreement which, they said, was not ambitious enough to save the world from disastrous consequences of climate change. After going through the fine print of the global climate agreement, New Delhi-based think-tank …
PARIS/NEW DELHI: World leaders on Sunday welcomed the climate deal to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing it as a victory of "climate justice" while the pact evoked mixed reactions from environmentalists. "This agreement represents the best chance we've had to …
The much-awaited Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted by all members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Saturday. The Agreement will now be open for ratification by each member nation from April 2016 onwards Paris agreement has come after an intense two weeks of …
The much-awaited Paris Agreement on climate change was adopted by all members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Saturday. The Agreement will now be open for ratification by each member nation from April 2016 onwards
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Centre and the Delhi Government for failing to devise any short-term or long-term solutions to rid Delhi of its “most polluted city in the world” tag. “It is a very serious issue that Delhi is getting a bad name internationally as one …
The Supreme Court on Thursday threw its weight behind efforts to clean up Delhi's air, agreeing to explore various options including banning diesel cars from the Capital's roads and stopping trucks from passing through the city to tackle the growing menace of pollution. A bench of Chief Justice T S …
NEW DELHI: Several studies have shown that motorcycles could be worst polluting vehicles after diesel trucks entering Delhi from other states, even more harmful to the environment than cars and heavy duty vehicles. But there is no strategy yet to control their emissions, and experts said it would be naive …
The AAP government is considering a proposal to exempt women drivers from the odd-even formula to control pollution in the city. But women seem to be divided over it. Some are in its favour citing safety concerns, while others say full participation is needed for the plan to succeed. It …
India today strongly asserted that the goal of capping global warming to within 1.5 degree Celsius from pre-industrial times will require developed countries to "massively" reduce their emissions and "scale up" the financial support to developing countries. "On long term temperature goal, we are deeply sensitive to the demands for …
Raising global climate ambition to confine future temperature rise to 1.5°C over the 2°C aimed for so far is a laudable goal, but needs a sharp reallocation of the available carbon budget and massive funds and technology transfers with particular reference to India, a group of researchers said. Climate negotiators …
The draft outcome was barely sufficient to justify the time and effort expended at Paris. In comments on the Draft Paris Outcome for a climate agreement released on Wednesday afternoon at the Conference of the Parties, Dr. T. Jayaraman, Professor, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, said, …
