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 …
The rains, that have broken a 100-year-old record with one day's rainfall covering a month's average, also flooded areas in Vadapalani, Valasaravakkam and Nandamvakkam. With torrential rains in Chennai disrupting normal life, Indian environment experts attending the Paris climate change summit today said the downpour in the city was an …
July and August had the least pollution thanks to the monsoon clearing up the dangerous fine particulate matter Delhiites will likely have to wait for another six months before they can take a breath of clean air, as it turns out that the city got only two months – July …
This paper examines that transportation generates maximum pollution in Howrah district mainly in urban area. Development & urbanization has led this city population increased very rapidly in the recent past. Howrah has a well connectivity of multimode road network which is very benefiting the population but use of conventional fossil …
GURGAON: Amid rising levels of pollution in Delhi/NCR, the world-renowned salt room therapy has come to the city for the first time. The therapy is known for providing relief to people suffering from asthma and other allergic respiratory disease. As per the available data, shared by the Centre for Science …
Air pollution in Delhi continued to choke its residents on Monday with the air quality index (AQI) touching the dangerous 408 mark. The drop prompted environment experts to urge the government to issue health advisories. The AQI of Delhi was second only to Lucknow, whose figure stood at 421, making …
The impact of collective nationally determined contributions submitted by countries in the run up to Paris Climate Change meet will be insufficient to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, an environment advocacy group said here today. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has come out with …
World leaders meet today in Paris, not to discuss terrorism, but to discuss another of our generation's biggest threat, climate change. It is clear that already, when temperatures have risen by less than 1°C, over pre-industrial era, the world is seeing weird and devastating weather events. In India, farmers are …
PM Modi is touted to seek a grand alliance among 122 nations to pursue solar energy tomorrow Seeking a grand alliance among 122 nations to pursue solar energy, India is set to make a significant impact at the 12-day climate change conference in Paris, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself …
The Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) real-time air quality monitoring revealed that exposure to the average PM2.5 (fine, respirable pollution particles) between 8.30am and 11am was as high as 1,210 micrograms per cubic metre. "During this time, the real-time exposure of runners was more than four times higher than …
NEW DELHI: With India Gate barely visible from a distance of even 200m, hundreds of kids braved the chill on Saturday morning and took to Rajpath to sensitise the capital about the increasing air pollution. And as they marched towards India Gate, they appealed to people for action. These students …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the move of the Union Ministry of Transport to bring forward implementation of Bharat Stage V and Bharat Stage VI emissions standards to 2019 and 2021 respectively. But it also warned of the dangers of delaying immediate nation-wide extension of Bharat …
The woes of the residents of the Capital persist as the air quality of the city continued to deteriorate oscillating between the categories of poor and very poor. According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) there will be a high development of fog, which on coming in contact with pollutants will …
Rabi season sees crop damage on 18 m hectares due to unseasonal rain, hail Farmers in India are facing the impact of extreme weather conditions with 2015 being the third consecutive year in which standing crops across 15 States were damaged on 18.23 million hectares during the rabi (winter) harvesting …
Farmers have lost more than 10 million tonnes of rabi crops, valued at above Rs 20,000 crore, due to unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm in February-April this year, CSE said in a report. India may have to import 10 lakh tonnes of wheat in 2015-16 as about 68.2 lakh tonnes were …
Farmers have lost more than 10 million tonnes of rabi crops, valued at above Rs 20,000 crore, due to unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm in February-April this year, CSE said in a report. India may have to import 10 lakh tonnes of wheat in 2015-16 as about 68.2 lakh tonnes were …
It advocates a good crop insurance product, one which is flexible, has fast payouts and follows a transparent and modern process of damage assessment A study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) here has advocated a more meaningful system to assess relief for farmers to cover both crop …
With back to back drought years putting farmers under tremendous stress, the Centre believes it's effort to bolster irrigation infrastructure and disburse relief to farmers after extreme weather events are falling short thanks to some states dragging their feet. Union agriculture ministry in its periodic review of these schemes found …
On the final day of the National Consultation on Crop Loss Estimation, Relief and Compensation,Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) called for global action to develop safety nets to shield farmers from the consequences of extreme weather events. “The negotiators at the climate talks, starting shortly in Paris,need to be …
Indian farmers are reeling under extreme weather events and need protective measures to ensure that India’s largest occupational sector – agriculture – does not decline further. “We are seeing an increased severity and frequency of extreme weather events. Farmers in India are facing the double blow of agrarian distress and …
NEW DELHI: If you live in Delhi, pray for rains. Air pollution levels in the national capital, already the world's most polluted city in terms of air quality, has deteriorated and will worsen as smoggy days are around the corner, say scientists who also call for strict emission norms and …
