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 Delhi High Court, on Monday, appointed environmentalist Sunita Narain as amicus curiae to look into the matter of chopping of 800 trees to widen a road connecting Andheria More to Fortis hospital in Vasant Kunj. The court of Justice Rajiv Shakdher asked Narain to file a report by April …
Presentation by Sunita Narain Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
The world is clearly slipping on its targets to reign in heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Action on cutting carbon dioxide emissions is not easy as the world has to re-invent growth as it knows it today to reduce emissions, and it has to share that growth between nations. In …
The winners of the TOI Social Impact Awards make India a kinder, better place. A doctor couple who have revolutionized the delivery of healthcare to tribals in Naxal-hit Gadchiroli district, a civil hospital in Ahmedabad which defies stereotypes about state-run institutions, a government programme to take science to children who …
Padmabhooshan Shri. Anil Agarwal, the founder of Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi and Editor of Down to Earth, who died on January 2, 2002, was a visionary leader who fought till his death for protecting India's environment. Science India offers tribute to Anilji, a tireless crusader for the …
NEW DELHI: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today termed the land bill as a "win-win formula" for farmers. "... It will ensure a win-win formula for farmers...," he said on the sidelines of a book launch function at the Maharashtra Sadan here. Referring to the opposition faced by the government including …
Impact assessments are conducted with the objective of safeguarding human health and the environment. The Environmental Impact Assessment notification of 2006, subsequent amendments and associated guidelines provide the framework to document untoward effects of proposed industrial and developmental projects on the environment, and to manage them. It is also implicitly …
New Delhi, February 21, 2015: Indian coal-based thermal power plants are some of the most inefficient in the world -- says a two-year long research study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The study, done under CSE’s Green Rating Project (GRP), is the first of its kind rating of …
CSE’s Green Rating: What and Why?, a presentation at the book launch of Centre for Science and Environment's Green Rating Project on Indian coal based thermal power sector, at IHC, New Delhi, 21/02/2015.
Who are the top-three performers, a presentation at the book launch of Centre for Science and Environment's Green Rating Project on Indian coal based thermal power sector, at IHC, New Delhi, 21/02/2015.
Environmental rating of thermal power plants: key findings, a presentation at the book launch of Centre for Science and Environment's Green Rating Project on Indian coal based thermal power sector, at IHC, New Delhi, 21/02/2015.
The average score of the coal- and lignite-based thermal power sector is a low 23 per cent. Even the highest score is an average 51 per cent; in comparison, a global best plant would have received 80 per cent. Of the 47 power plants rated, four fall under the Three …
Concerned over rising pollution in the national capital, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said the ministry will ask the AAP government to prepare a master plan to deal with the problem which is affecting millions of people in Delhi. "It is a very serious issue. We are asking the …
Centre for Science and Environment is ranked 17th among global environment think tanks. With 192 think tanks, India has been ranked fifth on a list of countries with the highest number of such entities, according to a report by the University of Pennsylvania. Only the US (1,830), China (429), the …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been ranked 17th among a global listing of top environmental think tanks. CSE also features on the top of the chart among environmental think tanks in the developing world, after the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The rankings have been published in the …
CSE with global rank of 17th is the top-most environmental think tanks amongst developing countries after the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTTI) has become the gold standard of excellence for think tanks around the world and is widely cited by donors, journals, …
India's groundwater dependence and the crises of depletion and contamination of groundwater resources require the development of a robust groundwater dependence framework. Understanding the challenges of developing a groundwater governance framework for regions of extensive groundwater development versus relatively less-developed areas of groundwater development is important. The groundwater typology is …
A brisk walk in India’s capital New Delhi on Christmas Eve was rated ‘hazardous’ to health, while a similar stroll in the Chinese city of Shanghai was ranked ‘unhealthy.’ Two of Asia’s biggest cities with the same problem: Air pollution. This year, it could get worse. As the plunge in …
Centre for Science and Environment says the conference’s decisions will not result in a climate deal in 2015 Bad for India. Global warming will increase, India may see more extreme weather events which will affect its poor more Lima, December 14, 2014: ‘Lima Call to Climate Action’ is a major …
It has been four years since the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act was passed by Parliament for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests, and also for giving compensation to the victims of environmental damage. In three-and-a-half years of its existence, NGT has …
