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On thin ice: Time for climate change policyBy : Sustainability ..., May 7, 2019
Climate change has become a major global issue, but has the IT hub, Bengaluru, done enough to minimise its effects? With air pollution on the rise in the city and the government struggling to... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Change , Climate Change Policy , environmental management , India , Sustainable Development |
Humans driving 1 million animal and plant species to extinction: ReportBy : Sustainability ..., May 7, 2019
Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and its impact will see extinction of one million out of eight million total estimated number of animal and plant species on... Read more.. |
Even as Cyclone Fani Hit Campaigns, Climate Change Yet to Find Space in India’s Political DiscourseBy : Sustainability ..., May 6, 2019
As the British Parliament declared a climate and environment emergency this week after a spirited campaign, mainly by civil society groups and students across Europe and America, cyclone Fani... Read more.. Subject Tags: Carbon Emissions , Climate Change , climate change adaptation , droughts , floods , global warming , Paris Climate Agreement |
Nagaland's Chief Minister launches biodiversity management projectBy : Sustainability ..., May 3, 2019
Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio launched the Biodiversity and community conserved area management project in the presence of German delegation headed by the Chargé d’affaires Dr. Jasper Wieck in... Read more.. |
Environment Ministry constitutes committee to implement National Clean Air ProgrammeBy : Sustainability ..., May 1, 2019
The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a new committee to implement the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which aims to cut pollution in the 102 worst affected cities by 20-30 percent... Read more.. |
Rural revitalisation key to eco growth, says 2019 Global Food Policy Report; 821 mn malnourished worldwideBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 29, 2019
Despite strong economic growth in 2018, undernourishment rose for the third year in a row, with 821 million people in the world now facing chronic food deprivation, says 2019 Global Food Policy... Read more.. |
Indian economy 31% smaller than what it would have been without global warming - StudyBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 26, 2019
India’s economy is now 31% smaller than it would have been in the absence of global warming, a new study assessing the impact of climate change on economic growth has found. ... Read more.. |
Agriculture is taking the hardest hit of climate change in ChhattisgarhBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 24, 2019
Climate change is slowly beginning to affect the most important cog in the economic wheel of India – agriculture. Rain-fed agriculture systems are taking a hard hit with monsoons becoming... Read more.. Subject Tags: Agriculture , Climate Change , Drought , efficiency , GDP , state action plan on climate change |
Reduce the dependence on fossil fuel, urge expertsBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 24, 2019
According to a new assessment released by The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), named ‘Global Warming of 1.5°C’, 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming will increase above pre-... Read more.. Subject Tags: Climate Change , fossil fuels , global warming , Power Generation , Sustainable Development |
India launches $5bn renewables infrastructure drive to tackle pollution issuesBy : Sustainability ..., Apr 17, 2019
India is lifting a target for renewables to 227 Gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2022 because the country is well on its way to exceeding the previously set target, vice president... Read more.. |