Decentralised sludge management systems are vital to achieve clean water goals Bad sanitation is India’s worst-kept secret, but recent data from Uttar Pradesh show that in spite of working in mission mode to expand sanitation, 87% of faecal sludge expelled from toilets in urban areas is untreated. Viewed against the 2030 goal to achieve clean […]
Read MoreA road map to transit quickly to a near-zero carbon economy India stands to suffer most from climate change. A road map to transit quickly to a near-zero carbon economy Even at the time of its signing in 2015, it was clear that the Paris Agreement on climate change would not be enough to avoid […]
Read MoreWhat is the Third Pole and its importance? The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region spans an area of more than 4.3 million square kilometres in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan. The region stores more snow and ice than anywhere else in the world outside the polar regions, giving its name: ’The Third Pole‘. […]
Read MoreThere are no technical fixes to deal with ecological changes The IPCC Report acknowledges that “the pathways to avoiding an even hotter world would require a swift and complete transformation not just of the global economy but of society too.” The Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the implications of […]
Read MoreThe world must do much more to save coral reefs Despite occupying only 0.1% of the ocean’s area, coral reefs support about one-fourth of marine species in the world. About 500 million people in the world are dependent on them for food and fisheries On October 8, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an […]
Read MoreCentre unveils pollution forecast system for Capital To work like a weather model that will assimilate data from satellites on pollutants The Central government on Monday announced a pollution forecast system that can alert, three days in advance, about the likelihood of extreme pollution events and dust storms. Though unveiled by Union Environment Minister Harsh […]
Read MoreFrom food security to nutrition security From food security to nutrition security hunger index improvement,Biotechnology can be a game-changer in the battle against malnutrition in much the same way that the Green Revolution was in ensuring self sufficiency. October 16 is observed as the World Food Day to mark the creation of the United Nation’s Food and […]
Read MoreUN-backed award for ‘fully organic’ Sikkim Sikkim has been awarded UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Future Policy Gold Award (Gold Prize) for its achievement in becoming the world’s first totally organic agriculture state Sikkim, the country’s first fully organic State, won the top prize in a UN-backed award on Friday, with organisers saying its […]
Read MoreAll you need to know about lion deaths at Gir How serious are the lion deaths in Gujarat? A canine distemper virus (CDV) has led to many deaths in the Gir sanctuary. In September alone, 21 lions died. Every year, it is normal for 80-90 lions to die in Gujarat, according to wildlife experts. There […]
Read MoreEastern Ghats face loss of forest cover, endemic plants Eastern Ghats face loss of forest cover, Forest cover shrunk from 43.4% to 27.5% in 95 years.The Eastern Ghats spread across Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, has lost almost 16% of its forest area over a span of 100 years, a recently published study […]
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