Environment
This year, celebrate Diwali with joy and responsib...
October 28, 2024
Diwali, by far the biggest festival in India, is just around the corner, bringing with it an air of anticipation and excitement, as frenzied shopping for gifts, sweets and firecrackers gets underway. However, this vibrant celebration also raises significant concerns regarding e...
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Odisha braces as intensified Cyclone Dana set to m...
October 24, 2024
Odisha, with its long history of devastating cyclones, is once again preparing for Cyclone Dana, which has intensified into a severe cyclone as it prepares to make landfall in Odisha late on Thursday evening. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has increased the threat lev...
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Days before Diwali, AQI in Delhi already ‘very p...
October 24, 2024
Delhi, the world’s most polluted capital city, woke up to a thick blanket of smog on Wednesday as the Air Quality Index (AQI) soared to 354, placing it in the “very poor” category. Despite the implementation of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage 2 restrictions...
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Nature Conservation Index (NCI) launched for biodi...
October 16, 2024
In response to rapid development and the growing emphasis on conserving biodiversity, BioDB.com, a non-profit focused on biodiversity data, in collaboration with the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel ha...
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Involve the future in ‘UN Summit of the Futureâ€...
September 23, 2024
‘A once-in-a-generation opportunity’ is how the United Nations describes the ‘Summit of the Future’ that began on Sunday at the UN Head Quarters in New York. The Summit is described as ‘a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international c...
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Global activists demand USD 5 trillion for climate...
September 20, 2024
Activists worldwide organised a series of climate actions, urging Global North governments to pay USD 5 trillion annually as a down payment for their climate debt to the disproportionately affected Global South. Several protests were organised the world over by climate activists ...
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Carbon storage set to outpace utilisation: IDTechE...
September 13, 2024
With global carbon dioxide storage capacity estimated to surpass 15 trillion tonnes, its potential far exceeds that of utilisation. This immense capacity underscores the crucial role of CO2 storage in shaping future carbon management strategies and addressing climate change effec...
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Climate activists to stage global protests against...
September 13, 2024
Across more than 50 countries, climate activists are mobilising through  more than 150 events on Friday, calling on governments to urgently implement a fast, fair and funded phase-out of fossil fuels. Their goal is to prevent further climate catastrophe and accelerate the transi...
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Half of countries face severe degradation, say UN ...
August 28, 2024
UN-Water and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), a leading global voice on the environment, report that freshwater systems in half of the world’s countries are experiencing significant degradation. This pressing issue highlights the urgent need for action to address the declin...
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From oasis to obscurity: Disappearing lakes of Ben...
August 19, 2024
Though its origins date back to the 16th century, Bengaluru’s importance as a city began from the mid-19th century as an administrative and military centre of the British colonial administration. After the independence, large-scale investments by the government in setting up hi...
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