Environment
COP27 should be all about Climate Justice
October 31, 2022
Never in the history of UN’s Climate Change Conference African continent has been so well prepared. On the eve of the global meet, COP 27, to be held at Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, in Egypt, in about a week, the delegates from African countries are well set to mak...
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Weeks before COP27, UN Climate Change says current...
October 26, 2022
A new report from UN Climate Change has asked countries to set far more ambitious targets for themselves for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions as the current efforts are not enough to limit global warming. The report released today shows that while some countries are managin...
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Climate Action Network seeks climate justice for A...
October 17, 2022
One of the most divisive issues that is set to dominate the discussions when global leaders assemble in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm El Sheikh would be climate finance. For over a decade, the rich world, that has been responsible for an overwhelming proportion of tot...
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Cop-27 at Sharm El Sheikh is no guarantee for Afri...
October 14, 2022
At the ongoing United Nations General Assembly’s annual sittings in New York, there are several issues that have been on the centre-stage, ranging from of course the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the energy and food crisis which is partly linked to the conflict, ...
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Green energy supply must double in 8 years to curb...
October 12, 2022
A new multi-agency report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that unless the supply of electricity from clean energy sources is doubled between now and 2030, there is a risk that climate change, more extreme weather and water stress will undermine our energy sec...
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Making Caribbean free of PCBs & other hazardo...
October 3, 2022
Seven years ago, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) mounted a programme to make the Caribbean free of the world’s most notoriously harmful, cancer-causing chemicals. The USD 9 million programme was funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). On ...
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World Ozone Day 2022: Celebrating exemplary succes...
September 16, 2022
As we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the stellar success of the Montreal Protocol, as the agreement to save the ozone layer from depletion, is called, it is also timely to look at the recurring failures in finding a similar agreement that is not only workable but also exemplar...
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Funding developing countries to seal ozone hole
September 7, 2022
Ever wondered whatever happened to the Ozone Hole? Not many would be able to even figure out the question, let alone answer it correctly. But little wonder about it since over 60 pc of the world’s population today is born not just after the discovery of the Ozone Hole, but afte...
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Fergusson College, Pune to become carbon neutral
September 1, 2022
Nearly 200 students of Fergusson College dreamt of carbon-neutral campus with freedom from human induced Green House Gases, mainly carbon dioxide. Riding bicycles, once a symbol of Pune’s dynamic culture, and electric vehicles, the current symbol of innovative manufacturing h...
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European heatwaves linger on at fag end of summer
August 26, 2022
Last week of August is meant to be rather pleasant in Europe as the summer wanes but leaves enough of sun to keep the clouds and rain at bay. The normal temperatures are in mid-20°C and minimums around 15°C. But on August 25, Paris was still sweltering at 33°C and Koln in Germ...
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