Environment

Over 3.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions curtailed in Delhi NCR: CAQM

Over 3.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions curtai...

August 11, 2025

Indian statutory body, Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), that has the mandate to monitor air pollution in and around Delhi and the National Capital Region has reported a reduction exceeding 3.5 million metric tonnes of CO₂ emissions due to biomass co-firing by therm...

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Cities in crisis: Climate change threatens future of urban India

Cities in crisis: Climate change threatens future ...

August 5, 2025

Whenever climate change or global warming is discussed, the spotlight often falls on vanishing glaciers, polluted air, and the thinning ozone layer. But lost in this conversation is a crucial piece of the puzzle, how cities, especially those in India, are being pushed to the brin...

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Human-animal conflict rises in India as forest land diversion hits decade high

Human-animal conflict rises in India as forest lan...

July 31, 2025

In 2024, India witnessed a decade-high diversion of forest land, with 29,000 hectares cleared for non-forestry purposes, triggering a rise in human-animal conflicts across the country. This alarming surge in deforestation was accompanied by a 36 pc increase in elephant attacks on...

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Green steel demand in India to rise to 179 million tonnes by FY50: EY Parthenon

Green steel demand in India to rise to 179 million...

July 30, 2025

As India sets an annual target to reach a steel production capacity of 500 million tonnes by 2047, a new report titled Unlocking green steel demand: An assessment of India’s automotive, infrastructure and construction sectors projects the country’s green steel demand to rise ...

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Carbon credits: Climate scam continues

Carbon credits: Climate scam continues

July 26, 2025

Even as global carbon emissions continue to scale new heights and as businesses try to find loopholes to avoid cutting their own carbon footprint, the carbon credit market has rapidly emerged as a key tool in creating the myth of achieving cuts in their emissions. What began as a...

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Path to perdition: Recycling plastic in road construction

Path to perdition: Recycling plastic in road const...

July 22, 2025

Earlier this year, scientists revealed startling evidence that concentrations of microplastics in human brains and livers sampled in 2024 are now considerably higher than those found in similar tissues eight years ago. The new findings, published in Nature Medicine, confirmed tha...

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EquiLead to host ‘Lead with Equity’ in Delhi on July 29

EquiLead to host ‘Lead with Equity’ in Delhi o...

July 22, 2025

Equilead, an initiative, supported by Climate Asia. and Arthan Foundation, committed to accelerating progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5) by engineering women-led development, is set to host its main event ‘Lead with Equity’ in Delhi on July 29. In a press s...

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BRICS by BRICS : Time to save the climate with bold moves

BRICS by BRICS : Time to save the climate with bo...

July 18, 2025

In the last fortnight, two meetings were held in two different parts of the world on dealing with climate change and though there was sub-group of participants that was common to both the meetings, the outcomes strikingly varying. The first meeting, a larger gathering, failed to ...

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Unchecked noise pollution in India leads to alarming rise in hearing loss

Unchecked noise pollution in India leads to alarmi...

July 17, 2025

As the city’s arteries begin to pulse with the day’s first traffic, a rising clamour radiates over the streets, echoing across residential colonies and school compounds alike. From the incessant honking of impatient commuters to the thunderous reverberations of construction m...

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Ecotrophelia Europe returns to Anuga 2025 in Cologne

Ecotrophelia Europe returns to Anuga 2025 in Colog...

July 16, 2025

To highlight sustainable concepts and global collaboration, Anuga, a leading food industry show, will stage the European final of Ecotrophelia Europe as part of its 2025 edition in Cologne, taking place from October 4 to 8. The final will be held on October 7 and 8 at the Congres...

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