IDFC First Bank: Zero-waste dreams but is there a roadmap?
A cleanup drive was undertaken at Worli Koliwada in Mumbai by G5A cityLAB, MCGM, and IDFC FIRST Bank to make the area a ‘sustainable cultural precinct’ and ‘zero-waste neighbourhood’. The campaign marks the launch of Project Swachh Worli Koliwada Mission: Zero Waste Neighborhood.
Climate rights are human rights
On 20 January 2020, a panel of the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled that refugees fleeing from climate crisis cannot be forced to return home by their adoptive countries. This is a landmark decision and could open the doorway to multiple legal
Bajaj Allianz Life: Planking their way towards ‘health’ goals and Olympic medals
Bajaj Allianz Life has launched the second edition of their health initiative #PlankForIndia. The plank initiative aims to make #HealthGoals a part of everyone’s daily lives, as per a press release by the company. In the second edition, for every plank the company
Australia is burning: How global warming is linked to bushfires
While the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests were”rightfully”burning up the country, another fire engulfed a continent-country. Usually on the margins of international news, Australia’s bushfires have been raging since September 2019 and engulfed massive swathes of this gigantic land, concentrating on the eastern
Jumping on the climate bandwagon
On 14 January 2020, an open letter stating that climate change is a significant investment risk was released by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm. In his annual letter to the chief executives of the world’s biggest companies that BlackRock has invested
Cold shoulder or warm welcome: How Budget 2020 responds to global warming
The Union budget for 2020″21 marginally increased the budgetary allocation for the environment ministry from the last fiscal year by nearly five per cent, with no change in the amount allotted to pollution control and climate change. Presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Another blockbuster year for global warming
2019 was the second warmest year and the past decade the hottest on record, as per analysis by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The warmest year on record is 2016. 2019
Another day, another reality check on climate change
Towards the end of last year, another sobering report by the UN was released which found that despite the many warnings by scientists, climate activists and organisations, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are still rising. The Emissions Gap Report, produced by the United Nations
Fossil fuel fuels global warming and how they lie about it
In October last year, a damning report on the top 20 polluting firms in the world was released. As per an analysis by Richard Heede at the US-based Climate Accountability Institute, 20 fossil fuel companies are responsible for more than one-third of all
Tata Chemicals: From chemicals to processed waste
Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD) has begun operating a dry waste processing plant at Mithapur, Gujarat. This is an initiative launched under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign and is being implemented in partnership with Sampurnearth Environment Solutions Pvt. Ltd, a social