An ambitious but necessary plan to save the planet
Costa Rica has become the first country to announce its aim to become carbon-neutral by 2050. In an official decree signed by President Carlos Alvarado, the country plans to fully decarbonise by 2050 and has extended its moratorium on oil exploration to 2050.
The climate-change proposals that deserve a place in Elections 2019
Elections 2019 is happening right now, in a flurry of rallies, speeches, promises, mudslinging matches, and competing manifestoes. Expectedly, the two most-talked-about manifestoes belong to the two biggest political parties of the country. While the Congress’ well-received (by the liberal establishment) manifesto tried
Recycling: How’s India doing?
It is a testament to the mainstreaming of climate change that people are now aware of the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle. While the first two Rs are yet to take off in terms of scale and popularity (although they are much more
Topping the air-pollution charts is India
India’s cities hold 15 of the top 20 spots in the ‘world’s most polluted cities’ list for 2018, as per a report released by Greenpeace and IQAir AirVisual, a software company that tracks air-quality data. Leading the way is Gurugram followed by Ghaziabad,
No more fish in the sea
Warming oceans are dramatically reducing fish populations, putting the ecosystem as well as income and food for millions of people at risk, as per a new study in the journal Science. The report – titled ‘Impacts of historical warming on marine fisheries production’
ICRISAT: From smart foods to fashionable staples
A global initiative to create a new industry to bring some smart foods back as major staples has been launched by leading agriculture organisations from Africa and Asia. The inaugural meeting and signing of agreements by agricultural associations took place on 13 January
Alliance to End Plastic Waste: Looking to eliminate plastic waste, but how?
The beginning of this year saw the launch of a new organisation to develop solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the oceans. The new global alliance, Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), will commit over $1 billion to help
Viacom18: Educating through entertainment
Starting from 2 February 2019, a new Hindi general entertainment fiction series called Navrangi Re! has been televised on the Rishtey channel. The drama series hopes to change behaviours on sanitation by building that message into its plot. The series is a partnership
Global warming and India’s parched rivers
Earlier this month, it was reported that increasing global temperatures will melt at least one-third of the Himalayan glaciers by the end of this century. This is forecasted to happen even if the world meets its climate change targets as per the Paris
APM Terminals: Hazardous no more
Earlier in January, the first-ever Environmental Clearance (EC) certificate to an inland container depot (ICD) was awarded by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change to APM Terminals Inland Services’ integrated ICD and supply-chain solutions facility at Chakan, Pune. This recently inaugurated