Sony Pictures Networks India: Expedition to educate
In support of the cause of water conservation, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) flagged off a cycling expedition at the Gateway of India, Mumbai. This expedition is being undertaken by two mountaineers and cyclists, Mohit Tomar and Mitesh Singh, who will cover a
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
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
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
HCL Foundation: So as to fight climate change in NCR
A tri-party memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed by HCL Foundation, the district administration of Gautam Buddh Nagar, and Greater Noida Authority for implementing mass afforestation and rainwater harvesting to combat climate change. Nidhi Pundhir, director – HCL Foundation, Samakant Srivastava, GM,
Going Dutch is a good idea
A landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands requires the government to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25 per cent from 1990 levels by the end of 2020. It is the first time a nation has been required