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PM addresses G7 Summit’s session on Climate, Biodiversity and Oceans

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 27, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the session on ‘Biodiversity, Oceans, Climate.’ He highlighted India’s large scale efforts towards eliminating single use plastic, conserving water,...

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Climate change will cripple economies regardless of countries' wealth: Report

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 23, 2019

Climate change will damage the economies of countries whether they are rich or poor, hot or cold by the year 2100, economists said in a new report, dispelling the notion that impoverished, warm...

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The world’s leading airport user of solar panels is removing them for fear of flooding

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 20, 2019

India’s Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) has started dismantling and removing a significant number of solar panels at the airport site, due to concerns from local residents regarding the...

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Air pollution due to crop burning set to fall this year

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 14, 2019

Air pollution due to crop burning in north India is set to fall sharply this year because of extensive use of technology to chop off farm stubble and mix it with the soil to make it more...

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Indian activists oppose oil refinery project citing environmental concerns, as protests flare up

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2019

In March 2019, following large protests from farmers and environmental activists, the Indian government moved a planned $44 billion ‘green’ oil refinery project out of the ecologically sensitive...

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India must step up efforts to tackle climate change

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2019

The climate crisis is damaging the ability of the land to sustain humanity, according to a landmark United Nations (UN) report that was released on August 8 in Geneva. Explaining the process,...

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Car emission to be worst polluter in Mumbai by 2030

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 12, 2019

Increasing use of private vehicles over public transport is one of the key reasons that will see transport emission replace industrial fumes as the worst source of air pollution in the city by...

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India’s coal capacity-needs threatens climate change goals

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 7, 2019

India expects that its coal energy generation will grow by 22% by the end of 2022, putting climate change goals – just recently reported as being on-track – in severe jeopardy. That’s the word...

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IATA Focus on CORSIA as Air India Takes Pole Position

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 5, 2019

Air India is taking the lead on aviation sustainability along with IATA in India to help create an understanding of requirements for Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) for airlines in...

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Subject Tags: Climate Change

Climate change real; govt, businesses, individuals must fight it together:Environment secretary

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 5, 2019

Climate change is real and it is the collective responsibility of government, industries and people to fight it, environment secretary C K Mishra said on Thursday. "Climate change is real. If...

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Subject Tags: Climate Change