Data & Reports – Page 24

Centralised treatment plants and involve a lot of construction activities. Most of our cities along Ganga as well as on other rivers are having areas which are difficult to lay sewer lines, install pumping stations and build other infrastructure. Our major reliance on treatment plants therefore

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 04/13/2018

Salim Group, Pepsico and Nestle connected to illegal rainforest clearance in Borneo

Major international banks and brands connected to company controlled by notorious Indonesian business tycoon, knowingly clear-cutting tropical rainforests A new report exposes one of the largest cases in recent years of ongoing, illegal clearance of tropical rainforests in Borneo. Currently, app

Aid , Data & Reports , Featured , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 04/11/2018

Australia stumbles further down the donor generosity rankings

Terence Wood Preliminary OECD data on donor generosity were released. The data cover 2017, and should be troubling to any Australian politician thinking of cutting aid in the coming budget. In the 2017 calendar year, Australian aid was just 0.23 per cent of Australia’s Gross National Income (GNI).

Cities , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Health , Sustainable Development , Transport / 04/08/2018

Kolkata India’s air pollution capital

Jayanta Basu Vehicular pollution, particularly from diesel cars and trucks, are primarily responsible for the worsening air quality in Kolkata, which is emerging as the pollution capital of India Will Kolkata soon wrest the country’s pollution capital crown from Delhi? Delhi may be vying with Be

Data & Reports , Health , Sustainable Development / 04/06/2018

‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Stalk U.S. Hospitals

Liz Szabo The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detected more than 220 cases last year of a rare breed of “nightmare bacteria” that are virtually untreatable and capable of spreading genes that make them impervious to most antibiotics, according to a report released. Although the CDC ha

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Resources , Sustainable Development / 04/01/2018

Draining peatlands leads to greenhouse laughing gas emissions, study shows

Julie Mollins Drained peatlands lead to the significant release of nitrous oxide — a greenhouse gas also known colloquially as laughing gas — leading to global warming, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. The authors of the study are urging increased conservation of fe

Data & Reports , Disasters , Featured , Food , Sustainable Development / 03/16/2018

Disasters causing billions in agricultural losses, with drought leading the way

Asia hardest hit region, says report on the burden borne by poor farmers due to natural disasters Natural disasters are costing farmers in the developing world billions of dollars each year, with drought emerging as the most destructive in a crowded field of threats that also includes floods, forest

Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Featured , Health , Science & Technology / 03/14/2018

Fracking: Scientific Evidence points towards public health crisis

Health professional groups raise alarm that build-out of drilling and fracking operations is creating a public health crisis. As incontrovertible evidence of harm from fracking mounts and more health professionals raise the alarm, the fracking debate is taking place within an altered landscape. To

Data & Reports , Environment , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 02/16/2018

Common products, like perfume, paint and printer ink, are polluting the atmosphere

Jenny Fisher and Kathryn Emmerson Researchers found that ignoring volatile organic compounds from chemical products had significant impacts on predictions of air quality. In outdoor environments, they found that these products could be responsible for as much as 60% of the particles that formed ch

Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development / 02/12/2018

China commits to Arctic protections but development threats loom

Chen Jiliang Can China’s new Arctic policy protect the region’s delicate ecology? Chen Jiliang takes a look China has long been involved in Arctic affairs and has become an important player in the region in recent years. But without a clearly articulated Arctic policy, China’s frontline di

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