Most wetlands and surface water bodies have not been designated “vital ecosystems” by the authorities, although their existence and proper maintenance are vital for the basins.
Absence of legally binding agreement on funding has created immense uncertainty for the vulnerable developing countries to secure the required finance especially for adaptation. […]
Shoppers, the article mentions, could save by delaying their purchases. The consumer watchdog Which? tracked 100 popular products over a year. They found that nine out of ten...
Anjali Dhamale of Chinchpada village is a worried woman. Her household of 11 people that makes a living by growing rice and rearing fish […]
Six Greenpeace activists have been arrested by the captain of a giant tanker, while peacefully boarding the 185-metre long cargo loaded with palm oil […]
A dramatic upsurge in demand for renewable energy from ambitious multinational companies is now shifting markets away from fossil fuels in more than 140 […]
The ultimate result is, the tax-payer’s money which otherwise should have been used for welfare schemes, is being thrown in the drain in the garb of clean energy...
Environmental and social activist, Agnes Kharshiing fighting to safeguard environment and was probing illegal coal mining in the state of Meghalaya was brutally assaulted […]
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment The Himalayan wetlands are under threat due to unregulated urbanisation and unsustainable tourism. Urgent attention […]
Feng Hao After the IPCC’s urgent warning on climate change, will China speed up development of controversial carbon capture technologies? The UN Intergovernmental Panel […]
The National Waterways project should consider all ecological impacts and in an integrated manner along with all surface transport activities it has to engage […]
Ylva Rylander/SEI Nine to 33 million visits to the emergency room for asthma worldwide may be triggered by breathing in air polluted by ozone […]