Biodiversity
Watch: Destruction of the Environment as a Consequence of Overpopulation
As of December 31, 2018, at midnight CET the population on our planet was exactly 8,953,851,418 or almost 9 billion!
Category: Water
Environment
Mahanadi river in India is Coal Rich but Water Stressed
Roundtable discussion organized during release of a study report urges riparian governments to work on a cooperation mode to save Mahanadi and ensure rights […]
Sustainable Business
Fishing village hit by chemical leak in China
Early in the morning of November 4, workers at Donggang Petrochemicals were hosing C9 aromatic solvent onto a tanker at Quanzhou’s port. The hose broke and 69 tonnes...
Sustainable Business
The tiny group controlling England’s water industry
At the top of the list of water profiteers is the CK Hutchinson group. This conglomerate is run by the family of Li Ka Shing, who at the...
Disasters
Disaster Flood in the Tigris – Made by a Dam
It is assumed that due to poor maintenance and lack of training of the dam personal the gate of the dam spillway has burst.
Aid
Weak workplan wounds Paris Agreement
Joydeep Gupta, Soumya Sarkar, Chris Davy, Fermin Koop, Yao Zhe, Tom Baxter The Paris Agreement, itself a compromise that is not enough to combat […]
Cities
Indian Cities need multi-pronged efforts to conserve groundwater
For more than two billion people across the world aquifers are the primary water source but the shocking reality is that key groundwater basins in all the inhabited...
Sustainable Business
Textile industry under pressure to detox fashion
Wu Yixiu Leading brands are removing toxic chemicals from their Chinese supply chains, but they can’t do it alone The 21st century has been good to the […]
Biodiversity
IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas
Green listed sites are certified as being effectively managed and fairly governed, with a positive impact on people and nature.
Environment
Top-down mindset bedevils India’s draft river management bill
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.
Cities
Navi Mumbai in airport India ignores climate resilience
Anjali Dhamale of Chinchpada village is a worried woman. Her household of 11 people that makes a living by growing rice and rearing fish […]
Data & Reports
620 million children’s education and health compromised by lack of decent school toilets
The health, education and safety of millions of children around the world is threatened because they don’t have a decent toilet at school or […]