COP27: India resists calls to raise ambitions, says rich nations must reach net zero before 2030
New Delhi: Last week, developed countries proposed that discussions on a new plan to scale up mitigation and ambition should focus on all top 20 emitters which India blocked with support from like-minded developing countries
BY PTI / Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
From recycled cigarette butts, Code Effort now plans to make air purifiers
New Delhi: Focused on sustainability, the startup is recycling cigarette butts into different products for more than 4 years now and is even exploring the possibility of making air purifiers with it
BY PTI / Sunday, 13 November, 2022
Paris Agreement requires phase down of all fossil fuels: India at COP27
New Delhi: The negotiations at the UN climate summit last year (COP26) in Glasgow ended with an agreement on phasing down the unabated use of coal instead of phasing out
BY PTI / Sunday, 13 November, 2022
Climate finance scarce; early warning systems key to saving lives, livelihoods: Bhupender Yadav at COP27
New Delhi: Yadav said that deaths in India due to cyclones have reduced by up to 90 per cent in the last 15 years adding that early warning systems cover almost the entire east and west coasts
BY PTI / Monday, 7 November, 2022
Cheetahs flown from Namibia kill first prey on Indian soil
Sheopur: The successful first hunt by the cheetahs within 24 hours of moving to the larger enclosure has allayed the park management's concerns about their prey hunting ability
BY PTI / Monday, 7 November, 2022
A billionaire emits a million times more greenhouse gases than average person: Oxfam report
New Delhi: 125 billionaires fund 393 million tonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) per year, which is equal to the annual carbon emissions of France, a nation of 67 million people
BY PTI / Monday, 7 November, 2022
Drive launched to keep Olive Ridley turtle habitation free, 9 fishermen held
Kendrapara/Berhampur: The mass nesting of the turtles, a schedule-1 animal under wildlife protection act for its highly threatened status, takes place in late Feb or early March
BY PTI / Sunday, 6 November, 2022
3 things a climate scientist wants world leaders to know ahead of COP27
The author says that research last month revealed the climate crisis is undermining public health through, for instance, greater spread of infectious diseases, air pollution and food shortages
BY The Conversation / Saturday, 5 November, 2022
7-month fishing ban near Olive Ridley nesting sites
Kendrapara: The prohibition is clamped every year from 1 November - 31 May to ensure the turtles don't get entangled in fishing nets or come under the propellers of trawlers,
BY PTI / Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
Cheetahs to be moved to bigger enclosure in Kuno park soon: Task force member
Bhopal: The eight cheetahs named Freddy, Alton, Savannah, Sasha, Obaan, Asha, Cibili and Saisa, are currently housed in six enclosures and are being fed buffalo meat
BY PTI / Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
The ‘tiger widows’ of Sundarbans: Caught between the jungle and the rising sea
Sundarbans: According to a data, 30 tiger attacks took place in 2019, 78 in 2020 and 60 in 2021
BY PTI / Sunday, 30 October, 2022
Two beaches from Lakshadweep enter the coveted list of Blue Beaches
New Delhi: In order to qualify for this prestigious certification, a total of 33 stringent environmental, educational, safety-related and access-related criteria must be met and maintained
BY NTN / Thursday, 27 October, 2022
