The Global Risks Report 2021
The 16th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report analyses the risks from societal fractures—manifested through persistent and emerging risks to human health, rising unemployment, widening
Environment
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Vasundhara
Vasundhara is a research and policy advocacy group that works on environment conservation and sustainable livelihood issues. The organisation was initially conceived to support and strengthen community-based
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On World Environment Day, a bike-a-thon calls on Delhi to “Switch on the Sun”
<p>Hundreds of people on 25 stationary bicycles switched on the sun on World Environment Day on June 5 at Dilli Haat in Delhi. Delhites came together and pedalled away to claim their right to sustainable
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G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development
G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development was established in August 1988, at Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, as an autonomous institute of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
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Ministry of Environment and Forests
The aims and objectives of the Ministry of Environment and Forests are the following : (a)Conservation and survey of flora, fauna, forests and wildlife; (b)Prevention and control of pollution; (c) Afforestation and regeneration of degraded areas; (d)Protection of environment in order to promote sustainable development; and (e)Ensuring the welfare of animals.
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One step forward, two steps back
<p style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The initial phase of UPA II witnessed prolific rule making, but this
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Diesel prices: don’t miss the point
<p style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Fuel price reform is inevitable and necessary, but clean fuel and public
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Konkanchi Mega Vaat (Mega 'Vaat' in the Konkan)
24 power projects are being proposed in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts, in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, which is the second most bio-diverse region in India. Watch why people living in this region
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Eco-friendly Durga idol immersion in C R Park, Delhi, 14 October 2013
<p>Dakshin Palli Durga Puja Samiti of Chittranjan Park, Pocket 52, New Delhi decided to go green this year and took a decision not to immerse the idol in the river Yamuna. This video shows immersion of the biodegradable idol of Goddess Durga in large tank made of galvanized iron sheets.</p>
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Global sustainable development goals: Sustainability is about the use, Distribution and scarcity of natural resources - Eradicating poverty and saving the climate
<p>With relations between countries now being shaped by geo-economics rather than geo-politics, an emerging issue is to what extent the United States, China and India, all populous countries and top tier
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Second International Conference on Environmental Justice, Climate Change and Biodiversity (ICECB), March 1-4, 2014, Nepal
This conference has been organized out of widespread the environmental degradation, global warming, biodiversity threats and the increasing conflicts of violence around the world.