What is the right to a healthy environment?
The triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution is increasingly affecting the human rights of people across the globe. This Information Note has been jointly
Pollution
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Plastics: facts and futures
New WWF Plastics Facts & Futures Report highlights the need for a systemic approach to tackle plastic pollution in South Africa. For too long the burden of plastic pollution has been laid at the door
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EEA Signals 2020: towards zero pollution in Europe
What is pollution? Where does it come from? How does pollution affect the environment and how does it affect people’s health? How can Europe move towards zero pollution, in line with the ambition of the
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Financing circularity: demystifying finance for the circular economy
Financiers can and must make the shift to circularity, ensuring the consumption and production patterns of the businesses they invest in make more efficient use of resources and minimize waste, pollution
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The cost of coastal zone degradation in Nigeria: Cross river, delta and lagos states
This report addresses the question of Nigeria's fragile coastal areas. Using a consistent valuation methodology, it estimates the cost of coastal degradation in three Nigerian states: Cross River, Delta
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Pollution Management and the Making of Prosperous Cities
The work summarized in this report fills a knowledge gap by contributing to an improved understanding of the links between competitiveness and pollution. Specifically, it argues that pollution need not
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dairy farm operation, Chiranjiv Vihar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 14/08/2020
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ved Prakash Aggrawal Vs Municipal Commissioner, Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad dated 14/08/2020.</p> <p>A factual and action taken report was sought from
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CPCB report on environmental evaluation of railway stations, 13/07/2020
<p>CPCB Report on performance assessment of railway stations in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order in O.A. No. 141/2014 in the matter of Saloni Singh & Others Vs Union of India & Others.</p>
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Report by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on environmental violations by medical colleges, Salem, Tamil Nadu
<p>Action taken report filed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board in the matter of Trustee, Environment Protection and Anti Pollution Group Trust Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others regarding private
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The circularity gap report 2020
The amount of material consumed by humanity has passed 100bn tonnes every year, a report has revealed, but the proportion being recycled is falling. The climate and wildlife emergencies are driven by the
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dairy farms operating in green space in Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 20/12/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tanuj Shivhare Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/12/2019 regarding operations of cattle sheds and dairy farm located in the vicinity of the