Flood fury 2015
Flash flooding triggered by torrential rains has killed 71 people in Gujarat, as annual monsoon season hits the country. Track the latest updates as floods threaten and disrupt normal life in - Jammu and
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Toxic boom
frican and Asian countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, China, Pakistan, India, and Vietnam are turning into illegal e-waste hubs, bypassing the legitimate global waste and recycling market that is thought
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Air pollution costs Europe US$ 1.6 trillion
A staggering US$ 1.6 trillion is the economic cost of the approximate 600,000 premature deaths and of the diseases caused by air pollution in the WHO European Region in 2010, according to the first-ever
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Measure climate change in your lifetime
Use this interactive guide prepared by Duncan Clark to find out how the planet will become in your lifetime. This is based on data from IPCC climate change report 2013. Click here and enter your year of
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Minimise waste- Save wealth
Questions have been raised about methodology adopted in Swachh Survekshan Report 2017. Instead of encouraging sustainable practices like segregation at source and recycle and reuse, the survey seems to
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The return of Avian Flu
Bird Flu returned to haunt India, only a month after India was declared free from avian influenza (H5N1) on September 5, 2016. Two days into the death of nine water birds in Delhi, at least 10 more birds
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Turning the corner on toxic pollution
<p>Today pollution kills nearly 9 million people while more than 200 million people worldwide suffer from ailments, diseases, sicknesses. The fact that more than one in seven deaths in the world are pollution-related
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How CO2 emissions have risen over the years globally?
This interactive map shows how CO2 emissions have risen over the years since 1990 globally. It is based on WRI data on- carbon dioxide emissions over time, including emissions per capita, per GDP, and
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Who is doing more to save the planet- 2015 Climate Change Performance Index
The 2015 Climate Change Performance Index shows a new "record" in global energy related CO2 emissions. Moreover, in the coming years, atmospheric CO2 concentration is set to exceed the 400 ppm benchmark.
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The geography of future water challenges
This publication shows that, without improved water management or adaptation to climate change, the global sustainability goals cannot be achieved. The report highlights the urgent need for an integrated
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The past, present and future of CO₂
This interactive visualization, based on data from WRI’s CAIT and the IPCC, shows how national CO₂ emissions have changed over the last 150 years, how much of the global carbon budget these emissions have
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266 years of changing climate
June 2016 was nonetheless the second warmest June in the satellite temperature record, according to the press release from the University of Alabama Huntsville. June 2016 trailed June 1998 by 0.23 C, according
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How humans influenced extreme weather events of 2013
Almost 100 million people were affected across the globe by natural disasters last year, with 90 per cent from the Asia Pacific region, says a new report released by International Red Cross. These disasters
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Global Wind Energy Outlook: 2000 gigawatts by 2030
The power sector is responsible for more than 40% of all carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, and about 25% of our total greenhouse gas emissions. If global emissions are to peak and decline
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Top green start-ups of 2014
Every year, the SEED Awards select innovative start-ups working on social and environmental causes in the developing world. From solar-based lighting to clean cooking stoves, check out how these 41 winners
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Displaced by disasters
From typhoon Haiyan to cyclone Phailin, various natural disasters forced almost 22 million people out of their homes across the world in 2013. Find out which countries and regions witnessed maximum displacement
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Most controversial mining projects across the world
The Supreme Court’s order terming all coal-mines allocated in India since 1993 as "illegal" has put big investments from industry giants in jeopardy. While the biggies wait to see what the fate of the
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Journey to the most polluted places in the world
Recently, Delhi was touted as giving competition to Beijing as the city with the most polluted air and heaviest smog. This interactive shows the most polluted places in the world, rated as having either
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How many people have access to safe drinking water, toilets?
Use this interactive guide to check progress made by people in providing safe drinking water, sanitation to their people since 1990.
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Climate change reader for Universities
Climate change is dictating the fate of our planet. Record temperatures, melting ice sheets and glaciers, sea level rise, emergence of new diseases and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events