First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and Related Matters) (Amendment) Rules, 2024
The Central Government has amended the rules regarding late payment surcharges in the power sector. These amendments likely aim to address issues related to delayed payments by DISCOMs to power generators.
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Living Animal Species (Reporting and Registration) Rules, 2024
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change notified the Living Animal Species Rules 2024 stating, Every person who is in possession of any animal species (in schedule IV) shall report the
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Global waste management outlook 2024
<p>With municipal waste set to rise by two thirds and its costs to almost double within a generation, only a drastic reduction in waste generation will secure a liveable and affordable future, according to this new report by the UNEP. </p>
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Notification on methodology for calculating the green credit in respect of any activity undertaken under the Green Credit Rules, 2023
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) on February 26, 2024, notified the methodology for calculating the green credit in respect of any activity undertaken under the Green Credit
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Climate resilient cities: assessing differential vulnerability to climate hazards in urban India
Based on WRI India’s work in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala, the report drives the case for integrating equity into climate action planning, enabling Indian city officials, planners, consultants and
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Institutionalising SDG localization in multi-level governance settings: lessons from India
India has made a policy choice to prioritize the institutionalization of the SDGs, not to look at sustainable development as a standalone or parallel framework but to make them an integral part of the
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Factsheet of household consumption expenditure survey (HCES) 2022-23
After a gap of 11 years, the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) under the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released data on national household consumption expenditure. The survey
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Promoting circularity in the value chain of plastics in India
The study undertakes a quantitative analysis of the value chain of plastics in India to estimate the social benefits that can be generated from adopting a circular framework. The study also conducted an
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Did the global COVID-19 recovery address climate adaptation and resilience? an analysis of sixty-seven countries
The global COVID-19 recovery presented an exceptional opportunity for countries to integrate climate adaptation and resilience into a significant, yet unforeseen, increase in public spending in line with
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Landscape of guarantees for climate finance in EMDEs
Cross-border guarantees are an important but underused tool for mobilizing private climate finance. A recent OECD evaluation found that guarantees leveraged 26% of all mobilized private finance between