It presents an update on the progress on the implementation of the Pollution Action Plan adopted at UNEA-4 in resolution 4/21, including some highlights in implementing the specific deliverables identified in the Plan. The Plan aims to build synergies across the work of UNEP and to provide the glue across …
Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has been honoured with the International Green Globe Foundation Award for outstanding achievement in environment sector, official sources said today. The award was jointly given by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Vizcraft International, they said. The award was …
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is emerging as a hot issue in preparations for June’s Rio conference, styled as a once-in-a-generation chance to restore a sick planet to good health. The US is fighting a proposal, backed according to France by least 100 countries, for transforming UNEP from a poorly …
More than a hundred countries now support a French proposal to create a ‘World Environment Organisation’ at the upcoming 20th anniversary conference of the Rio Summit, France’s ecology minister said on Tuesday. ‘More than 100 countries have now associated themselves with the proposal,’ Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said at a conference in …
As the latest round of United Nations climate negotiations began in Durban, South Africa, expectations could scarcely have been lower. A globally binding deal is further away than ever. That makes considerable warming from climate change inevitable.
Government of the Maldives showcased its success story in ozone protection and achieving carbon neutrality in a side event organized by the Ministry of Housing and Environment of Maldives in cooperation with the OzonAction Programme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on 24th November 2011 in Bali, Indonesia. This …
KOLKATA, 1 DEC: The first ever global project to access genetic resources in the state has been launched by the West Bengal Biodiversity Board (WBBB) and Biodiversity Authority of India (NBA), said Dr Balakrishnan Pishupati, chairman of NBA, today. The programme ~ Implementation of National Biodiversity Act with Special Focus …
Fighting pressure from rich countries like the US, India has refused to adopt a legally binding target to wipe out mercury from the country, and has agreed to prepare by 2013 a voluntary roadmap to reduce this toxic heavy metal. India has said the technologies to remove mercury from thermal …
Anglo-Dutch energy major Shell said on Sunday it was containing a new oil spill in Nigeria's onshore delta, the latest in a string of leaks from the company's pipelines, which it has blamed on sabotage attacks and oil theft. The spill came from part of Shell's Okordia/Rumuekpe oil pipeline in …
Stockholm Institute’s Report Stirs Debate On India’s Stand New Delhi: Developing countries have pledged greater levels of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions than the rich nations despite the developed world being responsible for a large part of the historical emissions. This conclusion by the Stockholm Environment Institute has stirred debate …
The high mercury content in compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) notwithstanding, more awful for the residents in this part of Punjab is the increasing number of thermal plants. But in this “power surplus” dreamt state, the residents of south-west Malwa region will have to bear the high emission of mercury due …
The CO2 theory of global warming could soon be superseded by an alternative concept based on clouds to explain climate change In an earlier column I had outlined two alternative theories about global warming: the CO2 theory propagated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Danish physicist Henrik …
An Agreement of Collaboration has been signed between the UNEP Risoe Centre in Denmark and Ministry of Housing and Environment on capacity building for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The activities under this collaboration will consist of strengthening capacity of Maldives to participate in the Global Carbon Market, through a series …
Population growth and water stress are driving Earth to a food and environmental crunch that only better farming techniques and smarter use of the ecosystem will avert, a UN report issued on Monday said. The number of humans is expected to rise from seven billion in 2011 to at least …
Over a year after bio-piracy complaints against U.S.-based multinational Monsanto — with regard to Bt brinjal — reached the National Biodiversity Authority of India (NBA), the investigation is still continuing. However, when Monsanto sent in its application to use Indian onion strains for hybrid research last month, the Authority promptly …
In June 2011 saw students of St.Mark's Sr.Sec.Public School,Meera Bagh take their zeal and vigour beyond the school premises.They participated in a five day event-GREEN HAAT-Knowledge Park at Dilli Haat from June 1 to June 5,2011.This event was organized by The Ministry of Environment and Forests along with United Nations …
The power and energy ministry has decided to reduce the sulphur content level to 500ppm (parts per million) in diesel by 2013 from its present level of 2500ppm. The decision was made at a meeting with the state minister for power and energy, Mohammad Enamul Haque, in the chair, following …
Today's world is beset with the issues of environmental degradation. The variety of life on Earth, its biological diversity, is commonly referred to as biodiversity. The number of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems on the planet, such as …
Global warming could be slowed down if governments cleaned up what's known as black carbon from industry and cooking fires, 50 of the world's leading atmospheric scientists said on June 14. Major air pollutants like black carbon, methane and ground level ozone mostly result from the soot and gases formed …
Global host of the World Environment Day, India, reiterated the need to approach the issue of environment, livelihood and development as a composite whole. Forests, which is the focus of this year
