Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Surjith Kumar Nanu Vs State of Kerala & Others. The allegation of the applicant is that the mines of laterite stone is being done by Ashraf K in Palloramala hills affecting over 80.94 acres of land of Ulliyeri village. Despite …
Awareness on IPCC findings quite widespread, says Pachauri. While India and other countries have been opposing a review of their national contribution to tackle climate change, Chairperson of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) R.K. Pachauri firmly believes that unless there is a process of review in place, the …
STOCKHOLM: The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change opened a meeting on Monday in Stockholm that is scheduled to see the release of the most recent projections of the pace of global warming. The organisation, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, brings together thousands of scientists and is …
The Bench posted the matter for further hearing in the second week of November. The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted time to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to file his response to the Centre’s affidavit that it wanted to implement the Sethusamudram project in the original alignment by cutting across the …
Energy NGO Teri has revolutionised 500,000 lives through a scheme that uses solar LED lanterns to provide cheap power More than 2,000 villages have been provided with 'charging stations', each offering 50 or so solar LED lanterns. Photograph: Ahona Datta Gupta India's rush for industrialisation may be stymied by a …
The Centre is all set to tell the Supreme Court that the report of the R K Pachauri committee, which has suggested an alternative route to the mythological Ram Sethu for the Sethusamudram project, is not feasible. In doing so, the Centre will junk the report of the Pachauri-led committee …
Australia’s extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend, the UN’s climate panel chief said Tuesday. As the 250 lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s next major report meet in the southern Australian …
Australia’s extreme summer heatwave, which caused devastating bushfires and saw temperature forecasts go off the scale, is part of a global warming trend, the U.N.‘s climate panel chief said Tuesday. As the 250 lead authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)‘s next major report meet in the southern …
A Yale Foundation study has found that Indians understand and respond to the idea of climate change affecting their lives and their future prospects, and have faith in science to tackle it. Called ‘Climate Change in the Indian Mind’, the study conducted interviews with 4,031 Indian adults, both rural and …
The Supreme Court granted six weeks’ time to the Central government to communicate its stand on the Sethusamudram project. A Bench of Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad accorded more time to the government after Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman said the Union Cabinet required to discuss the issue …
The Centre is planning to reject the Pachauri panel report on the Sethusamudram project and set up a new committee to re-examine ‘Alignment 4A’ suggested by the Supreme Court. If needed, the panel will identify an alternative route that avoids the Ram Sethu. Walking a tightrope between ally DMK and …
The government today told the Supreme Court that a high-level committee has suggested that an alternative alignment – other than the mythological Ram Sethu – for the Sethusamudram project was not economically and ecologically feasible. However, Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman submitted before a bench comprising Justices H L Dattu and …
The Minister for Environment and Forests, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, on Wednesday termed the European Union’s emission tax on airlines as a “unilateral" decision. She said in the backdrop of global efforts to tackle climate change challenges, the EU’s tax on international airlines was a “deal breaker”. The Minister was speaking …
A future on Earth of more extreme weather and rising seas will require better planning for natural disasters to save lives and limit deepening economic losses, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a major report on the effects of climate change. The U.N. climate panel said all nations will …
There is an institutional gap in rural areas, and thus it is difficult to implement the green rating for integrated habitat assessment (Griha) scheme in those areas, said Nobel prize laureate Rajendra Pachauri, who is also director of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri). He was talking to media persons …
The Sunderbans delta and Himalayan region of Darjeeling are two most vulnerable areas in West Bengal in terms of climate change and demand a separate attention, Dr R.K. Pachauri, Director-General of The Energy Research Institute, said here on Monday. According to Dr Pachauri, there were plans to set up an …
A centre to monitor the impact of change in climatic conditions in different zones will be set up in the state soon. Stating this here yesterday, Chief Minister PK Dhumal said the state had earned a reputation for its initiative taken on the environment front and its efforts had been …
he ICT sector, one of the biggest guzzlers of energy and commercial space in India, has a huge role to play in helping India meet the goals of climate change, says a new report. “The ICT sector cannot bring about change, but it can be a key enabler,” said Mr …
Leaders who wait for further evidence about the perils of greenhouse gases are flirting with escapism, the head of the UN’s Nobel-winning climate scientists says. “You cannot possibly keep waiting forever for new evidence of global warming to act,” Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), …
The Energy and Resource Institute (Teri), the reputed environment institute, has failed to determine the carbon footprint of the city. The municipal administration has issued a notice to the institute to submit its report within two months, said additional municipal commissioner, Naresh Zurmure on Tuesday. He was speaking to reporters …
A day after The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) chairman RK Pachauri inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Environmental Planning and Coordination Organisation (EPCO) the plan is drawing flak from his contemporaries. Pachauri has been accused of spreading fear of climate-change and promotion his agenda of the environment. Madhya …
