Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Laxmi Narain Vs Municipal Corporation, Ghaziabad & Others dated 11/11/2024. The complaint of the applicant is that illegal secondary collection point has been setup near Apsara border of Ghaziabad adjoining Delhi on GT road at District Ghaziabad. The allegation in …
Sunita Narain in Durban The Durban Conference on Climate Change finally ended on the wee hours of Saturday after running for over 24 hours beyond schedule. By Friday, the two-week meeting being held at the International Convention Centre in Durban, had broken down into the ministerial-level huddles - small groups …
Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Tuesday made it clear at the global climate change meet at Durban, South Africa, that India would not compromise on the principles of equity and historical responsibility in addressing the issue of climate change. Jayanthi NatarajanIndia and China are being targeted for their high …
Sources have confirmed that the EU has blamed India for not being 'flexible' and sticking to the old treaty i.e. the Kyoto Protocol. Is India being seen as a deal breaker by the world community? Environmentalist Sunita Narain, reacts. Watch this video by IBN Live during COP17 at Durban.
Sunita Narain, Director General, CSE, speaks on the 'Imperative of equity for an effective climate agreement' at the side event held at the COP17, Durban, organised by the Indian Ministry of environment & forests, and the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Watch this video!
How many Indians make up one American? 11. One American currently emits 17 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year from the burning of fossil fuel, as compared on one Indian, who emits 1.5 tonnes. The problem at hand is that these emissions are needed for economic growth. And the world …
Shouldn't we question why the world is determined to live beyond its means and not worry about how it sabotages our common future? Now that Europe’s debt crisis is unfolding all around us, shouldn’t we question why the world is determined to live beyond its means and not worry about …
Countries like Bangladesh and India must endeavour to make the global green fund operational at the ensuing Durban summit to combat climate change impacts, said eminent environmentalists at an international workshop in New Delhi yesterday. Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised the two-day South Asian Media Workshop on …
This document contains the video and text of the presentation delivered by Sunita Narain, Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi on the challenge of a low carbon economy during the South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change 2011 organized by CSE, held on 16-17 Nov …
Every time petrol prices rise, people start buying diesel-powered vehicles, which add to toxic pollution in our cities Consider this. Every time petrol prices rise, oil companies end up losing more money. How? The price differential between petrol and diesel increases further; people start buying diesel-powered vehicles so oil firms …
New Delhi: Samosas, bread pakoras, burgers, pizzas and colas might make one’s mouth water, but the health risks posed by them are many. In an attempt to wean schoolchildren off junk food, some city schools are offering healthier options like ‘fruit breaks’. Others have made weekly yoga classes a must …
It’s that time of the year again. Climate change talks are heating up, with the next conference of parties scheduled in Durban in end-November. There is heat but no light. The negotiations are stuck despite the clear signs of climate change: dangerous and potentially catastrophic extreme weather events. Not much …
With Punjab Assembly polls due next year, environmentalists, civil society leaders and agriculturalist on Saturday asked the people to vote for those politicians only who promise to take care of the state’s “environmental health crisis”. “People in Punjab are facing serious ecological and environmental crisis. Now that elections are coming …
Chandigarh: “Environment should be an agenda for Punjab’s upcoming assembly elections and both the parties should make a commitment to save natural resources and environment of Punjab”, said Umendra Dutt, Executive Director, Kheti Virasat Mission, during a two-day multilogue on socio-political response to environmental toxicity, health, agriculture and ecological crisis …
Negotiations are stuck even as potentially catastrophic climate change-related events are spinning out of control It’s that time of the year again. Climate change talks are heating up, with the next conference of parties scheduled to meet in Durban in November. There is heat but no light. To put it …
Next year, in June, world leaders will get together in the joyful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to mark 20 years of UNCED—the Earth Summit (see Down to Earth, May 15, 1992). Unbelievably, it will be 40 years since the Stockholm conference, when the question of the environment first …
The proposed mfg policy seeks to create massive areas as national investment manufacturing zones and wants nothing of this inconvenient green stuff Environment is holding up growth and economic development. This is the common refrain in circles that matter. So, when the Group of Ministers tasked to resolve the issue …
As I write this my city Delhi is drowning. It started raining early this morning and within a few hours the city has come to a standstill. The television is showing scenes of traffic snarled up for hours, roads waterlogged and people and vehicles sunk deep in water and muck.
The meteorological department records that some 60 mm of rain has fallen in just about 6 hours; 90 mm in 24 hours; and with this the city has made up for its deficit of rainfall this season. In other words, in just about 24 hours Delhi and its surrounding areas …
Himachal Pradesh government on Monday decided to monitor lean-period water discharge in the rivers from hydro power project on a real time basis and use geo-informatics space applications for photo monitoring of dumping in all upcoming projects in the state. The government decided for real time montioring after a meeting …
