The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The street has been marked with yellow and white stripes demarcating space for hawkers A localised study conducted on a car-free stretch of the Ajmal Khan Road in the bustling Karol Bagh market has shown a considerable improvement in air quality. The Centre for Science and Environment's Anumita Roychowdhury, who …
Air Quality Index also expected to slowly deteriorate in the next two days With rising temperatures, surface ozone pollution is expected to increase in Delhi in the next three days, according to a forecast by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). “Surface ozone can lead …
According to the revised plans of these colonies, trees will be translocated/ transplanted instead of being cut, which the environmentalists feel will be a "failure". NEW DELHI: A government-appointed expert panel has recommended for environmental clearance three redevelopment projects in South Delhi, which have been lurking over the proposal to …
What we need to understand is what Fani means in an increasingly climate-risked world A horrific tropical cyclone-making landfall in the midst of election cacophony is not a good idea. It captures headlines briefly and it makes for good politics — who did what and who did not. But the …
Between March and May, Karol Bagh’s Ajmal Khan Road became ground zero for a project that hopes to put pedestrians first. The Indian Express looks at what it took to make the stretch vehicle-free, and whether similar plans will work in Chandni Chowk and Connaught Place. On a pleasant May …
NEW DELHI: Construction on areas between 20,000 and 50,000 square metres will not require environment clearance anymore, the Centre has said in its modified notification on the environment impact assessment (EIA). The notification, recently issued by the ministry of environment, states that it has decided to “re-engineer” EIA rules based …
NEW DELHI: Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana is once again hurting the city’s air quality. Even though rain has brought down the pollution level, System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), a body under Union ministry of earth sciences, said that the city air will get …
In this election, we have seen that the real issues that matter to people - climate change The organisation I work with publishes the environment and development fortnightly magazine Down To Earth. The publication is not designed to make money and is not a produce of commerce or a product …
Porous borders: Four months after the ban kicked in, plastics are omnipresent. This is partly due to their import by wholesalers from States such as Maharashtra. Four months after the ban took effect in the State, single-use plastics have staged a comeback. Sourcing products from neighbouring States where manufacture of …
Political parties pledge to reduce pollution in manifestos Promises to fight the world’s most toxic air have made it to the manifestos of major political parties for the first time in Indian elections. Major political parties such as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the opposition Indian National Congress and the …
The recent draft notification on utilisation of fly ash for making bricks is poorly designed and, if implemented, will shut down the construction industry. Most people working in the field of environment believe that the environmental laws of the country are good, but their implementation is poor for various reasons, …
It is clear that our lifestyle has an impact on the environment. What we do and how we do it make a crucial difference It is clear now that in this age of the Anthropocene, environment security is the biggest casualty. It is well known now that the world is …
The International Mother Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 to remind us that the earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance. The day provides an opportunity to raise public awareness around the world to the challenges regarding the well-being of the planet and all the life …
It was easy for Chandigarh to brush off CSE’s findings as a survey by an NGO. Had the civic body paid attention to the findings, city would not have slipped to this rank. CONSIDERED ONE of the cleanest cities in the country, Chandigarh this year slipped to 20th position in …
NEW DELHI: Acoustic cameras at busy intersections may help catch honking drivers by alerting authorities and locating the source. Purpose, a Delhi-based NGO, on Wednesday conducted a trial run of the cameras at the busy stretch near AIIMS. “As part of the Hands Off The Horn (HOTH) campaign, we conducted …
What can we do as temperatures increase and weather changes to bring devastation in different parts of the world? The question no longer is if climate change is real. The question is: What can we do as temperatures increase and weather changes to bring devastation in different parts of the …
Training programme on ‘Sustainability and Circularity (Mass-Value-Carbon)’ was organised by the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi (CSE) in collaboration with Faculty of Physical Planning and Architecture, Guru Nanak Dev University. The focus of the programme was to train the faculty and students of planning and architecture departments regarding …
There are shiny, air-conditioned and arguably world-class metro trains operating in 10 Indian cities as we speak. Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Chennai, Jaipur and Lucknow all boast of running metros. Nagpur, Navi Mumbai, Noida (outside of the bit reached by Delhi Metro), Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar and Pune are likely …
Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish school girl who is rocking the world with her protest against inaction on climate change Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish school girl who is rocking the world with her protest against inaction on climate change. In August 2018, as Sweden was gearing up …
NEW DELHI: Incentivising RFID tags has finally started reaping dividends. Data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation — the nodal agency for toll collection among civic bodies — shows that there has been a three-fold jump in overall number of vehicles registering for the radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag since …
