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 …
Press Release Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) welcomes Mr Moily’s decision to slash CNG prices. Says the step will help public transport and clean up the air New Delhi, February 3, 2014: CSE has welcomed the decision of the oil and environment minister Veerappa Moily to reduce the price …
"When I see a building, I think of a river", says Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment. Confused? Wondering what is the connection between a sprawling mall, a huge hospital, a humble house or an office complex and a river? River beds are being literally emptied out. …
The 2013 Global Go To Think Tank Index (GGTTI) marks the seventh year of continued efforts by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania (TTCSP) to acknowledge the important contributions and emerging global trends of think tanks worldwide. The initial effort to generate a ranking …
The South Asia convention on Coastal Management convention jointly organised by Centre for Science and Environment and Pondicherry-based PondyCAN identified the need for the South Asian countries to share experiences and approaches and the need to learn from each other. RELATED CONTENT A toolkit for integrating disaster risk reduction and …
Draft guidelines for regulating food high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) also popularly known as Junk Food. Working Group set up by the Expert Group set up as per the order dated September 4, 2013 of the Honorable High Court of Delhi.
IIn 1987, the Montreal Protocol phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), an ozone-depleting substance (ODS) used as coolants in refrigeration and air conditioning. Unfortunately, the chemicals increasingly being deployed in their place, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are themselves exceptionally potent greenhouse gases. They are often called super greenhouse gases because their …
IIn 1987, the Montreal Protocol phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), an ozone-depleting substance (ODS) used as coolants in refrigeration and air conditioning. Unfortunately, the chemicals increasingly being deployed in their place, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are themselves exceptionally potent greenhouse gases. They are often called super greenhouse gases because their …
December 27, 2013 (9.00 am – 4.00 pm) Kumari Hall, Hotel Annapurna, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a Stakeholder Workshop on Air quality and transportation challenges in Kathmandu on December 27 in collaboration with Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Government of Nepal. This workshop …
Cities are choking because of their own construction and demolition (C&D) waste with serious environmental consequences warned the sustainable building experts at the conference organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) & Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA). While construction necessitates enormous amount of construction material that accounts for about …
CSE in collaboration with Guthi, Kathmandu, Nepal organised a training workshop from on “New Media & Information Management Systems for Strategic Communication in Development” from 12-13 December 2013, at Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. This event concluded with the participants confident and committed in using social media strategically to manage information for …
The paper gives an overview of the energy resource governance in India. It illustrates the energy-poverty challenge and the emerging energy scenario in the country. The chapters also analyses the economic, social and environmental issues emerging out of rapid development in the energy sector and the challenge of sustainable energy …
This study aims to provide a detailed examination of the processes by which land is procured by private companies undertaking public purpose projects, as well as the role of the state in these transfers. It looks at both legal and illegal mechanisms of land transfers, while acknowledging that even transactions …
GURGAON: Might is always right on the busy roads of a big city and the humble bicycle has no place in the hierarchy of vehicle bullies. Environmentalist Sunita Narain's accident on Sunday, when she was hit by a speeding car as she cycled towards Lodi Garden, was a clear illustration …
NEW DELHI: Government of India should focus on the setting up of a contact group to discuss the management of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment urged today as the 25th meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol kicked off in Thailand. In a statement today, …
Number of people killed in accidents up 8% annually in past decade: Study. “Cyclists and pedestrians account for more than half of all road fatalities in the country, but they draw public disdain and policy hostility,” a study by the University of Michigan and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, …
New Delhi: If you did not consider air pollution a major threat, then think again. Scientists from the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) at Kolkata have been studying air pollution in Delhi and Kolkata for over 15 years now. In their study, they have found that the alveolar macrophage (AM) …
NEW DELHI: Centre of Science and Environment director-general Sunita Narain was injured in a road accident while cycling near the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Sunday morning. According to Ms. Narain’s colleague at CSE, Anumita Roychowdhury, her bicycle was hit by a speeding car in the early …
NewDelhi: Environmental activist Sunita Narain was hit by a car while cycling to Lodi Gardens from Green Park at 6am on Sunday. She sustained serious injuries on her face, nose and both arms, and underwent an eight-and-a-half hour surgery at AIIMS trauma centre during which two rods were implanted in …
Environmentalist Sunita Narain, who was critically injured after a speeding car hit her while she was riding a bicycle here, is in a stable condition, said an official statement on Monday. Narain, 52, the director of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and resident of south Delhi's Green Park area, …
Hit by a car while cycling, environmental activist Sunita Narain today said cyclists in Indian cities are being edged out systematically to make way for cars. "Cyclists in Indian cities are being edged out systematically to make way for cars," Narain, who heads the NGO Centre for Science and Environment …
