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 Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy, 2018 notes that sales of new electric cars worldwide surpassed a million units in 2017, with stocks at three million that year. More than half the sales were in China, where electric vehicles (EV) had a market share of 2.2%, while in Norway, the world’s …
Delhi’s new draft electric vehicle policy which aims to make every fourth registered vehicle in the capital an electric one by 2023 has been described as “strong” and “comprehensive” by experts. They, however, add a word of caution — the key to making it successful would mean developing a strong …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Indian firm, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), to build the capacity of the agency in environmental audit. The MoU, which would span three years, involves exchange and joint research programmes, with the ultimate aim of …
All eyes on Poland meet next week The 24th Conference of Parties (CoP) at Katowice, Poland, on climate change from December 2 to 14 will indicate whether or not the Paris Agreement (which entered into force in November 2016) will be relevant. This was one of the key takeaways of …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed EPCA on Thursday asked all NCR states to file a status report on a fuel sticker scheme to identify, and if required ban, diesel vehicles in the national capital region on bad-air days. The process of installing hologram-based fuel stickers on all vehicles other than …
All taxi operators in Delhi including cab aggregator companies Ola and Uber have been directed by Supreme Court-appointed Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority to submit an affidavit on their diesel taxis plying on the roads of Delhi-NCR. EPCA sought the information from the companies during its meeting on Thursday …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) was awarded this year’s Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for its pioneering work in the field of environmental education and protection and also for keeping the issue of environmental sustainability at the forefront of national attention and public policy. The award …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has won this year's Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, an award conferred by Indira Gandhi Trust each year on the late Prime Minister's birth anniversary. The international jury for the awards was headed by former President Pranab Mukerjee. The CSE was …
Delhi-based environment think-tank CSE will be honoured with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development this year for its work in environmental education and protection. According to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust Monday, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been awarded the prize for its steadyfast …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi (India)-based independent research and advocacy think tank, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2018.
NEW DELHI: The earth’s protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery, thanks to international efforts against ozone-depleting substances. The healing signs of ozone layer was revealed on Monday by a new assessment report on Montreal Protocol (MP), the over 30-year-old global treaty which deals with reduction of ozone-depleting …
Action needs to be taken to minimize the use of private vehicles, which contribute nearly 40 per cent to air pollution in Delhi, a green body said Monday as the air quality of the national capital nosedived to severe category. Anumita Roychowdhury, an executive director at the Delhi-based think-tank Centre …
Joint initiative of pollution board, HR institute and CSE The State’s pollution control board and the Human Resources Development Institute in collaboration with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, are going to establish the Environmental Training Cell to train government officials and other stakeholders in all the practices …
Draft notification of Central rules on environment impact assessment is ready: expert In a major policy shift, proposals have been mooted to empower Urban local bodies (ULBs) to oversee the effective implementation of environmental norms, with the areas under their purviews being proposed to be increased from 20,000 sq.m. to …
While BS-IV contains 50 parts per million (ppm) sulphur, the BS-VI grade fuel only Following the recent directive by the Supreme Court that banned the sales as well as registration of Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) vehicles across the country from April 1, 2020, auto companies are rushing to meet the deadline. …
NEW DELHI: Air quality in Delhi-NCR is likely to worsen from November 1 when pollution caused by paddy stubbleburning in Punjab-Haryana is expected to impact the region, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has warned and asked the NCR states to be especially careful. “Weather conditions are projected …
The court took note of it on October 9. In the next hearing on October 12, Graphite India had told the court that it was using domestic petcoke for packaging and not as a fuel. BENGALURU: The Supreme Court on Tuesday will resume its hearing of a case to decide …
Delhi's air quality continued to be in the "poor" category on Tuesday, a day after it had improved from "very poor" Air Quality Index (AQ1) zone. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded the city's overall AQI at 252 at 11am. An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered 'good', …
Delhi's air quality continued to be in the 'poor' category Tuesday, with the Environment minister directing all officers and agencies to be in "war mode" to combat air pollution. As parts of the Bhalswa landfill site continued to smoulder, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation announced a slew of measures that …
AHMEDABAD: Our dependence on vehicles to travel even short distances leads to injecting of approximately 1,500 tons of carbon dioxide daily — or 1 ton every minute — into our respirable air! Our collective carbon footprint is the highest among tier-2 Indian cities and we share this honour with Pune. …
