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 …
Yogendra Chaudhry nobody can deny that damage caused by pollution is greater than the investment needed for setting up adequate pollution control measures. The data on pollution being generated is alarming. In Delhi, the industrial effluent load is 320 million litres per day (mld). Over 16 drains discharge about 1,900 …
On the state of the pulp and paper industry: The pulp and paper sector is viewed as a polluting and non-sustainable industry. It has, therefore, come under criticism from environmentalists and conservationists. It is possible to change this image, but it needs a complete metamorphosis. The industries need to re-orient …
ONE of the less desirable features of globalisation is that decisions made in far away cities can drastically and adversely affect small local communities across oceans and continents. These communities are often helpless in reversing the decisions made by people who have little understanding of, or sympathy for, the cultural …
foresters of the British Columbia province have waged a long battle with environmental groups, but the industry has been warned it must accept independent certification of their environmental practices or lose markets. Greenpeace and other environmentalist have demanded that producers use an independent non-profit organisation, the Forest Stewardship Council ( …
developed countries are increasingly using trade restrictions as means to enforce their concept of sustainable development. There are different international forums like the World Trade Organisation ( wto ) where trade is the primary agenda, and the United Nation conventions where the focus is on environment and sustainable development. Over …
developing countries should ensure transfer of mechanism for environmentally sound technology, capacity building and financial transfer, so that they can reduce the potential for negative environmental impact from trade liberalisation. This was stated by Klaus Topfer, executive director of United Nations Environment Programme ( unep ). He was speaking at …
representatives of European forest owners and industries have claimed a significant forward movement in plans to develop a new certification and labelling scheme for sustainable forest products. This was decided at a meeting held in Oslo, Norway. The Pan-European Forest Certification Scheme ( pefc) is being developed by industry groups …
the green lettering on the cover of the Union government's Economic Survey 1998-99 is perhaps an indication of its contents. For the first time, it has devoted a special chapter titled, "Promoting Sustainable Development: Challenges for Environment Policy,' which discusses the current state of the environment and identifies policy issues …
I t is painfully slow, but progress nevertheless. Already,people are talking about the next millennium. So let me make a prediction as well. The next millennium will increasingly be the period of the civil society. The centralised state will give way to systems of governance that increasingly involve and empower …
Chandrababu Naidu ia known more for his obsession with technology and computers. Little is known about his watershed mission Dream politician. Going by common sense, that seems like a contra- diction in terms. But recently, N Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister (CM) of Andhra Pradesh, has been dubbed just that: a …
He has seen the forests being destroyed since the 1950s. Today, he is trying to unite people to undo the damage. Dase Gaud, 75, has played a vital role in the formation of Hottebetta Vana Samrakshana Samithi (HVSS). As an "opinion-maker". he has successfully made people cast their personal differences …
Just two years ago, the people of P Yaleru village in Anantapur district had to walk several kilometres to get drinking water. According to 6 Sreenivas, technical director, Rural Development Trust, Anantapur, this area gets less than 550 millimetre of rain every year. Till 1992-93, only 15 out of 70 …
CHANDRABABU NAIDU Do you think the environment is important? Environment protection is one of my biggest priorities. We have a responsibility towards the future generation. My program mes like Janmabhoomi, watershed development and Joint Forest Management (JFM) will help improve the environment. With the help of JFM,,we are trying to …
The Biodiversity Law in Costa Rica was the first of its kind in the world to encapsulate all the principles of the International Biodiversity Treaty signed at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992. The law ensures sustainable use of organic resources, and fair distribution of the benefits and …
THE Japanese government is planning a new large-scale dam on Japan's third- largest river, the Yoshino. A grassroots citizens' group, the Yoshino River Symposium of Tokushima City, has appealed for one million letters to be sent to the ministry of construction, asking it to halt its plans to build the …
