Reply by MoEF&CC in Original Application No 249 of 2023 to news item on India's sinking islands which appeared in the Hindu (March 19, 2023). In supersession of the CRZ Notification, 2011, the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2019 was notified on January 18, 2019 having specific focus on conservation and …
The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers presented its report on ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Promotion and Development including Safe Usage – Licensing Regime for Insecticides’ on December 19, 2023. Pesticides are broadly of four types: insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and bio-pesticides. Herbicides kill/control the growth of weeds, and have the …
The Government of Punjab on December 19, 2023, published the Draft Punjab Motor Vehicle Aggregator Rules, 2023. The following has been stated namely: It states that these rules shall apply to all Aggregators operating in the state of Punjab and shall apply to all motor vehicles and e-rickshaws. It has …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023 titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” with In re: News item appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023 titled “Delhi, Chennai studies hint at pollution link …
Report of the Joint Committee in compliance of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated October 11, 2023 in Original Application 862 0f 2022 Pankaj Kumar Mishra Vs Union of India with respect to Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh). The applicant said that due to heavy transportation of coal ash in Singrauli …
The annual number of road traffic deaths dropped by 5 per cent to 1.19 million per year, according to this latest Global Status Report on Road Safety by the World Health Organization, even as the numbers continue to rise in India. The Global status report on road safety 2023 shows …
Interim report by the Environment Department, Haryana in EA No. 35 of 2023 in OA No 673 of 2018 'News item published in the Hindu authored by shri Jacob Koshy titled more river stretches are now critically polluted: CPCB'. The state of Haryana is regularly submitting the monthly progress report …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in Newspaper ‘The Hindu’ dated 04.02.2023 titled “19 families shifted after houses in J & K village develop cracks” dated 11/12/2023. The matter is taken up suo-moto and it relates to the damage which …
Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year supports activities that directly harm nature – some 30 times the amount spent on nature-based solutions annually, according to this report published by the UNEP. The State of Finance for Nature annual report series tracks finance flows to nature-based solutions …
Africa is facing a food crisis of unprecedented proportions. Millions are expected to be at risk of worsening hunger soon due to the rippling effects of the war in Ukraine, which are compounding the devastating impacts that conflicts, climate variability and extremes, economic slowdowns and downturns, and the aftereffects of …
A sharp rise in child poverty was registered across 40 of the world's richest countries between 2014 and 2021, according to this new report published by the UN Children's Fund's global research centre, Innocenti. Some of the world’s richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, …
Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week – according to UNICEF’s latest Global Snapshot on Children with HIV and AIDS, released ahead of World AIDS Day. While total infections among girls aged 10-19 have almost halved since 2010 …
Agrifood systems are facing an escalating threat from climate change-induced loss and damage, and actions – including increasing financing— must be taken to address their vulnerabilities, according to this new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Agrifood systems are intrinsically linked to climate change …
India topped countries in the South-East Asia region for the most number of malaria cases and deaths in 2022, according to this report published by the World Health Organization (WHO). Each year, WHO’s World malaria report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of trends in malaria control and elimination across …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item appearing in Hindu dated 06.10.2023 “Pollution takes a front seat as stubble fires spike in Punjab” dated 29/11/2023. The original application registered on suo motu exercise of power related to the issue of stubble burning and …
India grappled with extreme weather events for 235 days out of the first nine months of 2023, a slight decrease from the 241 days recorded in the same period last year, as per India 2023: An assessment of extreme weather events brought out by Down To Earth (DTE) magazine and …
Projections for Africa’s average real GDP growth for 2023 and 2024 have been revised downwards. Growth is now projected at 3.4% in 2023 and 3.8% in 2024. These growth rates are lower than predicted in the 2023 AEO launched in May by 0.6 percentage points and 0.5 percentage points, respectively. …
The Environmental Rule of Law: Tracking Progress and Charting Future Directions report provides a comprehensive assessment of developments since the release of the First Global Report on Environmental Rule of Law in 2019. Through collecting and analysing data from a survey of 193 UN Member States regarding their laws, institutions, …
The Earth is on track to reach 3°C of warming by the end of the century under current policies – twice the amount of the Paris Agreement’s most ambitious target – this new report from UNEP reveals. As greenhouse gas emissions hit new highs, temperature records tumble and climate impacts …
Report by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board in Original Application No 685 of 2023 news item titled 'Vegetables across Bengaluru contaminated with heavy metal warns study appearing in One India dated October 25, 2023. The Karnataka SPCB report of November 19, 2023 studied heavy metal concentrations in vegetables obtained from …
