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Nepal’s Disaster is a warning to South Asia: Is China listening?

September 9, 2026

Glacier Collapse Triggers Catastrophe The glacier collapse triggered a huge release of water, mud, rock and ice, that thundered down valleys and swept down the Lhende Khola, Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers. The speed at which the glacier outburst moved was amazing.

29 Countries Pledge Over $5.25 Billion to Global Environment Facility

TC Web Desk

April 11, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

Twenty-nine countries have together vowed $5.25 billion for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), boosting international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb threats from climate change, plastics and toxic chemicals through collaborative action this decade. The new support raises the GEF’s funding by

Mumbai’s Mithi River Polluted for Past 11 Years, Finds MPCB

TC Web Desk

April 11, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

Mithi river in Mumbai has remained ‘polluted to heavily polluted’ for the past 11 years, says a report published by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The 17.8 km long river was found once, in the year 2012-13, in the non-polluted category.

No Sale, Use, Distribution of Single Use Plastic in Gurugram from July 1

TC Web Desk

April 11, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

From July 1, Gurugram will ban the manufacturing, importing, stocking, distribution and sale of single-use plastic. The violation of the rule will attract a maximum fine of ₹25,000, said officials from the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) on Sunday. Seven teams, each

Record Increase in Methane Levels in the Atmosphere: US NOAA

Tannuka Juneja

April 9, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

For the second year in a row, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) scientists have seen a record annual rise in atmospheric-level methane, a powerful heat-trapping greenhouse gas that is the second-largest contributor to man-made global warming after carbon dioxide (CO2).

8 Encouraging, Climate-Friendly Moves

TC Web Desk

April 8, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

While international bodies and climate experts have taken a careful and critical look at the significant Intergovernmental Panel of Experts on Climate Change (IPCC) report, researchers have underlined a few encouraging indicators in the study. The IPCC Working Group III report, Climate Change 2022: Mitigation

Almost All of the World’s Population Exposed to Polluted Air, WHO Warns

Tannuka Juneja

April 5, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

Noting that fossil fuels are responsible for most of the harmful emissions that are linked to acute and chronic sickness, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for tangible steps to curb their use. The agency’s data indicates that 4.2 million people die from

‘We Don’t Have to Demonise Plastic, It’s Something to be Recycled’

Jyoti Verma

April 2, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

Thaely, a footwear start-up founded by Ashay Bhave, creates zero-waste, Made in India shoes from upcycled plastic bags, plastic bottles and recycled rubber. Led by functionality and sustainability, the brand is Bhave’s response to the massive, underutilised resource of plastic, which is

Online Illegal Wildlife Trade on Rise in Myanmar, World Wildlife Fund Reports

Tannuka Juneja

April 2, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report found that illegal online wildlife purchases in Myanmar pose a threat to public health and endangered species. The report shows that restrictions on such transactions have eased following political unrest since the 2021 military acquisition. The

Green is the Colour of Money

Girja Shankar Kaura

April 2, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

Prime Minister Narendra Modi sprang a surprise at the climate change conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, last November by announcing that India will achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2070. Since then, the government has taken a series of steps in that direction.

Gazipur Landfill Still Smouldering, Delhi Government Directs ₹50 Lakh Fine on MCD

Tannuka Juneja

March 30, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

The work of extinguishing the massive fire that broke out on Monday at the landfill site in the Ghazipur area of East Delhi is still going on. There is no relief even after three days of the incident and the fire is

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Nepal’s Disaster is a warning to South Asia: Is China listening?

29 Countries Pledge Over $5.25 Billion to Global Environment Facility

Mumbai’s Mithi River Polluted for Past 11 Years, Finds MPCB

No Sale, Use, Distribution of Single Use Plastic in Gurugram from July 1

Record Increase in Methane Levels in the Atmosphere: US NOAA

8 Encouraging, Climate-Friendly Moves

Almost All of the World’s Population Exposed to Polluted Air, WHO Warns

‘We Don’t Have to Demonise Plastic, It’s Something to be Recycled’

Online Illegal Wildlife Trade on Rise in Myanmar, World Wildlife Fund Reports

Green is the Colour of Money

Gazipur Landfill Still Smouldering, Delhi Government Directs ₹50 Lakh Fine on MCD

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