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India’s Urban Heat Islands Are Magnifying the Climate Crisis

June 17, 2026

Temperatures in Indian cities have been rising to record levels over the past couple of decades and the blame can’t be put either on global warming or climate change. The culprit is a phenomenon that has been called athe ‘Urban Heat Island’

Rising Incomes Harm Environment More than Rising Population: UN

TC Web Desk

February 24, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

A new United Nations report, Global Population Growth and Sustainable Development, part of a series on major demographic trends, says, the rise in per capita income has been more important than population growth in driving increased production and consumption and emissions of

Climate Change: Kerala Sees Three-Fold Increase in Rainfall Since 2015

Tannuka Juneja

February 21, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the incidence of heavy rainfall in Kerala has almost tripled since 2015. The official data say, 43 incidents of extremely heavy rainfall were recorded in the coastal states in 2015, where the number increased to 115

Prime Minister Launches Asia’s Biggest Bio-CNG Plant in Indore

TC Web Desk

February 19, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Asia’s biggest Bio-CNG plant, the Gobar-Dhan plant, in Indore on Saturday. The Prime Minister informed that in coming two years, Gober-Dhan Bio-CNG plants will be established in 75 major municipal bodies. “This campaign will go a

Protecting Environment Is Now Part of Italy’s Constitution

TC Web Desk

February 10, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

On February 8, Italy has made protecting the environment part of its constitution in a landmark vote. The Italian parliament approved a new law mandating that the state must safeguard the environment, biodiversity and natural ecosystems “in the interest of future generations.”

Friends of Forests

Kalyan Chatterjee

February 6, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

To achieve the target of restricting the rise in global warming to not more than 1.5o C by 2030, the emission of greenhouse gases all over the planet needs to come down by 7.5% annually for a decade, starting in 2020, according

Unending Trail of Tragedy

Ninglun Hanghal

February 6, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

The Oting incident in Mon district of Nagaland in December 2021 has reignited public sentiment and uproar against the imposition of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 in some north-eastern states. The killing of 15 civilians by a special unit

UN Aims To Combat Microplastics In Cigarettes Affecting Humans and Marine Life

Tannuka Juneja

February 3, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

The United Nations Environment Program and the Secretariat of the Framework Convention of the World Health Organization for Tobacco Control will soon launch a campaign on social networks that aims to raise awareness about the environmental and health impact caused by microplastics present in cigarettes

WMO Records ‘Megaflash’ Lightning in the US in 2020

TC Web Desk

February 1, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

In the southern United States, World Meteorological Organization’s Committee on Weather and Climate Extremes has officially recognised a single flash that covered a horizontal distance of around 770 km on 29 April 2020, which is “equivalent to the distance between New York

Uttar Pradesh Must Break New Ground to Become Net Water Positive

TC Web Desk

January 28, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

On January 7, 2021, Uttar Pradesh bagged the first position in the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti’s National Water Awards 2020 in the category of ‘best state’. The Ministry of Jal Shakti recognised the state for its effective abetment of pollution in

Delivery of Climate Finance and Technologies Must Upscale: Bhupender Yadav

Jyoti Verma

January 28, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav has said that current pace and scale of climate finance and technology support from developed countries are not matching the global aspiration to combat climate change and there is a need for upscaling

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India’s Urban Heat Islands Are Magnifying the Climate Crisis

Rising Incomes Harm Environment More than Rising Population: UN

Climate Change: Kerala Sees Three-Fold Increase in Rainfall Since 2015

Prime Minister Launches Asia’s Biggest Bio-CNG Plant in Indore

Protecting Environment Is Now Part of Italy’s Constitution

Friends of Forests

Unending Trail of Tragedy

UN Aims To Combat Microplastics In Cigarettes Affecting Humans and Marine Life

WMO Records ‘Megaflash’ Lightning in the US in 2020

Uttar Pradesh Must Break New Ground to Become Net Water Positive

Delivery of Climate Finance and Technologies Must Upscale: Bhupender Yadav

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