Severe food safety challenges in CAREC member countries; overlaps in mandates and institutional conflicts in China
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 16, 2023)
India’s vehicle industry needs EV mandate, finds CSE study
India’s proposed amendments to IHR demand greater equity in access to healthcare, accountability of WHO
‘Fox in the henhouse’: African climate activists decry Sultan Al Jaber’s appointment as COP28 president
Oil company CEO’s appointment as COP28 president will embolden fossil fuel lobbies and derail global climate action, said experts
Indigenous instinct: How Sundargarh emerged as India’s cradle of hockey
Much before the government took initiative or sponsors came to support the sport, the tribals of the district have been busy playing tournaments for goats & chickens as trophies
Joshimath: Subsidence in several Uttarakhand villages since December 25, 2022
Down To Earth ground report finds widening cracks in remote villages around Joshimath
Prepare working plan on waste discharge into Ganga, Yamuna during Kumbh: Allahabad HC to UP government
Authorities are directed to ensure that the ban on single-use plastic is enforced effectively and plastic waste is not dumped in the Ganga or Yamuna
AMR ticking timebomb: Drug-resistant gonorrhea outbreak in Kenya major fertility threat, researchers warn
Gonorrhoea is the second-most common disease to be sexually transmitted across the world
Davos 2023: Natural disasters, extreme weather second-most severe global risk in short term, says WEF report
‘Failure to mitigate climate change’ and ‘failure of climate change adaptation’ are world’s top two most severe risks in the long term
New Joshimath: Activist demands town on the lines of ‘New Tehri’. But where will it come up?
Land subsidence is a ‘silent disaster’ that has taken hold of the Uttarakhand Himalayas; around 500 villages in the state are already in a Joshimath-like situation
Saltie census 2023: 1,793 estuarine crocodiles including 20 whitish ones counted in Bhitarkanika
Last year, 1,784 of the reptiles had been sighted
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 13, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Threat by monster waves to grow by 2100, coastline caution needs consideration, study suggests
Current estimates on climate change’s impacts on monster waves across 80% of the world’s oceans are unclear
Ageing world: Elderly population expected to double over the next 3 decades; are our policies mature enough to address it?
Gender inequalities persist into old age; women’s lower levels of formal labour market participation, shorter working lives & lower wages lead to more economic insecurity in later life
Exxon knew: Big Oil’s scientists documented accurate climate predictions since 1970s, 1980s
ExxonMobil publicly denied climate change, funded misinformation campaign, shows new paper
Countdown to Davos 2023: Industry leaders pledge to halve real estate emissions by 2030
Real estate emissions account for nearly 40% of all energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, according to World Economic Forum
Curb colossal ecological destruction during Char Dham Yatra: NGT-appointed panel
The NGT will assess the report when it hears the matter January 25, 2023
Acute malnutrition risking 30 million children’s lives: WHO
8 million children severely malnourished; UN agencies call for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable in 15 countries
‘Green’ steel, cement for clean energy? Not yet there, says IEA; here’s why
In order to achieve net zero emission target, battery manufacturing capacity for electronic vehicles has to multiply by six times the present capacity by 2030
Study offers clues on ecological gain of weeding out Lantana
Researchers look into effect of removing invasive bush in Madhya Pradesh’s critical tiger conservation site
Countdown to Davos 2023: 120 countries consider agritech most strategically important in next decade
Improved public-private partnerships in this sector can steer investment to build new markets and create high-quality jobs
Joshimath: What escalated the situation on the intervening night of January 2-3?
New leaks reported in several areas; closed tunnel in Tapovan may be the source
FSSAI sets standards for basmati rice; to be enforced from August
The move could increase exports of this fragrant rice of India
Roman secret to durable architecture? Self-healing concrete
Quicklime, pozzolanic material ‘hot-mixed’ to make concrete can endure for millenia; It can also help reduce environment impact of cement production
