Deadstock Textile: The journey from dump yards to designer racks
Aug 29, 2024, at 11:23 pm
Deadstock textiles, often discarded or incinerated, are being innovatively repurposed by some Indian designers into sustainable fashion, reducing environmental impact. Mongabay India correspondent Shweta Thakur Nanda reports
Jul 24, 2024, at 06:43 am
New Delhi: Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved US$ 215.6 million in its 39th Board meeting held in Songdo, South Korea for implementing SIDBI’s Financing Mitigation and Adaptation Projects (FMAP) in Indian MSMEs.
Volvo Car India launches The Reverse Project: mission to convert kilometres into trees
Jun 27, 2024, at 06:58 am
Kolkata: Volvo Car India Wednesday announced the launch of Reverse Project that aims at reversing the environmental damage through planting trees commensurate to the mileage done on EV cars of any brand.
E-waste mountain growing five times faster than recycling rate: Report
Mar 23, 2024, at 12:45 am
The amount of electronic waste – or e-waste – that we produce is at least 62 million tonnes, and it’s rising five times faster than the amount being recycled.
SC pulls up former Uttarakhand Minister, DFO for destruction of Jim Corbett National Park
Mar 07, 2024, at 08:23 am
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the former Uttarakhand Forest Minister Harak Singh Rawat and Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Kishan Singh Chand for the heavy environmental damage at the Jim Corbett National Park and directed that the tiger Safari cannot be built in the core area.
Senior officials call for action and solutions at UN Environment Assembly
Mar 01, 2024, at 10:42 pm
Leaders attending a major UN environmental conference in Nairobi must drive forward solutions to combat climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday.
SC approves Centre's new expert body on environmental and forest matters
Feb 01, 2024, at 02:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the new body of experts set up by the Centre for consultation on environmental and forest matters.
Jan 05, 2024, at 05:45 am
New Delhi: India has proposed the names of three cities – Indore, Bhopal, and Udaipur – for accreditation as international wetland cities.
Oct 07, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Multimedia journalist, educator, Fulbright scholar, and founder of Lens15 Media, Jason Strother, visited Kolkata recently to conduct a workshop on the topic of 'Disability Representation In Mass Media, Reporting On Disability And Making Media More Accessible For People With Visual Disabilities' at the American Center. In a conversation with IBNS correspondent Supriyo Hazra, he talked about climate change, disability journalism and more. Excerpts:
Research finds extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in distant future
Sep 27, 2023, at 03:13 pm
A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time.
Environmental champion hails rivers as ‘arteries of our planet’
Sep 16, 2023, at 04:34 am
Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh traded the ocean for New York State’s Hudson River, declaring at the end of his epic 517 kilometre journey downriver on Wednesday that “we can never become complacent when it comes to protecting the environment”.
Jun 08, 2023, at 05:29 pm
Phek/Nagaland: The Chakhesang Public Organisation (CPO), in line with their resolution made 23 years ago, is launching a significant tree plantation initiative to commemorate Chakhesang Day and celebrate 50 years of Phek district's formation.
From eco-parks to coal gasification: India's top efforts to hit net zero by 2070
Jun 05, 2023, at 09:19 pm
New Delhi: State-owned coal miners are taking various initiatives to make coal mining a sustainable exercise in line with India’s vision to be net zero by 2070.
Centre forms high-level Cheetah Project Steering Committee
May 27, 2023, at 05:41 am
New Delhi: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which implements Project Cheetah, has formed a high-level Cheetah Project Steering Committee, a press release by the Union Environment Ministry said.
Nagaland: NESMS holds seminar on 'Agar Wood Plantation in North-East India'
May 20, 2023, at 07:55 am
Tuli/Nagaland: Nagaland Ecological and Sanitation Management Society (NESMS) organised a one-day seminar entitled “Promoting Agar Wood Plantation in India’s North-eastern Region” on May 11 at Aitlenden ward, Tuli Town Mokokchung.
Apr 26, 2023, at 02:32 pm
Worries about environmental issues are consistently leading to lost sleep for many Americans, a recent survey has revealed.
New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis
Oct 06, 2022, at 09:00 pm
New York: A new UN report presented on Wednesday to the Organization’s highest pan-European environmental policy body, covering 54 countries, is calling for greater action to tackle the triple environmental crisis roiling the planet.
TERI signs MoU with Tata Steel Foundation
Sep 14, 2022, at 09:54 pm
New Delhi/Jamshedpur: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday in New Delhi to collaborate on implementing the latest stage of The Green School Project which aims to create awareness about environment conservation in the school network.
Jun 03, 2022, at 05:15 pm
Stockholm/New Delhi: Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault and India’s Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Stockholm on Thursday to increase bilateral cooperation on climate action, environmental protection and conservation.
May 22, 2022, at 04:29 am
New Delhi: A study conducted by a magazine focussing on the environment has questioned India's earnestness in biodiversity conservation.
UN focus on plant health, crucial for boosting food security worldwide
May 14, 2022, at 12:48 am
New York: On the very first International Day of Plant Health, marked on Thursday, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for more investment in innovation to boost food security, especially for the billions worldwide living close to the bread line.
Push for ‘more caring, thoughtful’ relationship with nature: UN chief
Mar 04, 2022, at 02:47 am
New York: Everyone must commit to preserving the Earth’s “invaluable and irreplaceable wildlife,” the UN chief said on Wednesday in his message for World Wildlife Day.
UNESCO marks semi-centennial anniversary of biosphere preservation
Dec 28, 2021, at 09:32 pm
New York: The UN cultural agency commemorated on Monday the 50th anniversary of its Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), which created in 1971, has been promoting a long-lasting connection between people and nature.
Most agricultural funding distorts prices, harms environment: UN report
Sep 15, 2021, at 03:53 pm
New York: Around 87% of the $540 billion in total annual government support given worldwide to agricultural producers includes measures that are price distorting and that can be harmful to nature and health.
Improving air quality ‘key’ to confronting global environmental crises
Sep 03, 2021, at 05:57 pm
New York: With environmental events becoming increasingly interconnected, a new global report on air pollution published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday underscores that improved air quality is “key to tackling the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste”.
IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief
Aug 10, 2021, at 05:40 pm
New York: Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday.
Lace up and join the UN to help win #TheHumanRace against climate change
Aug 03, 2021, at 04:45 pm
New York: The United Nations is encouraging everyone across the world to participate in the literal race against the climate emergency.
Deadly flooding, heatwaves in Europe, highlight urgency of climate action
Jul 17, 2021, at 06:43 pm
New York: Heavy rainfall that has triggered deadly and catastrophic flooding in several western European countries, is just the latest indicator that all nations need to do more to hold back climate change-induced disasters, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
UN body unveils new plan to end ecological destruction, ‘preserve and protect nature’
Jul 14, 2021, at 10:18 pm
New York: Equitably “redirecting, repurposing or eliminating incentives” that harm biodiversity by at least $500 billion per year is just one of the 21 ambitious targets of a new draft agreement released by a UN body in the lead up to the landmark November climate conference, COP26, in the United Kingdom.
Conflict, climate change, COVID, forces more people into hunger
Jul 13, 2021, at 07:02 pm
New York: Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday.