Tyre industry pushes back against evidence of plastic pollution
A growing body of scientific research linking tyre wear to microplastic pollution, as well as increasing scrutiny from lawmakers in the European Union (EU), has …
Climate
Fall in COVID-linked carbon emissions won’t halt climate change – UN weather agency chief
An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is only “short-term good news”, the head …
SAS, IIASA Call for Crowd-Driven Artificial Intelligence to Help Track Deforestation
This Earth Day, SAS and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) are implementing the next generation of crowd-driven artificial intelligence (AI) to help power AI …
Earth Day: e-Conference on Clean Energy and Clean transportation brings Global leaders together
The world this year celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on 22nd April. This year’s theme ‘Climate Change’ could not be a more appropriate …
Can financial disclosure of climate risk accelerate climate action?
The Covid-19 pandemic could be a dry run for future impacts of climate change, with challenging and unprecedented situations requiring rapid and aggressive responses worldwide. …
COVID 19 effect- while Homo sapiens are locked, wilds moves freely in India (pics and videos)
While the nature is rejuvenating amid the Covid-19 outbreak, and almost all homo sapiens are staying inside their houses due to the lockdown. People are …
PM Modi’s #9PM9Minute lights-out call went well, but we did it wrong again
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged people to switch off the lights at their homes and light up lamps, candles or mobile phone torches …
JICA Extends ODA Loan of INR 1864 Crore for the Project for Pollution Abatement of Nag River
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed an agreement with the Government of India to provide an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of 29,082 million …
New study confirms Electric vehicles are environment friendly
According to a new study electric vehicles produce less carbon dioxide than petrol cars across the globe, even if electricity generation involves substantial amounts of …
Volkswagen gearing up to hire climate activist to scrutinize policies
Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess plans to hire a climate campaigner to shake up the German automaker’s efforts to fight pollution and help …