STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday proposed a plan to tighten air pollution standards for the first time in a decade. The shift would aim to cut down on deadly particle pollution, otherwise known as soot, which is responsible for killing thousands yearly and disproportionately causing negative health …
Highlights The Joint Forest Management at South Betul Division in Madhya Pradesh, where the locals and the forest department work together for protection of the forest, had made some revenue for the samiti members by selling timber. A 20 percent cut is given to the samiti out of the total revenue generated from selling of …
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Are the Conference of Party (COP) meetings losing steam and if so, what might be done to advance the climate agenda? COP26 in Glasgow and more recently, COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, underline decarbonization’s political challenges. It seems the world has given up the quest for limiting global temperature rise preferably to 1.5°C in relation to the pre-industrial levels. …
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Ninety percent of tropical deforestation is linked to agriculture, driven largely by palm oil, timber, beef and soy trade. Thus, commodity-driven trade is a significant driver of biodiversity loss for developing countries, as well as the global climate crisis. Because climate agreements and ongoing negotiations in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) focus on nationally …
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At the high-level round table, environment minister Bhupender Yadav drew attention to India’s vulnerability to climate change, and stressed how early warning has helped bring down the number of deaths from cyclones by 90% in last 15 years A$3.1 billion action plan for ‘Early Warnings for All’ was launched at the United Nations’ Climate Summit …
