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Electric mobility key to long-term fight against air pollution: UNEP chiefA top UN official stresses electric mobility and mandatory vehicle emissions testing for long-term air pollution solutions. India's plan to...- Iran shows off its control over strait after collapse of peace talksIran has asserted control over the Strait of Hormuz. This follows the breakdown of peace talks. The United States has boarded another tanke...
- World already 'paying terrible price' for climate inaction: GuterresUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that humanity is suffering severely from global warming inaction, with time running out to corr...
- Climate funding fall shows action 'stalling' as needs grows: UNInternational funding for climate resilience in developing countries slumped in 2021 despite increasingly ferocious impacts, the United Nat...
- 'We abuse plastic, it's so cheap': UN Environment chiefInger Andersen, an economist by training, told AFP she that a binding, "ambitious" global treaty would help fix the problem, ahead of the s...
- View: Wrap it up, swachh from plasticThe UN Environment Programme finds the world adding 300 million tonnes of plastic waste every year to the accumulated pile of about 7 billi...
- If you don't go green, I pity you: UN Environment Programme Executive Director's message for Indian businesses"If you (Indian businesses) don't go green, I pity you because the others will go green," Erik Solheim said simply. "If you want all the jo...
- Current global pledges keep planet on track for catastrophic heating, warns UN report
- Paytm homepage gets a World Environment Day twist, Vijay Shekhar Sharma urges people to remember responsibility towards natureHe wants people to take a pledge to protect the environment.
- UN environment chief lauds India's efforts to use solar energy, curb plasticsUNEP Executive Director Erik Solheim said 2017 is "the first year in human history" when more electricity was generated globally from the s...
- 100 environment ministers to attend UN environment assembly in KenyaEnvironment ministers from about 100 countries are gathering in Nairobi from Monday to issue a clarion call against air, land and water pol...
- It’s déjà vu for the world when it comes to US moving out of pactsThe 1997 legally binding climate deal placed restrictions on industrialised countries like the US, without any such demands on developing c...
- TERI university signs pact with UN Environment ProgrammeTERI University has signed a pact with the UN Environment Programme to spread knowledge and skills for environmental conservation.
- Vedanta invests Rs 361 crore in environment sustainability projects in 2015The Anil Agarwal-led company said it is one of the first companies in India to adopt the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool, devised b...
- Mumbai, Kolkata most vulnerable to climate change: Government"Mumbai and Kolkata will have the greatest population and assets exposure to coastal flooding in 2070," Environment Minister Prakash Javade...
- Ozone layer that started depleting in 1980s healingThe protective ozone layer that started depleting heavily in the 1980’s is on a recovery mode according to a new assessment by 300 scientis...
- UN ropes in MNC chiefs for climate talks breakthroughUN climate bodies today launched a platform, where chief executives of major MNCs will join top government officials to share solutions, co...
- Indian project declared winner of Environment Day challengeA Chennai-based development organisation is among the five winners of this year's World Environment Day Challenge organised by the UN.
- Auto rickshaw crucial for sustainable transport: StudyAuto rickshaw may be losing its way in Indian transport debate, but it is being discussed in global forums as option for sustainable transp...
- Need to balance environment & development: Jairam RameshRamesh said development that hurts the environment is no development but there is no justification for depriving people of development.
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