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Environment (Protection) Third Amendment Rules, 2022

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 3rd November 2022, has notified the Environment (Protection) Third Amendment Rules, 2022 which shall come into force from 1st July 2023.

Publication Date: 
03/11/2022
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Environment Act 1986, Emission Standards, Diesel, Alternative Fuels, India
Environment

Leaving no one behind: how a global instrument to end plastic pollution can enable a just transition for the people informally collecting and recovering waste

This report provides an overview on the importance of the Informal Waste and Recovery Sector (IWRS) for ending plastic pollution. It outlines how the current negotiations towards a global instrument to end plastic pollution can leverage a just transition of the IWRS.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2022
UN HABITAT
Tags:
Plastics, Pollution, Informal Sector, Urbanisation, India, Global
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding biological pollution by the Susri insects, 31/10/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of HC Singla Vs State of Punjab dated 31/10/2022.

The matter is related to biological pollution by the Susri insect. This pollution is being caused due to decaying grains, due to negligence in storage arrangements of grains by Food Corporation of India in its godowns at Sirhind Road, Patiala. The biological pollution is affecting nearby residents.

Judgement Date: 
31/10/2022
Tags:
Insects, Food Storage, Patiala (D), Punjab, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Economy

World development challenges report: development from a broader lens

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) issued a report introducing a new global index that measures shortfalls in achievements in three areas: quality-adjusted human development; environmental sustainability; and good governance.

Publication Date: 
26/10/2022
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Tags:
Development, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Education, Health, Environment, India, Global
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding ban on single use plastic in religious places of Bhaderwah, Doda district, Jammu & Kashmir, 19/10/2022

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Joginder Singh Thakur Vs U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir dated 19/10/2022.

The applicant, Joginder Singh Thakur an advocate of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir has addressed a representation to the Additional Commissioner, Bhaderwa in Chenab Valley seeking ban of single use of plastic in religious places of Bhaderwah. He had also sent a copy of the application to the NGT.

Judgement Date: 
19/10/2022
Tags:
Plastics, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Doda (D), Religious Places, Jammu & Kashmir
Environment

Ecological threat report 2022: analysing ecological threats, resilience & peace

This is the third edition of the Ecological Threat Report (ETR), which analyses ecological threats in 228 independent states and territories.

Publication Date: 
19/10/2022
Institute for Economics and Peace
Tags:
Environment, Climate Change, Food Security, Water Resources, Population Trends, Natural Disasters, Displacement, Urbanisation, India, Global
Environment

Upscaling community resilience through ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in India

This case study highlights Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) interventions in India focused on integrating Eco-DRR measures on improved water management into local development plans and schemes (such as disaster, wetlands, and rural employment) through capacity-strengthening and participation of communities and local governments.

Publication Date: 
19/10/2022
UNEP
Tags:
Ecosystems, Disaster Management, Water Management, Wetlands, India
Health

One health joint plan of action (‎2022‒2026)‎: working together for the health of humans, animals, plants and the environment

The Quadripartite Organizations – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO) – collaborate to drive the change and transformation required to mitigate the impact of curr

Publication Date: 
14/10/2022
WHO
Tags:
Health, Environment, Antibiotics, Food Safety
Environment

Report filed by the Jammu & Kashmir Pollution Control Committee regarding disposal of plastic waste in tourist hotspots at high altitude places, Jammu & Kashmir, 13/10/2022

Report filed by the Jammu & Kashmir Pollution Control Committee in the matter of Joginder Singh Thakur Vs UT of Jammu & Kashmir.

The complainant said that during various metals and events which are held in the month of April in Chenab Valley region particularly in Bhaderwah, plastic waste water bottles are being discarded posing threat to the environment.

Judgement Date: 
13/10/2022
Tags:
Religious Places, Tourism, Plastics, Waste Disposal, Mountains, Jammu & Kashmir
Environment

Debt-for-nature-swaps: feasibility and policy significance in Africa’s natural resources sector

The aim of this research is to assist the African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre (ANRC), an entity of the African Development Bank (AfDB), to meet its commitment to advise regional member countries (RMCs) on important aspects of natural resource management and to ensure nature fully supports Africa’s future economic developme

Publication Date: 
13/10/2022
African Development Bank
Tags:
Environment, Climate Change, Debt, GDP, Africa, Economic Development

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