Climate Change

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dangers of sea level rise and submergence of low lying islands, 13/10/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in Newspaper The Hindu dated 19.03.2023 titled “India’s Sinking Island” dated 13/10/2023.

Judgement Date: 
13/10/2023
Tags:
Sea Level Rise, Islands, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Government Of India (GOI)
Climate Change

Joint committee report on the impact of sea level rise on the islands and frame policy and measures to protect these islands, 10/10/2023

Report of the joint committee to study the impact of sea level rise on the islands and frame policy and measures to protect these islands dated October 10, 2023.

The report was in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order, July 11, 2023.

The report recommended undertaking field-based topographic surveys essential to map the accurate inundation of the island under different climate change scenarios. And adopting new policies and advanced technologies to avoid any expected infrastructure damage due to natural hazards and particularly to coastal erosion.

Judgement Date: 
10/10/2023
Tags:
Sea Level Rise, Islands, India, Climate Change, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Mangroves
Environment

Amendment in ICRZ Notification, 2019

The notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change number S.O.

Publication Date: 
09/06/2021
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Islands, India, Sand, Mining
Natural Disasters

Coupled, physics-based modeling reveals earthquake displacements are critical to the 2018 Palu, Sulawesi tsunami

The September 2018, Mw 7.5 Sulawesi earthquake occurring on the Palu-Koro strike-slip fault system was followed by an unexpected localized tsunami. We show that direct earthquake-induced uplift and subsidence could have sourced the observed tsunami within Palu Bay.

Publication Date: 
22/08/2019
T. Ulrich, S. Vater, E. H. Madden & et al
Pure and Applied Geophysics
1-41
Tags:
Earthquakes, Tsunami, Indonesia, Islands, Geology, Natural Disasters
Climate Change

Some reef islands resilient to climate change: Study

The Pacific's low-lying reef islands are likely to change shape in response to climate change, rather than simply sinking beneath rising seas and becoming uninhabitable as previously assumed, new r

Publication Date: 
17/07/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Islands, Floods, Natural Disasters
Climate Change

Birds like puffins dying at alarming numbers due to climate change in Alaska

Birds like puffins are dying in alarming numbers owing to climate change, suggests researchers.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2019
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Birds, Islands, Marine Ecosystems
Hazardous Waste

Significant plastic accumulation on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia

For over 60 years, our oceans have been a reservoir for exponentially increasing amounts of plastic waste.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2019
J. L. Lavers, L. Dicks, M. R. Dicks & et al
Scientific Reports
9
7102
1-9
Tags:
Plastics, Marine Pollution, Australia, Islands, Marine Ecosystems, Hazardous Waste, Waste Disposal
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding solid waste management issues in Lakshadweep, 14/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (Union Territory of Lakshadweep) dated 14/05/2019 regarding solid waste management and allied issues in Lakshadweep.

Judgement Date: 
14/05/2019
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Plastics, Lakshadweep, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Islands, Waste Disposal, Corals, Pollution
Wildlife

To stop extinctions, start with these 169 islands, new study finds

New research shows that culling invasive, non-native animals on just 169 islands around the world over roughly the next decade could help save almost 10 percent of island-dwelling animals at ri

Publication Date: 
03/04/2019
Mongabay
Tags:
Wildlife, Islands, Biodiversity, Global, Endangered Species, Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles, Mammals
Climate Change

Mauritius: National Workshop Focuses On Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

A national workshop for the validation of the outcomes of component one of the Adapt Action Programme set up by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), opened this morning at La Pirogue Hotel

Publication Date: 
29/03/2019
All Africa
Tags:
Climate Change, Mauritius, Climate Adaptation, Developing Countries, Islands, Africa

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