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Financing circularity: demystifying finance for the circular economy

Financiers can and must make the shift to circularity, ensuring the consumption and production patterns of the businesses they invest in make more efficient use of resources and minimize waste, pollution and carbon emissions, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).

Publication Date: 
13/10/2020
UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
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Economy, Finance, Pollution, Waste Management, India, Global, Industry
Environment

The cost of coastal zone degradation in Nigeria: Cross river, delta and lagos states

This report addresses the question of Nigeria's fragile coastal areas. Using a consistent valuation methodology, it estimates the cost of coastal degradation in three Nigerian states: Cross River, Delta and Lagos.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2020
Lelia Croitoru, Juan Jose Miranda, Abdellatif Khattabi, Jia Jun Lee
The World Bank
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Coastal Development, Coastal Erosion, Pollution, Floods, Mangroves, Nigeria, Africa
Environment

Pollution Management and the Making of Prosperous Cities

The work summarized in this report fills a knowledge gap by contributing to an improved understanding of the links between competitiveness and pollution. Specifically, it argues that pollution need not be an inevitable consequence of development.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2020
The World Bank
Tags:
Pollution, Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Indoor Air Pollution, Africa, Global, Urban Air Quality
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dairy farm operation, Chiranjiv Vihar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 14/08/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ved Prakash Aggrawal Vs Municipal Commissioner, Nagar Nigam Ghaziabad dated 14/08/2020.

A factual and action taken report was sought from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), District Magistrate, Ghaziabad and the Municipal Commissioner, Ghaziabad with reference to the allegation of illegal operation of dairy farms in residential colony of Chiranjiv Vihar, Ghaziabad.

Judgement Date: 
14/08/2020
Tags:
Dairy Development, Pollution, Ghaziabad (T), Municipal Corporations, Uttar Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

CPCB report on environmental evaluation of railway stations, 13/07/2020

CPCB Report on performance assessment of railway stations in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order in O.A. No. 141/2014 in the matter of Saloni Singh & Others Vs Union of India & Others.

Judgement Date: 
13/07/2020
Tags:
Rail Transport, Pollution, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Report by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on environmental violations by medical colleges, Salem, Tamil Nadu

Action taken report filed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board in the matter of Trustee, Environment Protection and Anti Pollution Group Trust Vs State of Tamil Nadu & Others regarding private medical colleges operating in Salem district, Tamil Nadu without obtaining Environmental Clearance as per EIA Notification, 2006 as amended and the private medical colleges are discharging sewage and effluent without proper treatment in public sewers and open channels.

Judgement Date: 
27/02/2020
Tags:
Pollution, Waste Disposal, Salem (D), Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Environment

The circularity gap report 2020

The amount of material consumed by humanity has passed 100bn tonnes every year, a report has revealed, but the proportion being recycled is falling. The climate and wildlife emergencies are driven by the unsustainable extraction of fossil fuels, metals, building materials and trees.

Publication Date: 
22/01/2020
Circle Economy
Tags:
Economy, Waste Recycling, Poverty, Environment, Renewable Energy, India, Global, Pollution
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dairy farms operating in green space in Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 20/12/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tanuj Shivhare Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/12/2019 regarding operations of cattle sheds and dairy farm located in the vicinity of the green belt area and parks around Ram Ji Dham Colony and Rishipuram Colony, Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh. The sheds were demolished and sealed but the sea was broken and illegal activites have started again.

Judgement Date: 
20/12/2019
Tags:
Green Spaces, Agra (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Uttar Pradesh, Pollution
Health

2019 pollution and health metrics: global, regional and country analysis

In 2017, pollution was responsible for 15% of all deaths globally, and 275 million Disability-Adjusted Life Years. India saw the most pollution deaths — about 2.3 million — a new report has found.

Publication Date: 
19/12/2019
Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP)
Tags:
Pollution, Air Pollution, Health Effects, India, Global
Environment

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Effects of Pollution on Himalayan Glaciers, 13/12/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Effects of Pollution on Himalayan Glaciers, 13/12/2019. Black Carbon is emitted into the atmosphere as a by-product of combustion processes such as fossil fuel, vegetation burning, industrial effluents, motor vehicle and air craft exhausts.

Publication Date: 
13/12/2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Black Carbon, Pollution, Himalaya, Glaciers, India, Parliament

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