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Order of the Gujarat High Court regarding encroachment of gaucher land by constructing houses, Bidada, Gujarat, 19/03/2015

Order of the Gujarat High Court in the matter of Dharamshi Meghji Savla Vs Bidada Gram Panchayat & Others dated 19/03/2015 regarding encroachment of gaucher land by constructing houses in Bidada, Gujarat.

Judgement Date: 
19/03/2015
Tags:
Common Property Resources, Gujarat, High Court, Land Encroachments
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Building resilience to climate change locally: the case of Valenzuela City, Metro Manila

This case study explains the vulnerability and exposure of Valenzuela City to flood risk and elaborates on the impacts caused by the frequent flooding.

Publication Date: 
18/03/2015
Maple Patrocina Lea C. Mateo, Donna Mitzi Lagdameo
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Manila, Disaster Management, Ecosystem Services, Environment, Floods
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding noise pollution by generator sets, 11/03/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Market Welfare Association Vs. District Magistrate & Ors. dated 11/03/2015 regarding noise pollution by generator sets.

Learned counsel appearing for CPCB submits that after deliberation with different Authorities and concerned States they have prepared the National guidelines for ‘in-use generator sets (noise and emissions)’.

Judgement Date: 
11/03/2015
Tags:
Noise Pollution, Noise Pollution Control, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Punjab, India
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding disposal of horticulture waste in parks of Delhi, 05/03/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of S.K. Goyal, Secretary, Dwaraka Forum V/s Commissioner, SDMC & Ors. dated 05/03/2015 regarding disposal of horticulture waste in parks of Delhi.

Judgement Date: 
05/03/2015
Tags:
Green Spaces, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Horticulture, Waste Disposal
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Legacies of past exploitation and climate affect mammalian sexes differently on the roof of the world - The case of wild Yaks

In polar environments, a lack of empirical knowledge about biodiversity prompts reliance on species distribution models to predict future change, yet these ignore the role of biotic interactions including the role of long past human exploitation. To explore how mammals of extreme elevation respond to glacial recession and past harvest, we combined our fieldwork with remote sensing and used analyses of ~60 expeditions from 1850–1925 to represent baseline conditions for wildlife before heavy exploitation on the Tibetan Plateau.

Publication Date: 
02/03/2015
Joel Berger, George B. Schaller, Ellen Cheng & et al
Scientific Reports
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Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Mammals, Yaks, Himalaya, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, Livestock
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In the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups Vs Union of India & Others dated 18/02/2015 regarding submission on draft guidelines to ban junk food in Delhi schools, 18/02/2015

In the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Uday Foundation for Congenital Defects and Rare Blood Groups Vs Union of India & Others dated 18/02/2015 regarding submission on draft guidelines to ban junk food and carbonated drinks in Delhi schools and discouraging the availability of "fast foods" with unhealthy ingredients within 500 yards of Delhi Schools respectively.

Judgement Date: 
25/02/2015
Tags:
Junk Food, Delhi, Child Health, Health Effects, High Court, Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI), Nutrition
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The climate in Africa: 2013

The World Meteorological Organization has issued a report on the Climate in Africa 2013, the first in what is intended to be an annual series. It examines temperatures, rainfall and extreme events on a continent which is especially vulnerable to natural climate variability and long-term climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions.

Publication Date: 
05/02/2015
World Meteorological Organization
Tags:
Climate, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Africa, Floods, Cyclones, Droughts, Storms, Heat Waves
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A non-trivial threat to India's ecological and economic security

On 29th August 2014 the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change of the Government of India (hereinafter referred to as MoEF & CC) set up a High Level Committee headed by former Union Cabinet Secretary Mr. T. S. R. Subramanian, IAS (Retd.).

Publication Date: 
08/01/2015
Leo F. Saldanha, Bhargavi S. Rao
Environment Support Group
Tags:
Environment, Legislation, India, Forests, Wildlife, Pollution Control, Governance, Forest Rights Act 2006, Afforestation, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Management
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Global growth: can productivity save the day in an aging world?

The period of rapid economic growth over the past 50 years was exceptional and will not be repeated without an unprecedented acceleration in productivity growth, according to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2015
James Manyika, Jonathan Woetzel, Richard Dobbs, & et al
McKinsey Global Institute
Tags:
Economy, Economic Development, GDP, Unemployment, Industry, India, Global, Environment
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India’s progress in combating climate change

This publication attempts to present a range of initiatives highlighting enhanced actions in the area of mitigation and adaptation in India.

Publication Date: 
19/12/2014
Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Tags:
Climate Change, India, National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), National Mission on Sustainable Habitats (NMSH), National Water Mission (NWM), National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE), National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), National Mission for Green India (GIM), National Mission on Strategic Knowledge on Climate Change (NMSKCC)

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