Climate Change

Use technology to combat climate change, says expert

Urban planners in the State can leverage technology to build resilience to climate change and minimise the risks to the population, according to Usha P.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2015
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Climate Change, Urbanisation, Climate Mitigation, Natural Disasters, Population
Climate Change

Climate‐informed decisions: the capital investment plan as a mechanism for lowering carbon emissions

Global trajectories for reducing carbon emissions depend on the local adoption of alternatives to conventional energy sources, technologies, and urban development. Yet, decisions on which type of capital investments to make, made by local governments as part of the normal budget cycle, typically do not incorporate climate considerations.

Publication Date: 
29/07/2015
Jan Whittington, Catherine Lynch
The World Bank
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, Low Carbon Economy, Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Cost Benefit Analysis, Sustainable Development, Climate Mitigation, Urbanisation
Forests

Chhattisgarh to use transplanter machine to relocate trees

RAIPUR: Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh on Wednesday inaugurated a tree transplanter machine at the Botanical Garden in Naya Raipur for relocating trees rather than cutting them off to pave way for u

Publication Date: 
23/07/2015
Anuja Jaiswal
Times Of India (Raipur)
Tags:
Chhattisgarh, Trees, Urbanisation, Deforestation, Infrastructure Development, Construction Industry, Forests
Forests

Tuki joins festival of trees plantation programme

Stressing on his commitment to increase the forest cover percentage of the state from its existing 82 to 85 per cent and above Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today took part in the 'fe

Publication Date: 
23/07/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Arunachal, Trees, Afforestation, Itanagar, Environmentalists, Forests, Urbanisation
Climate Change

Kochi to Get Vatican Support to Fight Climate Change

KOCHI: As part of Holy Father Pope Francis’ humanitarian vision, Vatican-based Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences will extend support to Kochi to tackle the challenges of human-in

Publication Date: 
23/07/2015
New Indian Express (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Urbanisation, Migration, Sustainable Development
People

Forgotten voices: the world of urban children in India

This report discusses how the major urban development schemes in India do not adequately take into account issues related to children’s health, education, growth, safety and participation.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Save the Children
Tags:
Children, Urbanisation, Poverty, Slums, Governance, Child Health, Malnutrition, India, Education, Environment
Environment

Environmental issues in Mumbai and Visakhapatnam

Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests, present this Two Hundred and Sixty-fourth Report on "Environmental issues in Mumbai and Visakhapatnam".

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Environment, Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam (T), Pollution, Urbanisation, Coastal Regulations, Parliament
Environment

Pollution in Tier-II cities of Punjab – Ludhiana and Amritsar

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests under the Chairmanship of Shri Ashwani Kumar had decided to take up the issue of pollution levels of some of the Tier-II cities of the country.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Tags:
Pollution, Ludhiana (T), Amritsar (T), Punjab, Parliament, Water Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Industrial Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), NGOs, Urbanisation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Unplanned growth harming urban evnironment: Govt

Lack of a coordinated policy towards addressing rapid urbanisation has put the urban environment in peril, according to a government report released last week.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Kathmandu Post (Nepal)
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation, Urbanisation, Nepal, Water Supply, Sanitation, Waste Management, South Asia, Infrastructure Development
Environment

Odisha needs Sustainable Envr Policy for devp: Ranjan

Odisha needs a ‘Sustainable Environment Policy' for both economic development and environment protection and the mass media has a role to play in shaping the perception of the human nature relation

Publication Date: 
21/07/2015
Statesman (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Environmental Security, Minerals, Sustainable Development, Water Resources, Environmentalists, Urbanisation, Environment

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