Climate Change

The demand for financing climate projects in cities


Publication Date: 
13/09/2018
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, Urbanisation, Energy, Buildings, Transport, Waste Management
Solid Waste

Ghazipur garbage pile increases to 65m; only 8m short of Qutub Minar

Ghazipur, a 29-acre garbage dump on the fringes of Ghaziabad commissioned in 1985 for dumping daily solid waste from New Delhi has not only started affecting the health conditions of residents of G

Publication Date: 
07/09/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad (T), Landfill, Environmentalists, Waste Management, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Solid Waste
Climate Change

Climate action could add $26 trillion to world economy: Study

PARIS: Ambitious action on climate change could contribute an extra $26 trillion to the world economy by 2030, international experts said on Wednesday, urging nations and businesses to step up thei

Publication Date: 
07/09/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Water Management, Waste Management, Economy
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding setting up of a landfill which is near to a school, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, 04/09/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mothers Pride Public School Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 04/09/2018 regarding quashing of order passed by the District Magistrate, Sitapur in the matter of dumping of garbage at City Waste Garbage Dump Yard in violation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.

Judgement Date: 
04/09/2018
Tags:
Landfill, Sitapur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Waste Management, Uttar Pradesh
Climate Change

From resource extraction to outflows of wastes and emissions: The socioeconomic metabolism of the global economy, 1900–2015

The size and structure of the socioeconomic metabolism are key for the planet’s sustainability. In this article, we provide a consistent assessment of the development of material flows through the global economy in the period 1900–2015 using material flow accounting in combination with results from dynamic stock-flow modelling.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2018
Fridolin Krausmann, Christian Lauk, Willi Haas & et al
Global Environmental Change
52
131-140
Tags:
Consumption Patterns, Climate Change, Economy, Global, Statistics, Waste Management, China, India, Brazil, Developing Countries, Green House Gases
Solid Waste

Solid waste management in Vientiane, Lao P.D.R

This report was prepared in support of GGGI’s Green Cities Development Program in Lao PDR. Following a request of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (henceforth Lao PDR) Government, GGGI has been conducting a green city pilot program in the capital city, Vientiane, to demonstrate how this concept could be implemented in the Lao context.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2018
Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Waste To Energy, Waste Recycling, Laos, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Organic Waste
Solid Waste

Take matter seriously: Supreme Court to panel on waste

The court observed that in accordance with the terms of reference, the committee may submit its report, preferably within three months.

Publication Date: 
31/08/2018
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waste Management, Supreme Court, Solid Waste
Solid Waste

Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in Low- and Middle-income Countries

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day. This waste is rich in water, nutrients, energy and organic compounds. Yet waste is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse, whilst millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2018
Miriam Otoo, Pay Drechsel
Routledge
Tags:
Waste Management, Sanitation, Agriculture, Waste To Energy, Organic Waste, Municipal Solid Waste, Biogas, India, Global, Wastewater, Renewable Energy
Solid Waste

24-member panel to meet daily for 2 weeks to resolve waste problem

The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the setting up of a high-powered 24-member committee comprising senior bureaucrats, scientists, members from civil society and director of Swachh Bharat Miss

Publication Date: 
30/08/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waste Management, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEER), Solid Waste
Water Pollution

Learn river cleaning from Indore: NGT to other cities

Indore: Praising Indore for its Kahn river cleaning work, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday said other cities should learn from MP’s commercial capital.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2018
Free Press (Indore)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Indore (D), River Pollution, Waste Management, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Water Pollution

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