Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 22 – 27)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

UNCCD CoP: Centre unclear how states are spending money allotted for forests

The 14th Finance Commission had given 7.5 per cent weightage to forest cover

Simply Put: COP 14 Combat desertification

Global tiger population up by 22 per cent

India is the largest contributor to the increase in tiger population

Last call to save the planet

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto's take on COP 21

COP out

Green Climate Fund races to get its show on the road before COP 21

Fund members attempt to address concerns raised over its operationalisation

Activists object to having carbon-emitting sponsors for COP 21

Say sponsorship of UN climate conference by big carbon emitters is hypocritical

22 million people displaced by natural disasters globally last year

Floods, storms and quakes displaced 19 million people in Asia alone

Untimely rains, hailstorm kill 22 people in Andhra Pradesh

Crops on over 250,000 hectares destroyed in continuous downpour

CoP 11: No consensus on resource mobilisation

Jayanthi Natarajan hopeful of Parties agreeing on a final document 

Robocop in space

Encephalitis kills 22

Catch 22

22 infants die in Kolkata hospital

European Commission bans 22 chemicals in hair dyes

Vienna climate change meet sets stage for Bali COP

One man, 22 years, a road

Fed up of state’s highway fixation, villagers connect themselves to the world

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

दुनिया से विलुप्त हो सकती हैं 22 फीसदी प्रवासी प्रजातियां: संयुक्त राष्ट्र

संयुक्त राष्ट्र द्वारा जारी रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक सबसे ज्यादा चिंता प्रवासी मछलियों को लेकर है, जिनकी 97 फीसदी प्रजातियों के विलुप्त होने का खतरा ...

El Nino: Malawi’s harvest of maize – its staple food – may fall by 22.5% this year

In the longer run, Malawi should prioritise investments aimed at diminishing its reliance on rainfed agriculture

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 22, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal  

दिल्ली की वायु गुणवत्ता में आ रहा सुधार, 220 रहा सूचकांक, लेकिन 46 शहरों में दमघोंटू बनी हुई है हवा

देश में दिल्ली-मुंबई जैसे बड़े शहरों को पीछे छोड़ कटिहार-मोतिहारी जैसे 11 शहरों में हवा अभी भी जानलेवा बनी हुई है। वहीं दिल्ली सहित ...

बारिश के बाद दिल्ली के वायु गुणवत्ता सूचकांक में आई 158 अंकों की गिरावट, 22 शहरों में अभी भी दमघोंटू है हवा

देश में फरीदाबाद-पटना सहित 22 शहरों में हवा अभी भी दमघोंटू बनी हुई है। वहीं दिल्ली सहित 61 शहरों में वायु गुणवत्ता का स्तर 'खराब' दर्ज ...

CoP-8: Nothing's brewing

For a fortnight, 1,456 delegates from 167 countries sat in conference halls, attended plenary sessions and roundtables, and sized each other up …