Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 12, 2023)

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

Adaptation Gap Report 2022 raises alarm on climate finance

International adaptation finance flows are 5-10 times lower than required

More harm than good: New study scans global treaties on environment, rights

Kyoto protocol was not not as successful as finance and trade treaties

India adds highest rooftop solar capacity for a quarter in July-Sept: Mercom

Gujarat accounted for 55 per cent of the new capacity

Four-laning NH-44: Roads can’t be built at cost of environment, NGT tells NHAI

Project could be halted, if necessary action is not taken within two months

Carbon on sale

US organisations to begin trade in carbon dioxide emissions

No respite for Pali yet, NGT reserves order on illegal textile industries

Some 17 textile industries operate in Pali district, violating the green court's order

Why is river Yamuna still maily?

Officials do not understand the gray waters produced by the city

It’s all greenwash

Eco-friendly products, services are nothing but excellent marketing strategies

Free parking

A municipal park in Nagercoil is up for grabs

The current attention-grab

Carbon trading in ERUs

World Bank energizes South Africa

US $3.75 billion to fund power plants

Energy conservation building code for Andhra soon

Green factory building code, measures to improve energy efficiency under consideration

Our Commonwealth

Getting a city into shape

As told to Parliament (February 3, 2021): India lost 127 tigers in 2021

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Supreme Court gives conditional go-ahead to Bihar to start sand mining

Illegal extraction becomes rampant when mining is banned, says apex court

Rewind 2018: Urbanisation creates chaos in India

Challenges and possible solutions to the rising population in urban areas

Without a longer-term view, the Paris Agreement will lock in warming for centuries

Oceans will continue to warm from the top down, even if no further emissions are made

Supreme Court approves Shimla Development Plan, activists call it ‘unfortunate’

The NGT’s November 2017 verdict had prohibited construction on buildings above two floors and the attic floor in the Shimla planning area

Greece passes first climate law

The law envisages decommissioning all lignite / coal plants by 2028 

Clean hydrogen can cut carbon emissions 34%: Study

Can be achieved at manageable costs using wind and power energy, according to the study

Climate Emergency CoP 25: A failure on key deliverables

At least developing countries did not cave into weak rules on markets

New AWG-LCA text out!

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