Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 3, 2024)

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

Microalgae are adapting to warming climate, declining nutrient levels in seas with novel strategy

Study finds microalgae are firing up a light-responsive protein to use sunlight for growth

IBM to help China fight air pollution

Beijing city to use IBM forecasting expertise to collect air pollution data

Most vulnerable countries unable to access Green Climate Fund for adaptation

Lengthy, complicated application process a major hurdle for many countries 

CO2 emissions from building sector highest in 2019: UNEP

The sector’s decarbonisation progress also slowing down, notes report

The New Proposal

Pronk offers a compromise plan that gives away too much on sinks

Char Dham project to miss deadline, Centre blames court cases

Parliamentary answer reveals Rs 1,800 crore has already been spent on the project

Ghost of climate change haunts Rio

Megadrought demystified

Two major lakes dried up in Africa in the most severe drought recorded in 50,000 years

Blatant rejection

THAILAND

EU proposes

The myth of green building

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 4, 2023)

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

As told to Parliament: Over 1,000 groundwater units in India over-exploited

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Science & Technology - Briefs

NGT wants underground power lines, bird diverters at Great Indian Bustard habitat

Tribunal also wants assessment of biodiversity impact of solar projects

Green tribunal spells its mandate

Forest bureaucracy contended that clearance by the Centre can’t be challenged

An ordeal by water

Bricks, pavers from construction debris

Construction waste recycled to make bricks and pavers

Green buildings: how to redesign

There is a buzz about green buildings

An exercise in flippancy

Planning Commission report for a low-carbon future disappoints

What to wear for a climate crisis

Fashion industry contributes up to 10% of global emissions — more than international aviation and shipping combined

Nothing official about it

Ishikaa Sharma recounts her first day at the National Green Tribunal

City scan

How happy are people living in cities?