Environment
Greener growth could add $26 trn to world economy by 2030: report
06 Sep 2018
Greener growth could generate over 65 million new low-carbon jobs, avoid over 700,000 premature deaths and generate an estimated $2.8 trillion in government revenues per year in 2030 - equivalent to the total GDP of India today, says the report
Water worlds could support life, study says
03 Sep 2018
Kerala disaster could have been prevented: CAG report
31 Aug 2018
Everything that happened to Kerala was entirely predictable and, more important, preventable, if the right tools had been available, says the CAG report
Drought increases CO2 concentration in the air
31 Aug 2018
The fate of plastic in the oceans
30 Aug 2018
Many Arctic pollutants decrease after market removal and regulation
28 Aug 2018
Persistent Organic Pollutants, also known as POPs, can having lasting impacts on both people and wild animals in the Arctic. Research shows some POPs are decreasing in the region after being pulled from market or regulated around the globe
Why polluted air may be a threat to your kidneys
27 Aug 2018
UAE denies Rs700-cr Kerala flood relief plan: report
24 Aug 2018
While the UAE crown prince had proposed relief measures for flood-hit Kerala, UAE ambassador Ahmed Albanna is reported to have told The Indian Express that there has been no official announcement so far by the UAE on any specific amount as financial aid
Species-rich forests better compensate environmental impacts
23 Aug 2018
As part of the global carbon cycle, forests take up about 45 per cent of the carbon from the environment and bind it in the soil and as biomass over long periods of time