Category: Environment Schemes and Initiatives

Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2024 released by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, in collaboration with the Columbia Center for International Earth Science Information Network.

Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary being developed as 2nd home for Cheetahs.

World Crocodile Day was celebrated on 17th June. Also 2024 marks 50th year of India’s Crocodile Conservation Project.

Bonn Climate Change Conference concluded

IUCN Chief urged countries to strive for High Seas Biodiversity Treaty

World Bank’s State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2024 report was released.

CDRI announces $8 Million funding to Small Island Developing States as a part of Infrastructure for Resilient Island States Programme (IRIS).

First global mangrove assessment for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems

UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) released Global Land Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists.

Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed to halt Chennai Shoreline Renourishment and Revitalization Project (includes cycle track, food court, etc.) in the CRZ II zone, where such activities are prohibited.

World Hydrogen Summit 2024 held in Rotterdam, Netherlands

World Economic Forum released Global Value of Earth Observation report