Category: Environment
Adaptation Gap Report 2023
United Nations Environment Programme has released the 2023 Adaptation Gap Report recently.
Sustainability Bond | Sovereign Green Bonds
India Exim Bank has listed its 10-year $1billion sustainability bond on Sustainable Bond Market platform at London Stock Exchange.
Blue Flag Certification
The Tamil Nadu government has chosen to pinpoint beaches along the State’s coastline as potential candidates for achieving Blue Flag Certification.
Cloud Seeding | CAIPEEX
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune demonstrated that cloud seeding (CS) has the potential to decrease uncertainty in rainfall.
Global Declaration for River Dolphins
11 nations from Asia and South America have just ratified a landmark document known as the “Global Declaration for River Dolphins.”
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) | UNCCD’s 1st data dashboard
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) launched first data dashboard compiling national figures from 126 countries recently.
Air Quality Index (AQI)
The Air Quality Index of Mumbai is worse than Delhi.
Red Tides
National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) has started the investigation on the issue of sea turning red in Puducherry.
Stubble Burning & Bio-Decomposer
Delhi Government has initiated the spraying of a Bio-Decomposer to tackle Stubble Burning.
Marine Cloud Brightening
Context: Several Australian organisations are investigating the potential of cloud brightening as a means to mitigate coral bleaching. About Marine…
State of Global Water Resources 2022 Report
State of Global Water Resources 2022 report which offers an overview of water resources worldwide was released by WMO recently.
Record spike in aerosol in Hindu Kush region
Hindu Kush-Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau region has been witnessing an alarming increase in aerosol levels, a new analysis by the ISRO’s Physical Research Laboratory.