A United States-based research group released a study highlighting the hazardous state of air pollution in India. It claims that about 40% of Indians will have their life expectancy reduced by nine years. Air pollution has become nothing short of a disaster for the environment and human health.
A recent study conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru) along with IIT Mandi and IIT Guwahati has concluded that 10 eastern cities (mostly coastal) are most at risk due to climate change.
The 7th BRICS Environment Ministerial Meet commenced at the Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, chaired by India on Friday, 27th August 2021. The highlight of the Meet was implementation of the Delhi Statement along with other discussions.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has warned the USA about the negative effects of deteriorating US-China relations on their cooperation on climate change.
A survey conducted by NHS (National Health Service), UK reports that the mental health in children has not improved since the Covid pandemic onset, almost 2 years ago.
The Delhi government is gearing up to implement a strategic climate change action plan with a German agency as its knowledge partner. An environment ministry official said the data from the last 10 years will be analyzed to prepare a plan for the next 10 years on air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy, transport issues, air conditioning, heat islands, and agriculture patterns.
As per a survey conducted by ICICI Lombard, one out of every three people’s personal lives are getting directly impacted by work-related stress. Almost 86% of people are also actively engaged in physical and mental health improvement activities. The PAN-India survey was conducted among 1532 respondents among different work statuses like complete and partial WFH.