The ongoing global conflict between Russia & Ukraine has disrupted the livelihoods of millions and the loss of lives have been accounted for in hundreds by far. This war is not restricted to territorial invasion but also has much deeper impacts on the environment which will have direct impacts on the ecosystem & humankind highlighted by the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EPA).
To emphasise the significance of water in our daily lives, ‘World Water Day’ is celebrated on 22nd March every year since 1993. The main intent behind this occasion is to remind people about the importance of water and alert them about the urgent global need to conserve this essential part of our survival.
World’s fourth largest and the most diversified island, Madagascar, once home to hundreds of endemic species of plants and animals is turning out into a red desert.
In an attempt to empower women and to control the city’s vehicular emission a Bengaluru based NGO Greenpeace India has announced that they will provide 500 bicycles to the low wage women labourers in Bengaluru and Delhi.
Plastics came into mainstream use only after World War II, but today they can be found in the remotest places on earth from pole to pole. It is the primary source of marine pollution, about 60% of plastic ever produced has already ended up in the oceans, that is about 85-150 million metric tonnes of plastic, floating around in oceans.
The war in Ukraine has disrupted the food supply chain of the world which was already struggling due to the pandemic for the last two years. Multiple countries like Turkey and Indonesia have stopped the export of grains and oil because they relied heavily on the Russian supply of grains. This has resulted in scarcity and price surge in food items. Scientists from NASA Goddard Institute of Space Sciences have warned that apart from this human-induced crisis, any extreme weather event can send the world into a food crisis.
Green Fuels Venture (GFV), a subsidiary of UK biofuels Technology developer has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to produce biofuels in the Republic of Panama.
To mitigate climate change on the agriculture sector, the state agriculture department of Kerela has planned to promote carbon-neutral agriculture at selected places in the state. For this, the government has budgeted 6 crore in the fiscal year 2022-23.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has unveiled MCAP or Mumbai Climate Action Plan, a climate action project that is first of its kind in India, it’ll be aimed at decreasing carbon emissions, switching to renewables etc.
According to a new study published in the journal Nature, the US is going to face up to a 200% increase in pollen by the end of this century. The projection is based on a model that takes into account the change in pollen with respect to variations in global temperature.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.