CSE’s perseverance pays off
The Uttar Pradesh State Septage Management Policy was approved by Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on October 22, 2019.
The Uttar Pradesh State Septage Management Policy was approved by Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on October 22, 2019.
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Zanzibar’s has recently passed the Urban Municipal Council Solid Waste Management (SWM) Regulations, 2019, developed by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) to ensure sustainable SWM.
CSE’s engagement with CPWD has matured from capacity building to along-term knowledge partnership.
CSE played a watchdog role for ECBC and ECBC-R.Several walling assemblies promoted by the Building Material And Technology Promotion Council were analysed for their thermal comfort, energy an
CSE played a watchdog role for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), India’s flagship scheme for constructing around 2 million dwelling units mainly for the EWS and LIG. Since states have ad
CSE’s training modules such as High Performance Buildings, Passive Design Techniques, etc. capitalize on AAETI being a demonstration centre. Key stakeholders such as CPWD recognized AAETI as
CSE sensitized and trained around 250 representatives from nation-wide colleges and universities on CSE’s Green Campus Initiative which enabled them to benchmark the performance of their camp
CSE contributed to drafting of India Cooling Action Plan in capacity of member to both technical and steering committees.
May 7, 2019 Indonesian MoEF has notified new emission norms for thermal power plants. This is a major win for CSE and a result of sustained effort and engagement.
CSE has used its research to constantly engage with the government and advocate for change in the government’s policy framework.
CSE expects coal to be a dominant share till battery costs drop in India. So cleaning coal to avoid local pollution becomes undebatable objective. CSE is working with coal-based thermal power sector since 2011 to achieve this. CSE highlighted the poor performance and need for regulations in Feb 2015 through it publication 'Heat on Power'. This spurred wide debates amongst the stakeholders. In Dec 2015, environmental norms were announced for the sector. Prior to which, the sector had no limits for pollution control. Since, then CSE has been playing a watchdog to support effective implementation of the norms. CSE is actively monitoring and providing support to power stations and regulators to ensure implementation as per the deadline committed. FGD tenders and In-combustion NOx tenders has been awarded for about 15-20 GW till date (April, 2019).