National consultation concludes, recommendations to be shared with government; CSE report ‘Lived Anomaly’ released by noted agriculture scientist MS Swaminathan and, Siraj Husain, Agriculture Secretary, Government of India
CSE holds consultation on crop loss estimation, relief and compensation CSE report Lived Anomaly - How to enable farmers in India to cope with extreme weather events to be released today Experts point to increased severity and frequency of extreme weather events due to climate change and inadequate measures to offset this or protect farmers
Car-free days and lower traffic volumes on holidays can lower air pollution in Delhi – parking restraint measures can help reduce air pollution
This is supported by official ambient air quality monitoring that shows 21 per cent drop in overall PM2.5 levels across the city due to low trafficon Sunday
Governments should not give fiscal sops or extra built up area to developers without stringent monitoring of actual energy savings and environmental performance of green-rated buildings
Monitoring of emissions from diesel vehicles is particularly weak. If emissions control system in modern diesel vehicles does not work, it can lead to uncontrolled killer emissions of toxic particulates and nitrogen oxides
CSE exposure monitoring of PM 2.5 on Diwali night found unacceptable levels of pollution people breathe despite a small dip in ambient pollution levels reported by official ambient monitoring systems
Need public support to say ‘no to crackers’
American consumption is not the model to follow, says CSE at Annual Media Briefing on Climate Change
Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio visited India last week for a sit-down interview on climate change with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). He wanted to understand our perspectives on the issue and discuss how the world should work together to combat catastrophic climate change. We discussed that the world needs an ambitious and equitable agreement on climate change. But this cannot happen unless we are willing to discuss the issue of consumption and lifestyle – US lifestyle has to be negotiable, we emphasised.
CSE’s Annual Media Briefing on Climate Change begins
Irrational use of antibiotics among humans and animals questioned by experts
Agreement on a mandate for contact group reached in Open-ended Working Group (OEWG)
The Synthesis Report assesses the aggregate effect of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) of countries.
The 5-day session in Bonn was spent in restoring a sense of balance in the draft agreement and not excluding the voice of developing countries
CSE’s exposure monitoring indicates dramatic drop of 60 per cent in PM2.5 levels compared to levels observed the previous day