As climate change intensifies and urban temperatures soar, it’s time to rethink how we build and live. The Down To Earth multimedia team in collaboration with CSE's Habitat team presents a new series: Cool Habitats.
In this episode of Urban Heatscapes, we are looking at Bengaluru. Bengaluru, once known as India’s Garden City, is now heating up faster than ever.
Chennai, less than 1500km from the equator, is a city where the sun never seems to take a break and instead crashes down like an angry wave impacting daily lives and livelihoods.
Heat is becoming a common denominator for all. Heat is not leaving us no matter where we go in this country.
The Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, introduced by the MoEFCC in 2016, establish a regulatory framework for the effective management of C&D waste in India.
In 2023 and 2024, India experienced record-breaking heat, and its health system felt the strain. Several Indian cities witnessed the early arrival of heat waves, which increased in severity and frequency.
Construction & demolition waste is a growing problem in a rapidly developing India that infringes upon various environmental functions.
The world is experiencing record-breaking temperatures. July 2023 was recorded as the hottest month globally; in March 2023 India received its first heatwave of the year; and the World Meteorological Organisation predicts there will be even hotter times in the next five years.
Construction and demolition (C&D) waste pose serious environmental and material challenges.