New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday emphasised on Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) and said SDGs will succeed because India will succeed.

For the first time ever, China’s five years agricultural plan is aiming towards cultivating meat and other future foods. What does it mean for the biggest consumer of eggs and meat in the world? What is China’s five-year agricultural plan? On January 26, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs unveiled its new agricultural plan. […]

Aurangabad Dec 23 PTI An action plan for Aurangabad in Maharashtra will be formulated by 2023 to prepare the city to handle climate risks and vulnerabilities and one of the programmes key components will be reduction in emission of greenhouse gases civic officials said on ThursdayThe Aurangabad Municipal Corporation AMC and the Aurangabad Smart City Development Corporation ASCDCL have hired World Resources Institute India WRI to prepare the citys climate action planA letter of intent LoI in this regard was signed on Wednesday an official release saidAstik Kumar Pandey Municipal Commissioner and Administrator and CEO of Aurangabad Smart City had an online discussion with WRI representatives During the discussion WRIs Lubaina Rangwala said Heavy rainfall rising temperatures desertification droughts and landslides were all caused by climate change A timely planned programme is needed to prepare the city for the climate risks and vulnerabilities And this is why WRI wants to create a climate action plan for the city of Aurangabad Rangwala saidThe climate action plan of Aurangabad will have two main parts The first is reducing emission of greenhouse gases or critical pollutants and the second is to enhancing city and community capacities to cope with climate change the release saidAccording to the agreement WRI will provide a 30-year action plan for the city by 2023 in five phases an official saidCommissioner Pandey said the corporation would set up a dedicated climate change cell under a deputy commissioner-level official PTI AW RSY RSY

New Delhi Nov 24PTI A guidebook detailing the charging infrastructure for Electric Vehicles EVs at corporate workplaces will be released next week DDC vice chairman Jasmine Shah said on Wednesday Through the guidebook the Delhi government is seeking to encourage corporates in Delhi to join hands with it in promotion of the EVs by adopting workplace charging Shah said in a statement The guidebook aims to guide corporates in assessing the scope for workplace charging details the processes involved in effective decision-making along with setting the way forward for its planning and implementation he said Prepared jointly by the Dialogue and Development Commission DDC of the Delhi government and World Resources Institute WRI the Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging Guidebook for Corporates in Delhi will be released on November 29 Research shows that 90 per cent of EVs are charged at home or workplace By launching this step-by-step guide for installation of workplace charging Delhi government aims to become the first state government in India to make corporates an integral part of the EV movement Shah said Amit Bhatt the executive director of WRI India said workplace charging will become a necessity in the future as employees will expect more accessible charging solutions Workplace charging can help reduce range-related anxiety as it can provide charging solution to employees who may not have access to it at their residence he said Further it will help in the greater adoption of EVs he added PTI VIT VN VN

The UN Health agency released a revised set of guidelines on air quality. Here’s everything about the leading topic of this year’s UN General Assembly. Air quality guidelines updated after 15 years According to the World Health Organization (WHO), poor air quality has several negative impacts on health. After all, it is getting out of […]

New Delhi Sep 17 PTI The National Mission for Clean Ganga NMCG on Friday released a guidance note for developing riverfronts along the Ganga and other rivers a statement saidThe Guidance Note for Environmentally Sensitive Climate Adaptive and Socially Inclusive Urban Riverfront Planning and Development was launched by the NMCG atConnect Karo an event organised by the World Resources Institute WRI IndiaExplaining how this publication will be useful in making river-sensitive urban designs NMCG director general Rajiv Ranjan Mishra said This guideline will help city planners across the Ganga river basin and the country at large understand how to integrate urban riverfronts into a master plan Riverfronts help in reconnecting people to the river and make their visit to the river pleasant he saidRiverfronts are essential in meeting the increasing demand for public spaces in urban areas he addedThe document is a primer for all stakeholders who wish to implement urban river flood projects which are environmentally sensitive climate adaptive and socially inclusive the statement saidThe document offers a pathway to look at urban riverfronts as social spaces and thriving ecosystems and to collaborate to develop environmentally sensitive climate adaptive and socially inclusive riverfronts it said PTI PR DIV DIV

Beijing [China], September 6 (ANI): China's Belt Road Initiative (BRI) is a threat to climate change and is responsible for causing environmental degradation as almost 90 per cent of its energy projects are carbon-intensive and operate on fossil fuel, a think tank has said.