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Purchasing of inefficient air conditioning in India points to lessons on consumer behavior and climate change

Often, the conversation about environmental issues revolves around government regulations and business practices. However, consumer choice also plays a significant role.  A study mapping cooling energy consumption found individuals living in urban households in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) often purchase air conditioners on the basis of the brand, features and price points, rather than …

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Hidden air pollutants contributing to critical situation in Indian cities

A group of boys play soccer in the smog on a maidan in Kolkata. Environmental concerns such as pollution have a ruinous effect on public health. Image credit: edan / 123rf Indian cities’ levels of air pollution are continuing to rise. Critical contributions to this trend are coming from hidden air pollutants, scientists from the …

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India fails to outline pharmaceutical standard despite new research underlining the environmental importance

India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has failed to outline norms for discharge standards for effluents from bulk drugs and pharmaceutical industries, due to a lack of ‘necessary information’.  Home to one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical industries, India has long faced calls for regulation on effluents and runoff which have both an …

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Indian states could drive 2030 climate goal with economic approach to renewable energy investment

India’s prospects of achieving its nationally determined contribution (NDC) target of installing 450 GW of renewable capacity by 2030 looks favourable with global investors ready to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the country’s decarbonisation industry.  For India to meet its renewable energy goal by 2030, it will need US$500 billion of investment over …

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Climate emergency recognised by two-thirds worldwide

A poll of 1.22 million people worldwide found almost two-thirds considers there to be a climate emergency.  The survey, conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford, covered people in fifty countries. The UNDP touted the poll as “the largest survey of public opinion on [climate change] ever conducted.” Globally, …

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Biden signs orders for U.S. to rejoin WHO and Paris agreement

Newly-inaugurated president Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has reversed two key policy moves of his predecessor, Donald Trump: namely, the latter’s decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement on climate change and to stop U.S. funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). Biden, who was sworn in on January 20th at the United States Capitol in …

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Loss of green space in India shown to be associated with higher cardiometabolic risk

Loss of green space due to urban development may be associated with an increase in several cardiometabolic risk factors, according to a study conducted by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).  The study investigated the association between land-use changes in a periurban area south of Telangana state capital Hyderabad where urbanisation – involving the …

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Climate crisis: India earns high marks tackling it in CCPI

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) ranks India as one of the ten best performers on tackling the climate crisis for the second year in a row. The CCPI, released earlier this week, put India at tenth place out of 57 countries grouped together as collectively accounting for more than ninety percent of global greenhouse …

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Cyclone Nivar: Impact in India further evidence of the countries vulnerability to the effects of climate change 

Cyclone Nivar has caused devastation, injuries and fatalities after making landfall in southern India where torrential rainfall has lashed coastal areas of the union territory of Puducherry and Tamil Nadu state.  Despite the fact it eventually weakened into a severe cyclonic storm and had been pinpointed by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) as early as …

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Stubble-burning smog to blame for increased COVID death rate, says Delhi’s Health Minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain has attributed the high COVID-19 death rate in the national capital to pollution caused by stubble-burning in neighbouring states. However, the Minister said that he expected a downtrend to be seen in the next two to three weeks.  Jain told reporters that the pollution in Delhi came as a result …

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