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Five Indic Theories that can Influence Climate Engineering Measures

By: Dr. Pankaj Jain, Head of the Department of Humanities & Languages and Chair of the India Centre at FLAME University. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the scientific body of the United Nations with a mandate to study climate change, defines climate engineering as deliberately altering the climate system to counter climate change....

Zero energy buildings would harvest energy from human motion and raindrops

From devices to home appliances and soon even entire cities, everything around us is getting smarter. The concept of a smart city, which involves energy-efficient ecosystems that can reduce carbon emissions, save energy, and provide better lives, are no longer a thing of the distant future. However, it’s worth noting that since the building...

Crowdfunding Campaigns for Environment Conservation

Climate change is impacting the life of every individual in one or another manner. We read about its impacts, causes and question our leaders about the actions being taken to prevent it. We often wonder, how can we contribute in fighting against this. The answer is – crowdfunding. Several environment, waste management and pollution control...

Replacing Fossil Fuel with Wood-based products can help Combat Climate Change: FAO

Renewable wood-based products can help combat climate change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The report Forest Products in the global bioeconomy: Enabling substitution by wood-based products and contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals has compiled the most recent...

How businesses can use nature-based solutions to build resilience

We face unprecedented challenges in our world today. The ongoing once-in-a-generation pandemic, to increasingly extreme weather events causing devastation at local and regional scales. The climate crisis causing disasters around the world is due to the imbalance of the carbon cycle, and increase in greenhouse gases from human activity. The sixth IPCC (United Nations Intergovernmental...

ABB India flags off ‘Energy Efficiency Movement’, launches industry first IE5 motors

As Energy efficiency becomes a centrepoint in reducing climate change risks, the need to promote adoption of sustainable technologies gain greater significance. ABB India is playing an active role in leading this movement, by bringing stakeholders together and offering solutions that can help in achieving energy goals. Decarbonizing industries with a focus on SMEs While industries...

Hills surrounding Kolwade renamed The Hermann Hills after the father of community-led watershed development

In a public ceremony, Balasaheb Thorat, Minister for Revenue, in the presence of Aditya Thackeray, Minister for Environment and Tourism, Maharashtra, announced that the hills surrounding Kolwade in Ahmednagar was to be renamed as ‘The Hermann Hills’. This was to honour Father Hermann Bacher who dedicated his entire life for water conservation and the welfare...

Gen Z Delhi boys win International Children’s Peace Prize 2021

Fourteen-year-old Nav and seventeen-year-old Vihaan Agarwal are two teen brothers from Delhi who are making the country proud because of their responsible citizenry. They’ve just won the prestigious 17th International Children’s Peace Prize, for their courage and commitment to tackling pollution in their city. Vihaan and Nav are trying to reduce the causes of...

Going Green: Here’s 3 Reasons to Invest in Solar Solutions This Year

Solar energy is the cheapest source of renewable energy and has zero carbon footprint on the planet, helping negate the effects of global warming caused by conventional sources of power such as fossil fuels. Moreover, today, a higher number of people are switching to more sustainable sources such as solar energy. Therefore, it doesn’t...

India is Seventh Best at Climate Change Performance: Report

India has retained its spot at the 10th rank in the best-performing countries in the global Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) for the third year in a row. The report released by Germanwatch on the side-lines of the COP26 has noted that no country performed well enough in all index categories to achieve an...

CSR: Grundfos joins 50L Home Coalition to promote water saving solutions in homes and cities

Grundfos, the world leader in pumps and water solutions, joins the 50L Home Coalition with the ambition to promote circular water in homes and cities. What is 50L Home Coalition? The 50L Home Coalition is a global action-oriented platform that unites leaders from the private, nonprofit, and public sectors to address two of our most pressing global...

2021 World Science Day for Peace and Development

Celebrated every 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development highlights the significant role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. It also underlines the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives. By linking science more closely with society, World Science...

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