Environment

The gaming industry is reaching new heights every day with its massive audience. With the potential to indulge and influence the millennials, it is a precious space to encourage social and environmental impact on a global scale. To explore this, UN Environment has been working with the gaming industry, as well as with the International...

In recent times clean energy is getting a lot of attention across the globe. With increasing temperatures because of excess use of fossil fuels, the carbon emissions across the globe has resulted in a 2-degree rise in temperature in the last century. As a result of this, about a million species in the world...

Discarded plastic clutters pristine land, floats in huge masses in oceans and rivers and entangles wildlife, sometimes with deadly results. An agreement on tracking thousands of types of plastic waste emerged at the end of a two-week meeting of United Nations-backed conventions on plastic waste and toxic, hazardous chemicals. One-hundred-and-eighty-seven participants agreed to make global trade...

Long before I heard the term 'cruelty-free', I had switched to using skincare products from a brand that proudly refrained from animal testing. As an animal lover, I didn't want my personal grooming to bring any harm to other living beings. I didn't know back then (more than a decade ago) that the brand...

Policy makers, practitioners and researchers from 15 countries across the region wrapped up a four-day training in Cambodia underscoring the need for appropriate agricultural machinery to enable the adoption of conservation agriculture approaches in the Asia-Pacific region. Despite its growing significance as a means to address land degradation and declining yields in the agricultural sector,...

The global economy is growing at a rapid speed. However, the price for this growth is being paid by nature in the most horrendous manner. The relentless pursuit of growth combined with the impact of climate change has put one million species at risk of extinction, according to a report on the damage done by modern...

Walmart Inc. has issued its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which details the company’s goals, progress and achievements for the fiscal year 2019 toward its commitment to increase economic opportunity for associates and local communities, build sustainability in supply chains and activate climate change initiatives. The company is disclosing progress to date in several...

Two years ago, Swiggy took a leap towards sustainable development by encouraging more mechanical cycles for its fleet. The move also had the added benefit of enabling more riders in becoming a part of Swiggy’s delivery fleet. Delivery partners swear by the swift movement, smooth navigation, mobility and fitness benefits of riding cycles. Additionally, cycle...

By Vaishali Nigam Sinha While otherwise enjoying a phase of robust economic growth, India, unfortunately continues to be plagued by energy poverty. This is more pronounced in the rural regions, which are home to close to 70% of Indians. Though the government has focused attention on rural electrification, there are still around 41 million houses implying...

People who attempt to climb Mount Everest have to make a $4,000 deposit before their ascent that they only get back if they lug 17.6 pounds of garbage on their way down for proper disposal. That’s because the Nepalese government is tired of the tallest mountain in the world being treated like a landfill, according...

Science and technology have made leaps of progress in the field of biotechnology. The power of technology is such, that scientists can modify microorganisms like E. coli by rewriting their genetic code to turn them into tiny living factories that produce biofuel. This is an example of products made possible by the advanced genetic-engineering technology known...

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने सोमवार को फोनी तूफान से सबसे ज्यादा प्रभावित ओडिशा का दौरा किया और मुख्यमंत्री नवीन पटनायक के साथ एक उच्च स्तरीय बैठक की अध्यक्षता भी की। इस दौरान पीएम ने इस भीषण तूफान से मुकाबले के लिए सीएम नवीन पटनायक सहित यहां के लोगों की प्रशंसा भी की। साथ ही...