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The top 250 listed companies in the world account for a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions, a new study shows. The report comes a day after the World Meteorological Organization said the concentration of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide touched a record high in 2016. Coal India, Gazprom and Exxon Mobil topped the list….
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India has topped the list of countries with pollution-related deaths in 2015, with 2.51 million people dying prematurely in the country that year from pollution, according to a new study published in the reputed medical journal, The Lancet. Pollution kills at least nine million people and costs trillions of dollars every year, the study found….
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From The Times of India: At a time when forests are considered as valuable carbon sinks, the Centre’s Forest Advisory Committee is on a forest land diversion spree by recommending massive 91,798 hectare area (918 sqkm) in just eight months from January-August 2017. In May, 61,278 hectare (613 sqkm) was recommended in one meeting alone….
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A new report by the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency shows that global greenhouse gas emissions remained largely static in 2016, registering a mere 0.5 per cent increase, but India registered significant rise (4.7 per cent). This comes as a wake-up call for India— the only major emitter to register a significant increase in GHG emissions….
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France proposes a new omnibus global pact on environment, but many countries are wary. The country has proposed that all 193 member countries of the United Nations adopt a new, overarching and legally-binding global agreement on environmental issues that it has drafted. Meanwhile, the 30-year-old ozone layer treaty has a new role: Fighting climate change….
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Read More about Module 7: Environmental Justice
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The number of hungry people in the world has increased for the first time since the turn of the century, a new UN report has revealed. The increase is due largely to the proliferation of violence and climate-related shocks, according to the report, which also identifies India as home to 23.4% of the world’s hungry….
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From Greenpeace International: We’ve come a long way since 1971, when on this day, a small group of courageous people set off to stop nuclear testing in a small fishing boat. Today, we operate in more than 40 countries and are part of a global movement of millions, striving for a greener, more peaceful planet….
Read More about Greenpeace turns 46 today. Here are five reasons to celebrate
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Business Standard reports: India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion scheme to connect some of the country’s biggest rivers. The mammoth plan entails linking nearly 60 rivers, including the mighty Ganges, which the government hopes will cut farmers’ dependence on fickle monsoon rains by bringing millions of hectares under irrigation….
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Pavitra Mohan reports on IndiaSpend.com: In rural India, where 833 million Indians (70%) live, people are consuming fewer nutrients than before, despite higher economic growth. On average, compared to 1975-’79, a rural Indian now consumes 550 fewer calories and 13 gm protein, 5 mg iron, 250 mg calcium and about 500 mg less vitamin A….
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Urbanization, the new frontier for conservation - a presentation by course instructor Harini Nagendra
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Read More about Module 6: Exploring Sustainability in the Indian Context
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Noor Mohammed writes in The Wire on how over the past seven years, politically-connected sectors have tanked at stock market. While firms in the FMCG and auto sectors have done well, certain power, steel and telecom companies –where access to natural resources and political connections are crucial to success–including Adani and Reliance, have performed horribly….
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Read More about Module 5: Biodiversity & Species Extinction
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More than 70 children have died at BRD Hospital in Gorakhpur, apparently due to a shortage of oxygen in the hospital. If more children die in August in Gorakhpur and floods occur every year during monsoon, then why are we not prepared? Down to Earth magazine’s detailed coverage of India’s worst manmade tragedy this year….
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Read More about Module 4: Soil Fertility & Food Security
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The Indian Express reports: Despite a series of steps to contain non-performing assets, public sector banks wrote off a record Rs 81,683 crore worth of bad loans in the financial-year ended March 2017, a jump of more than 41 per cent over the previous year’s write-off amount of Rs 57,586 crore, finance ministry data shows….
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Read More about Module 3: Water – Scarcity, Contamination, Conservation
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Climate change may have contributed to the suicides of nearly 60,000 Indian farmers and farm workers over the past three decades, according to new research from the University of California-Berkeley on the impact of rising temperatures on vulnerable societies. Meanwhile, a new report from Asian Development Bank indicates climate change is pushing Asia towards doom….
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Read More about Module 2: Energy – Fossil Fuels And Our Future
