FUTURE-PROOFING CITIES

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-19 FUTURE-PROOFING CITIES Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion and Climate Change The stark statistics jump out at anyone trying to understand why resilient infrastructure is so important in a world that is urbanising at an unprecedented pace, not least here in India. Already around…

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS HAVE NO NATIONAL SOLUTIONS

Environment

Source : www.hindustantimes.com Date : 2019-03-19 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS HAVE NO NATIONAL SOLUTIONS Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development, and EIA Last week, the United Nations released a landmark report, The Global Environment Outlook (GEO), which made two important points that all national governments need to take seriously: One, environment damage (deadly…

A GREENER WAY

Environment

Source : www.indianexpress.com Date : 2019-03-18 A GREENER WAY Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development, and EIA In 2014, 193 countries asked the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) to analyse how environmental degradation affects the social and economic well-being of people. In response, the UN’s environment body roped in 250 scientists and experts…

INDIA, MALDIVES AGREE TO COOPERATE ON DEFENCE, DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH

International Relations

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-18 INDIA, MALDIVES AGREE TO COOPERATE ON DEFENCE, DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH Relevant for: International Relations | Topic: India – Indian Ocean Island nations External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with her Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid in Male on Sunday.PTI India and the Maldives on Sunday discussed measures to strengthen ties and agreed…