The LIFE analysis found out that between January to June 2021, the Standing Committee approved 1,385.34 ha land diversion, where 302.89 ha was from protected areas and 780.24 ha was from tiger habitats.
By Outlook Planet Desk 12/10/2021A new study provides the first countrywide assessment of Asiatic wild dog habitat connectivity patterns and identifies key conservation landscapes in India
By Outlook Planet Desk 10/10/2021UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed that emissions must fall by half by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050 to reach the 1.5 Celsius goal of the Paris Agreement.
By Outlook Planet Desk 09/10/2021#NoExtensionsToPolluters, an online petition signed by 1000 women highlighting the impact that toxic pollutants can have on their children was handed over to officials from Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change (MOEF&CC)
By Outlook Planet Desk 08/10/2021The main reason for the high air pollution level is waste burning because this is the time when Delhi records its lowest temperatures and festivals, the official said.
By Outlook Planet Desk 08/10/2021Under the Paris agreement, countries agreed to limit the global average temperature rise to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and “make efforts” to limit it to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
By Outlook Planet Desk 08/10/2021“Future research should focus more on the characterization of the aerosol elemental composition for the identification of specific combustion and natural (e.g., dust, local vs. transported) sources,” says Dr. Umesh Chandra Dumka.
By Outlook Planet Desk 08/10/2021HAC aims to promote an international agreement to protect at least 30 per cent of world's land and ocean by 2030.
By Outlook Planet Desk 08/10/2021A team of experts from IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Delhi, The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), and IISER Mohali will execute the study. The DPCC is the nodal agency for finalising and implementing its terms of reference.
By Outlook Planet Desk 07/10/2021A climate model is a computer program designed to simulate Earth’s climate in order to understand and predict its behaviour.
By Outlook Planet Desk 14/10/2021