December 21, 2024 1:02 pm
Madhav Gadgil, who was named one of the six ‘Champions of the Earth’ for 2024 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), talks about the ecological crisis in India, climate change, and misconceptions about his 2011 report on the Western Ghats.
June 05, 2023 1:48 pm
More assaults on regulations are in the pipeline while environmental activism has been intimidated, the Congress leader alleged.
June 05, 2024 3:52 pm
The World Environment Day, hosted under the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), marks a day to raise awareness and action about the environmental catastrophes of the modern world.
March 12, 2022 1:41 pm
The six finalists will present their case and collections to the final jury in a bid to join the league of previous winners of the platform
June 20, 2021 12:01 pm
India has taken the path of short-term economic interest over decades and this has diminished the ability of ecosystems to provide and support both humans and other life forms, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) official said while speaking to PTI.
November 26, 2019 2:15 pm
The report – UNEP's annual Emissions Gap Report – says that unless global greenhouse emissions fall by 7.6 per cent annually between 2020 and 2030, "the world will miss the opportunity to get on track towards the 1.5°C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement."
May 26, 2018 10:38 pm
Solheim, a former politician from Norway who assumed office as the head of UNEP in 2016, is in India to meet PM Modi and a host of regional leaders including chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
May 10, 2016 5:51 am
“In Rajkot, Lodhika Industrial Estate and 150-feet Ring Road have been identified as potential sites,” said ICLEI’s Ankit Makvana.
March 12, 2014 4:41 pm
The Indian enterprises won in the category of SEED Low Carbon Awards.
September 11, 2013 9:22 pm
The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation said some 1.3 billion tonnes of food are wasted every year.


