Several initiatives have been taken in India to improve the resilience of agriculture to climatic variations and to make agriculture more adaptive reported PIB. In the course of these attempts are made to cut down the carbon emissions. Here, the major initiatives involve crop diversification program under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), Bringing Green Revolution…
Recycling is one of the most important things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint. It makes perfect sense to squeeze as much as you can out of the materials you use in everyday life. It’s efficient and saves money. This brings up the question of cell phones. Carriers, video game companies and other…
For promotion of hybrid vehicles, the Heavy industries department has sought 13 crore subsidy from the EFC (Expenditure Finance committee). As per Mint report, on August 23rd, in a meeting with the committee for FAME-II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric and Hybrid vehicles – second phase) scheme, the department requested incentives for 10,000 purchasers…
Arcadis’ Sustainable Cities Index ranks 100 cities around the world for their performance acrossthree pillars, which are: People (social): This pillar looks at quality of life, assesses areas such ashealth, education and work-life balance. Planet(environmental): This pillar looksat areas including energy consumption, renewable energy share, and green spaces. Profit (economic): The economic pillar examines environment…
Diwali is a festival of light originated in India but is now celebrated across many countries with significant Indian population. Diwali is also known by Deepavali in Sanskrit which means “row of lamps” symbolizing “victory of light over darkness”. Diwali is a major cultural event and mainly celebrated by illuminating homes, shops, temples and other…
Virgin Atlantic’s 747 created aviation history to become the first commercial flight powered by a blend of the conventional jet fuel and ethanol made from waste gases to successfully complete travel from Orlando, Florida to Gatwick, London. This is a major step in making the fuel from wastes a mainstream reality feels Sir Richard Branson…
The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report confirmed that the impacts of climate change are increasing, largely driven by anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. The report also talks about the global carbon budget, i.e. the amount of CO2 emissions that can be emitted while still limiting global temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The Paris Agreement…
Completing South Asia’s first certified Passive house retrofit of a factory building, near Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture (JPDA) has proved that climate is no bottleneck for achieving buildings with ultra-high-performance efficiency. This pioneering project in addition to being a model creates a green economic catalyst for sweatshop-free commercial establishments in the future….
