Monday, 8 November 2021

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Friday, 5 November 2021

9 lorries, 10 BOVs to handle waste from fireworks in Chennai.

Expecting the city to generate about 22 tonnes of waste from fireworks, Greater Chennai Corporation has put in place a plan to collect it separately and will coordinate with TNPCB to ensure it doesn't come in contact with regular waste


Courtesy: The Times of India








Chennai: After Diwali, air quality levels turn hazardous

Air Quality index ranging between 342 and 385, shows Tamilnadu pollution control board.

Government says an AQI above 100 causes breathing discomfort.

Wednesday, 3 November 2021

COP26: India PM Narendra Modi pledges net zero by 2070

India has promised to cut its emissions to net zero by 2070 - missing a key goal of the COP26 summit for countries to commit to reach that target by 2050.


Courtesy: BBC news

Rapid, Climate-Informed Development Needed to Keep Climate Change from Pushing More than 100 Million People into Poverty by 2030.

A new World Bank report shows that climate change is an acute threat to poorer people across the world, with the power to push more than 100 million people back into poverty over the next fifteen years. And the poorest regions of the world – Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia – will be hit the hardest.


Monday, 1 November 2021