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Forests, trees and the eradication of poverty: potential and limitations
Governments should prioritize sustainable management of forests amid their huge contribution to poverty eradication, food security, and climate resilience, says a report. The report titled, "Forests, Trees
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Status of science and technology in disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific 2020
The Status of Science and Technology report is an important step for monitoring the progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework and an attempt to capture some of the progress across geographies,
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Poverty measurement in India: a status update
This paper provides an overview of estimation of poverty by various expert groups in India. It also discusses the limitations of below poverty line (BPL) approach in India. It also provides an overview
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding DSR for sand mining, Banka district, Bihar, 14/10/2020
The NGT October 14 directed a fresh district survey report (DSR) for sand mining in Banka district of Bihar.
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Action plan by Tamil Nadu on steps to reduce vehicular pollution, 12/10/2020
Action plan by the government of Tamil Nadu in the matter of L. G. Saha Devan Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/10/2020. The matter related to steps to reduce pollution level in the air through
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Inventory of glacial lakes and identification of potentially dangerous glacial lakes in Nepal, TAR China, and India
This report provides an update on the status and changes in the number and area of glacial lakes in the three basins - the Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali (including Mahakali) – along with a detailed methodology
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Global tuberculosis report 2020
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries were making steady progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB), with a 9% reduction in incidence seen between 2015 and 2019 and a 14% drop in deaths in the same
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CPCB report on CETPs and STPs, 16/09/2020
Status report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order May 21, 2020 in Original Application No. 593/2017 (Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti & Others
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The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020
A Bill further to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 was enacted to provide for better prevention of the spread of dangerous epidemic diseases. The Act empowers the
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Living Planet Report 2020: Bending the curve of biodiversity loss
The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows an average 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the
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Energy Transition Outlook 2020: A global and regional forecast to 2050
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to exact a tragic toll on lives and livelihoods and will greatly impact global energy use in the near term. Energy demand will fall 8% this year, and with a slow recovery,
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The Farmers (Empowerment And Protection) Agreement On Price Assurance And Farm Services Bill, 2020
A Bill to provide for a national framework on farming agreements that protects and empowers farmers to engage with agri-business firms, processors, wholesalers, exporters or large retailers for farm
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Effect Of Covid-19 On Employment Under Mgnrega
In reply to a question, whether there has been a drop in average persondays generated under MGNREGA due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar , Minister Of Rural Development said in Rajya
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Ecological Threat Register 2020
This is the inaugural edition of the Ecological Threat Register (ETR), which covers 157 independent states and territories. The ETR is unique in that it combines measures of resilience with the most
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Consequences Of Underfunding In 2020
UNHCR is mandated to provide protection, assistance and solutions for refugees, asylum-seekers, returnees, stateless persons, internally displaced people and others of concern to the Office, of whom
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Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2020
The world was already off track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and the COVID-19 pandemic has made it even harder both to achieve the Goals and to monitor progress where it is being
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Coal Ash in India- A compendium of Disasters, Environmental and Health Risks
Between 2020 and June 2020, several ash pond accidents have been reported across India. These accidents have caused deaths, extensive pollution of the water, air, soil and loss of property. Unfortunately,
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Levels and Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2020
With the number of under-five deaths at an all-time recorded low of 5.2 million in 2019, disruptions in child and maternal health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are putting millions of additional
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The African Continental Free Trade Area: Economic and Distributional Effects
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents a major opportunity for African countries to bring 30 million people out of extreme poverty and to raise the incomes of 68 million others who
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Status of Tigers Co-predators and Prey in India 2018
India now accounts 70 percent of the world's total population of tigers, the environment ministry said while releasing its fourth detailed national tiger estimation report. The report compares information
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The Toxic Truth: Children’s Exposure to Lead Pollution Undermines a Generation of Future Potential
Lead poisoning is a much greater threat to the health of children than previously understood reveals this new analysis released by the UNICEF today. According this 1 in 3 children – up to approximately 800 million globally – have blood lead levels at or above 5 micrograms per decilitre (µg/dL) and India accounts for over 34 per cent of these.
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Sex ratio at birth in India: Recent Trends and Patterns
The sex ratio at birth (SRB) in India has become more masculine in the recent decades. The imbalance in sex ratios stems from strong son preference combined with declining fertility, and the availability
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Hospital waste management for COVID-19: status and areas of improvement for the urgent attention of Hon’ble Supreme Court in compliance with directions of 21.7.2020
The daily Covid-19 biomedical waste generation in Delhi increased by 15 times in June as compared to the previous month, and the city is presently producing more refuse than its common biomedical waste
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Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation), Rules, 2020
The Ministry of Agriculture and farmers welfare on 20th July 2020 has published the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Rules, 2020 which seeks to provide for barrier-free
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Women and Trade: The Role of Trade in Promoting Women’s Equality
A joint report by the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization—marks the first major effort to quantify how women are affected by trade through the use of a new gender-disaggregated labor
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Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2020 w.r.t. new standards of Dairy Analogue and revision of standards of Ghee and other Milk Fat Products
Analogue in the dairy context means an imitation product that is designed or structured to mimic, or offered as an alternative/replacement to, a milk or milk product or composite milk product as defined
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Impact of COVID-19 on Livelihoods, Food Security & Nutrition in East Africa: Urban Focus
Urban populations in East Africa are highly vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly 35 million people, or 58% of the urban populations living in informal settlements who are at high risk from
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COVID-19 Impact on International Migration, Remittances, and Recipient Households in Developing Asia
This brief assesses the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on migrant workers, how reduced remittances will affect households and economies in Asia and the Pacific, and what policy makers
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Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2020
This report paints a detailed picture of the humanitarian financing landscape in 2019 as well as the current humanitarian financing response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Over one billion people are living
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2020 United Nations E-Government Survey
As the COVID-19 pandemic forces lockdowns, most countries and municipalities are pursuing digital government strategies, many with innovative initiatives – but vast numbers of people still do
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COVID-19, Technology, and Polarizing Jobs
This brief assesses how COVID-19 will affect jobs in Asia and the Pacific and proposes policy actions to manage the impacts.COVID-19 is driving economies into recession, putting many jobs at risk. Up
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Bi-ennial Report on the Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Africa
The African Union’s Heads of State and Government in the 28th Extraordinary Summit that took place in January 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, adopted the Programme of Action (PoA) for the Implementation
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Who on Earth Can Work from Home?
Only One in 26 Jobs in Poor Countries Can Be Performed at Home says this new paper released by the World Bank. The report presents new estimates of the share of jobs that can be done from home across the globe, assesses which workers are most at risk, and explores the impacts of COVID-19 on labor market inequality.
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Review of 66 pesticides in India: Report of the Expert Committee-Volume-IV
This report is on the review of 66 pesticides under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anupam Varma. The main parameters emphasized by the Committee to review the products were uses approved under the Insecticides
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Review of 66 pesticides in India: Report of the Expert Committee-Volume-III
This report is on the review of 66 pesticides under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anupam Varma. The main parameters emphasized by the Committee to review the products were uses approved under the Insecticides
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Review of 66 pesticides in India: Report of the Expert Committee-Volume-II
This report is on the review of 66 pesticides under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anupam Varma. The main parameters emphasized by the Committee to review the products were uses approved under the Insecticides
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Review of 66 pesticides in India: Report of the Expert Committee-Volume-I
This report is on the review of 66 pesticides under the Chairmanship of Dr. Anupam Varma. The main parameters emphasized by the Committee to review the products were uses approved under the Insecticides
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Report on the environmental impact of ship breaking method at Alang, Gujarat, 17/09/2020
Affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Conservation Action Trust & Others Vs Union of India & Others, 17/09/2020.
The matter relates
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Report on illegal sand mining on the Yamuna river bed between Etawah and Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, 28/07/2020
Report of the Oversight Committee in compliance of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order June 17, 2020 passed in Original Application 475/2019 (Ajay Pandey & Others Vs Union of India & Others).
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The Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP): Public Accounts Committee (2019-20)
The Public Accounts Committee (2019-20) present this Fourteenth report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP)’ based on C&AG Report No.22 of 2018 related to the
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South Asia
Lives Upended: How COVID-19 threatens the futures of 600 million South Asian children
rban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage is untreated and disposed of by municipal authorities each year in an unhygienic manner. - See more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte-infographics/clean_your_backyard-57790.html#sthash.0ZdUrs08.dpufrban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage is untreated and disposed of by municipal authorities each year in an unhygienic manner. - See more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte-infographics/clean_your_backyard-57790.html#sthash.0ZdUrs08.dpufThe South Asian region is likely to have around 360 million children pushed into poverty and food insecurity within the next six months, according to a UNICEF report released on June 23, 2020.
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Climate Change
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Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update
rban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage is untreated and disposed of by municipal authorities each year in an unhygienic manner. - See more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte-infographics/clean_your_backyard-57790.html#sthash.0ZdUrs08.dpufrban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage is untreated and disposed of by municipal authorities each year in an unhygienic manner. - See more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte-infographics/clean_your_backyard-57790.html#sthash.0ZdUrs08.dpufWMO released new climate predictions on global temperatures in the next five years.The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1° Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900) in each of the coming five years (2020-2024) and there is a 20% chance that it will exceed 1.5°C in at least one year, according to new climate predictions issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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Infographics/ Interactives
'Extreme' is new normal
rban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage is untreated and disposed of by municipal authorities each year in an unhygienic manner. - See more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte-infographics/clean_your_backyard-57790.html#sthash.0ZdUrs08.dpufrban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage is untreated and disposed of by municipal authorities each year in an unhygienic manner. - See more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte-infographics/clean_your_backyard-57790.html#sthash.0ZdUrs08.dpufIndia is now 250 per cent more likely to experience a deadly heat wave than 50 years ago. In fact, the twin calamity of heat wave and drought is increasing fast. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science have found that frequency of heat waves accompanied by drought has increased in magnitude and in area over the past three decades. They both have a serious bearing on water resources, affecting agriculture.
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Environment In-Court
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding constructions on the banks of river Mahanoy, district Munger, Bihar, 31/07/2020
rban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage is untreated and disposed of by municipal authorities each year in an unhygienic manner. - See more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte-infographics/clean_your_backyard-57790.html#sthash.0ZdUrs08.dpufrban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage is untreated and disposed of by municipal authorities each year in an unhygienic manner. - See more at: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte-infographics/clean_your_backyard-57790.html#sthash.0ZdUrs08.dpufOrder of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahanoy River Safety Society Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 31/07/2020. The case pertains to questions relating to allegation of constructions on the banks of river Mahanoy, district Munger, Bihar in violation of the distance criteria and its deleterious effect on the river and the environment. It was also stated that the construction work had converted the river Mahanoy virtually into a cesspool due to discharge of untreated water.
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Down To Earth
Environmental Impact Assessment: Why the govt needs to re-think its latest draft
In the name of development and globalisation, the protection of the environment has been gradually diluted for the last three decades and more, causing severe adverse effects on the environment and the health of human beings. The draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 notification has severely diluted environmental protection, which can, in turn, severely affect the health, socio-economic values and livelihood of human beings.
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Centre for Science and Environment
CSE welcomes notification of Electric Vehicle Policy by Delhi government
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the notification of Electric Vehicle Policy by the Delhi government to achieve the target of 25 per cent electrification of new vehicle fleet by 2024. Within three years, 25 per cent of all new vehicle registrations will be battery-operated electric vehicles. This is expected to transform the market from the current level of electrification. According to the VAHAN database of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, electric vehicles were only 3.2 per cent of the new vehicles registered in Delhi in 2019-20.
