Comprised of scientists from the US, France, and Saudi Arabia, the team looked at Earth’s biggest 1,972 lakes and reservoirs, using observations from satellites from 1992-2020.
The region witnessed temperatures above 40 degrees last month, with Bangladesh at its hottest in 50 years, Thailand registering a record 45 degrees, and Laos exceeding 42 degrees.
The changes would bring billions of dollars worth of benefits between now and 2040, as stated by the report. The same would be achieved by reducing the damage caused by plastics to health, the environment, and the climate.
The Union’s state minister for Jal Shakti, Vishweshwar Tudu on February 13th informed the Parliament that the Namami Gange Program had successfully lowered the Ganga River’s pollution load. He added that the Centre had started 409 projects to clean up the river since 2014, with a budget of Rs 32,912.40 crore.
The project aims to create eco-bricks with plastic waste generated at tourism destinations in the Thiruvananthapuram district and use them to set up sustainable tourist structures and amenities.
From pipes for snakes to safe platforms for elephants, the proposed wildlife corridor looks to avoid human-wildlife conflicts across the Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand economic corridor.
Despite UN goals to make safe drinking water accessible to all, the bottled water industry has been holding hundreds of countries back from reaching the goal anytime soon. It has exploited groundwater levels, contributed to plastic pollution, and widened the disparity between billions of people who lack access to safe water and those who enjoy water as a luxury.
TileGreen, by turning more than five billion plastic bags into tiles “tougher than cement,” provides a solution for two problems at one go – tonnes of waste entering the Mediterranean Sea and high levels of building sector emissions.
SDG-led solutions were to enable businesses to manage their risks, anticipate consumer demands, strengthen supply chains and build positions in growth markets.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation has directed all its operational refineries to address the waste generation issue in view of the environmental hazard it causes. E-waste generated would now have to go through effective waste treatment techniques and either be recycled or disposed off through authorised vendors.
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