It is a welcome step from MoEFCC to reign in uncomplying brick kilns through technology roadmaps or cleaner fuel options, says CSE… The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) came up with stringent standards for brick...
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Melting Glaciers, Loss of Snow Pose Risks to South Asia Water Resources… Climate change and air pollution are speeding up the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, jeopardizing the lives and livelihoods of 750 million people who rely on the...
Monitoring environmental compliance is a particular challenge for governments in poor countries. A new machine-learning approach that uses satellite imagery to pinpoint highly polluting brick kilns in Bangladesh could provide a low-cost solution… Brick production, a major industry in...
There are only 16 environment inspectors in the country and five of them are currently on study leave. The country is acutely understaffed in terms of keeping in check the environmental pollution and in ensuring strict compliance of environmental...
Air quality in Nepal is the worst in the world, with the country being ranked at the bottom among the 180 countries surveyed in terms of air-quality in a global study. The latest global Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was...
Peter Drucker famously quoted, “What gets measured, gets managed.” By examining an activity we are forced to pay attention to it. By producing relevant and accurate measurements we can identify where improvements are possible, and then track progress against...