Wildfires: A Growing Challenge for Sustainable Development
By Himangshu Dutta, PhD, Scientific Officer, YesEarth, Guwahati, India Wildfires are uncontained and frequently rapidly spreading fires that occur in...
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Bangladesh’s Commendable Journey towards Climate Resilience
Bangladesh’s actions are often cited as models for proactively investing in disaster risk management globally. Over the years, the country...
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Sweden: A Global Leader in Reducing Climate Impact
The independent Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) ranks the world’s countries based on a variety of climate criteria. In 2020...
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World’s First Solar Powered-airport
Cochin International Airport, India’s first airport built under a public-private-partnership (PPP) model scripted another chapter in aviation history by becoming...
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Airports take Impactful Steps for Carbon Management
Airports Council International (ACI) in Mar 2023, released the annual airport climate action results for Airport Carbon Accreditation, the global...
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Rwanda’s Restoration Story
Rwanda became one of the early adopters of the Bonn Challenge – a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of the...
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Carbon Sequestration and Community-Based Conservation: A Holistic Approach to Environmental Stewardship
This article discusses the role and relevance of community-based conservation in the context of carbon sequestration.
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World’s First Container Cargo Ship Using Methanol Propulsion
A.P. Møller – Mærsk introduced the world’s first container cargo ship using methanol propulsion in Copenhagen in September 2023. The...
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Mozambique Taps its Potential for the Carbon Market
Mozambique’s national parks and rich biodiversity are globally renowned. In 2021 Mozambique became the first country to be paid by...
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Africa’s Largest Wind Project
After commencing only in 2015, the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) in Kenya rapidly become the largest such initiative...
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The Kudumbashree Initiative
Agrobiodiversity is the sustained management of various biological resources including multi-cropping, trees, herbs, spices, livestock, fish species and non-domesticated resources...
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Shankar’s Initiative
Muthupet, located in Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu, India used to receive significant amounts of rainfall. However, in due course...
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The Rise of Solar and Wind Energy in the European Union
According to the think tank Ember wind and solar produced more electricity in the European Union than fossil fuels in May...
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From poaching to conservation
Coral reefs are crucial to coastal and marine ecosystems, and play an important role in preventing erosion and flooding. They...
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The decrease of deforestation in Brazil
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest decreased by one-third during the first six months of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration, compared to...
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