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29 Dec

Delhi’s air quality still standing in the ‘Poor’ category with AQI at 286

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As per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research,the air quality of Delhi stays in the 'poor' category, An AQI between 0 to 50 is considered as 'good', 51 to 100 as 'satisfactory', 101 to 200 as 'moderate', 201 and 300 as 'poor', 301 and 400 as 'very poor', and 401 and 500 as 'severe'. The air quality of Noida with AQI at 301 is in 'very poor' category and the air quality in Gurugram slipped down to the 'poor' category with AQI at 297. SAFAR in its bulletin said that the national capital is likely to witness…

Young generation’s calls for climate Justice: A new wave.

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Young activists are breathing new life into the long-running debate over climate justice - the framing of global warming as an ethical issue rather than a purely environmental one. When world leaders took to the (virtual) stage at President Biden's climate summit, they were given a gentle telling off by 19-year-old climate activist, Xiye Bastida. "Solutions must be aligned with the fact that climate justice is social justice," she said, echoing the words of Greta Thunberg. The Mexican-born teenager is among a new generation of climate activists drawing attention to environmental and social injustices they say are blighting lives worldwide.…

PM Modi announces that India and the US have decided to launch a joint clean energy initiative

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday announced that India and the United States have decided to launch a joint clean energy initiative to help other developing countries with affordable access to green finance and clean technologies. Addressing the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, attended by 40 world leaders including US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping, PM Modi announced the “India-US climate and clean energy Agenda 2030 partnership”. “As a climate-responsible developing country, India welcomes partners to create templates of sustainable development in India. These can also help other developing countries, who need affordable access to green finance and clean technologies,”…