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ILO flags risk ofexcessive heat to 2.4 billion workers globally; Indian workers among thoseathighrisk

India, April 23 -- Increase in workforce at risk can be attributed to both rising temperatures, growing labour force More than 70 per cent of all workers worldwide are at risk of exposure to excessiv... Read More


Europe fastest-warming continent, shows WMO 2023 report

India, April 23 -- European waters were the warmest on record in 2023 Europe warmed at double the rate of the global average, making it the fastest-warming continent in 2023, according to a new repor... Read More


Northern permafrost region on track to become carbon source instead of sink due to global warming

India, April 23 -- Increasing temperatures thawing permafrost, exposing substantial quantities of organic carbon and atmospheric release of greenhouse gases The northern permafrost region is emitting... Read More


No more climate neutral

India, April 23 -- Climate change entering the realm of formal economic policy-making is an acceptance of the crisis and a warning Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in his... Read More


Simply Put: What India wants

India, April 23 -- Education may 2024 lok sabha polls lok sabha colleges Roads Climate change action Governance India Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Down to Earth.... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 22, 2024)

India, April 23 -- Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal Submit what actions taken to restrict use of formal... Read More


Great Nicobar Project clearances violate constitutional mandate, views of tribals ignored: Experts write to NCST

India, April 23 -- Calculationby project developer of the area that will remain protected as tribal reserve 'flawed', they write A group of experts have written to the National Commission of Schedule... Read More


Study finds even vultures in protected areas not safe from toxic drugs

India, April 23 -- New study contradicts the claim of vultures living in the wild are safe from painkiller diclofenac Vultures, including those residing in protected areas, continue to remain at imme... Read More


Plastic's toxic trail: 'Indispensable' polymer's health impacts all-pervasive; petrochemical workers are especially vulnerable

India, April 23 -- Down To Earth visited Panipat's petrochemical cluster to find how the area is in throes of a health crisis Rafeeq (name changed on request) works at the Naptha cracker terminal of ... Read More


After fire outbreaks, Ghazipur landfill has a new concern - research finds its layers are heating up

India, April 23 -- These elevated temperatures in dumpsite can alter gas composition, worsen odours andleachate seeps Alarms continue to sound over the Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi after a recent ... Read More