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By Ashwarya Chauhan, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab People of India are recognized as distinct by their religion especially their unique ways of worshipping their almost 330 million gods in India. Also there are no more veils on the fact that ‘non’ environment friendly ways of conducting different rituals have been contributing immensely for … Continue reading
By Abhishikta Mallick, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi Climate change has strong impacts on sustainable development through its impact on agriculture, food security and availability of water. However, dealing with climate change is not simply an issue of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Any solution must involve political, economic, social, cultural, and ecological concerns. While … Continue reading
By Ayesha Khan, National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata At Rio+20, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted ‘Sustainable Energy for All’ as one of the key successes presented at the conference. Since its launch less than one year ago, Sustainable Energy for All’s track record was impressive. Businesses and investors committed over $50 billion to achieve … Continue reading
By Arun Prakash, SNS College of Technology Introduction E Wastes are one of the fast growing wastes in the world. It is a situation that prevails everywhere and it’s hard to survive in this world without machines. The humans are fully influenced that machines that make our lives more comfortable. So to satisfy the requirements of … Continue reading
By Jeet Sethiya,National Law University, Delhi Secure, reliable and affordable energy supplies are fundamental to global economic stability and growth. The challenges ahead of us include the adequacy of energy supplies, the threat of disruptive climate change and the huge investment requirements to meet the growing global energy needs, particularly in the developing countries. Future … Continue reading
By Radhika Agarwal, NALSAR, Hyderabad Among the plethora of marine life, the species of tuna has been widely exploited. Its conservation is thus the need of the hour! The conservation scheme entails the study of the habitat and the stimuli responses of the tuna fish. Environmentalists have come up with a unique method of studying … Continue reading
By Geet Sawhney, Government Law College, Mumbai The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development marks 20 years since the historic Earth Summit that was instrumental in laying the foundations and charting the course for contemporary sustainable development. Approximately 800 million people in the world lack access to safe drinking water, and 2.5 billion lack … Continue reading
By Geet Sawhney, Government Law College , Mumbai If asked, “Is there enough land, water, and human capacity to produce food for a growing population over the next 50 years – or will we ‘run out’ of water?”, analysis undertaken by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) reveals that, “It is possible to produce the food … Continue reading
By Hemul Goel, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi Me: What is energy? Brain (1 minute and a glass of water later): Pretty much anything which helps you ‘move’ or accomplish a task; the substance that acts as a fuel for an animate object like you, the peacock and the water lily or an … Continue reading
By Kanika Sori With the dwindling resources of food due to economic and sustainable agriculture issues a profound change of the global food and agriculture system is needed if we are to nourish today’s 925 million hungry and the additional 2 billion people expected by 2050. The food and agriculture sector offers key solutions for … Continue reading
By Kanika Sori, Every minute, 17 people die of hunger, 10 of them children. For years that number had been going down. Then, four years ago, it started rising again. We live in a world of record harvests, where obesity is the main food-related health problem for many. Yet hunger is again on the run. The WHO bases food … Continue reading
By Abhishikta Mallick, Faculty of Law, Delhi University It was impossible for government officials at Rio+20 to ignore this outcry of the international community. Prior to the “twitter storm”, several oil-exporting countries such as Saudi Arabia,Qatar and Venezuela were trying to delete the proposal on ending fossil fuel subsidies in the draftRio+20 agreement. But owing to … Continue reading
By Abhishikta Mallick, Faculty of Law, Delhi University Annual global government subsidies to the coal, gas, and oil industries are estimated to approach $1 trillion – 12 times the subsidies for renewable energy. In addition to changing our climate, the effects of which are declining food production, rising sea levels, and extreme weather; fossil fuels generate … Continue reading
By Ashwarya Chauhan, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab The recent addition of corals to the Red List of endangered species by IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature) might just be a temporary cause of concern for some while it may be a matter of life or death to thousands others. Beautiful plants lookalike … Continue reading
By Devika Agarwal, Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University , Lucknow The Rio+ 20 Summit was held in Brazil from 20th to 22nd June this year. ‘Oceans’ were recognized as one of the key areas requiring the attention of member countries. The Outcome Document of the Conference titled ‘The future we want’ throws light on … Continue reading
By Devika Agarwal, Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University , Lucknow This year the World Oceans Day which is celebrated on 8th of June every year coincided with the 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea (1982). On this occasion, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon exhorted all countries to … Continue reading
By Anil Sebastian Pulickel, National Law School of India University, Bangalore The recently concluded Rio+20 summit has been depicted as the most important event concerning environmental issues in recent times. Given this projection of significance, and the many, sometimes mutually-exclusive expectations, of the summit, it was to be anticipated that there would be inevitable disappointment eventually. … Continue reading
By Anil Sebastian Pulickel, National Law School of India University, Bangalore Kerala has often been noticed for its relatively high levels of socio-economic development, political participation and good governance. Naturally, this may raise presumptions of an effective system in place to manage something as basic as the solid waste that is generated there. Yet, the events … Continue reading
By Ayesha Khan, National University of Juridical Sciences Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today. Be it for jobs, security, climate change, food production or increasing incomes, access to energy for all is essential. Sustainable energy is needed for strengthening economies, protecting ecosystems and achieving equity. United Nations … Continue reading
By Niranjan Suresh, BITS Pilani We all know that sustainable cities are the way to go, but what is really being done about it? The Rio +20 Conference sheds some light on the topic and is taking steps to address the same. The conference saw world leaders, discuss various issues, sustainable cities being one of … Continue reading
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