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Out of total CSR only 8.4% spent on environment in FY-2023-24: Report
“Sectors with high pollution intensity, including oil, gas, coal...
NGT issues slew of directives to Himachal Pradesh on gaps in waste management
The bench said the “state’s compliance obligations are to be...
India’s weather futures debut puts Mumbai rain up for trade
India's National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) will launch the country's first exchange-traded weather derivatives contract on June 1, allowing participants to hedge financial exposure arising from fluctuations in the rains in Mumbai. NEW DELHI:...
Govt unveils Water Metro Policy ahead of national rollout in 18 cities
Sarbananda Sonowal,Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) The initiative adopts an ecosystem approach, ensuring standardisation in vessel design, terminals, charging infrastructure, and safety protocols, while promoting indigenisation in vessel...
Philanthropy as Risk Capital in Asia: Bridging innovation to impact
The report spotlights 10 cases spanning climate, health, housing, water, waste, and digital inclusion where philanthropic risk capital underwrote the earliest and riskiest stages of social innovation.These range from sustainable housing and carbon removal technologies...
Governments lead Asia’s $100 billion climate resilience push
Climate adaptation is slowly being seen as a potential target area for private investors rather than simply a government responsibility, particularly with expectations that projects and services aimed at bolstering resilience will post strong growth in coming decades....
Climate Adaptation & Resilience in Asia: Pricing Risk,Financing Solutions
By 2030, Asia will account for around 75% of the global climate adaptation and resilience(CA&R) financing gap, and Asian companies are projected to bear around US$336 billion in annual climate costs. The Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP), in...
Space intel giant ICEYE chooses India for first Asia-Pacific satellite manufacturing hub
Rafal Modrzewski, CEO and co-founder of ICEYE The company's satellite constellations currently serve sectors ranging from defence and intelligence to insurance and emergency management. Demand for ICEYE's technology has surged amid rising global geopolitical tensions,...
AI-enabled systems introduced by IMD to provide hyper-local weather forecasts: Jitendra Singh
Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences,said India has witnessed nearly 40 per cent improvement in forecast accuracy for severe weather events during the recent decade compared to the previous decade....
Govt to prepare a master plan to track climate, disaster impact: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed country's preparedness to deal with potential floods and heat waves in a comprehensive manner during an important high-level meeting held in New Delhi. New Delhi:Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that a master plan...
India released nearly 3,000 climate-resilient crop varieties during 2014-25: Govt
Under National Innovations on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA), vulnerability assessments were conducted across 651 agricultural districts in accordance with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) protocols.Of these, 310 districts were identified as...
Asia heatwaves compound economic strain amid oil shock
“Food inflation in Asia is set to rise in 2026,” said Adam Ahmad Samdin at Oxford Economics. “The combination of geopolitical risks, fertiliser market disruptions, and climate uncertainty suggests that overall food inflation risks are likely to remain elevated over...