CSE Expose: We sent honey of 13 brands for advanced tests to Germany; the same samples that passed in India failed adulteration tests in Germany
#HoneyFraud
#CSEStudy
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The latest round of international climate finance negotiations on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) ended last week in Baku, Azerbaijan without consensus on key issues of contributor base or quantum of finance.
Negotiators will now head into
#COP29
to be held in November
We are pleased to announce that
@sunitanar
DG,
@CSEINDIA
has won this year's
#EdinburghMedal
2020, instituted by the
@Edinburgh_CC
in recognition of her “strong leadership in championing climate justice for the poor and disenfranchised”
Know more:
Centre for Science and Environment receives the 2018
#IndiraGandhi
Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development- Former Vice President of
#India
Mohammad Hamid Ansari hands over the prize.
India is home to 30% of the total organic producers in the world, but accounts for just 2.59% of the total organic cultivation area of 57.8 million hectares, according to the World of Organic
#Agriculture
2018 report.
#ThursdayThoughts
A bold step-
#Kerala
bans the manufacturing, sale, storage and transportation of
#singleuseplastic
products like carry bags, disposable cups, straws and PET bottles
#plastic
'All polluters are equal, but some polluters are more equal than others'!
With so many exemptions and VIPs refusing to use public transport, can the odd-even scheme be considered a success?
@down2earthindia
Climate change and extreme weather has started exacting a heavy toll in
#Delhi
.
CSE has carried out a detailed analysis of heat stress in Delhi and its impact on human behaviour vis-a-vis electricity consumption to understand how things have changed since 2001 (1/n)
CSE releases its latest report 'Breathing Space' on how to track and report air pollution under the National Clean Air Prog at
#AAD2020
, the Annual media conclave of CSE
#AirPollution
Even as the
@UN
has selected India's PM for this year's award to honour his role in protecting the
#environment
, his regime's environmental track record indicates anything but that
#fridayfeeling
#Modi
#India
We are excited to announce the launch of CSE's new website for the young, the 'YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALIST' — going live this
#WorldEnvironmentDay
, June 5th @ 11AM IST.
Register Now to join the launch-
#WebsiteLaunch
"Changing a farmer means changing entire village – long term handholding is critical"
@vijaythallam
,
@APZBNF
recommends at CSE's National Conclave on Sustainable Food Systems
“Our existing ways and methods of managing
#water
and
#waste
have severe problems – they are capital- and natural resource-intensive, and create and maintain a divide between the rich and the poor."
@sunitanar
For more details go to:
India's food miracle turns toxic!
50 years of high-yielding crops brought food security, but new study reveals grains losing vital nutrients & accumulating toxins.
Join us for a crucial webinar where we discuss the study and its disturbing implications⬇️
Most people would never think of
#London
as a
#forest
. Yet there are actually more trees in London than people. Research shows that pockets of this urban jungle store as much carbon per hectare as tropical
#rainforests
#MondayMotivation
"If your child is on balanced diet, you don't need to feed them health supplements" says Rekha Harish, Vice President, North zone, Indian Academy of Paediatrics.
#CSENationalFoodConclave
#Lightningstrikes
have killed over 1,600 people in
#India
in last one year. Why are
#lightning
strikes increasing in number? To know about it, join us for an exciting
#webinar
with India's renowned experts.
Register here👇
Apply now to join
@CSEINDIA
's
#onlinecourse
on how to prepare Shit Flow Diagram (
#SFD
) using graphic generator and its applications for improved
#sanitation
planning. Scholarship available!
Details-
"CSE has welcomed the
#SupremeCourt
’s reprimand of the Centre and civic agencies for lack of action in pollution-related complaints...The court has set a higher benchmark for enforcement of measures to prevent
#AirPollution
.
#Delhi
#WorldEnvironmentDay2020
: How shall we live after lockdown ends? Will we go back to the business-as-usual? Or can we look forward to a more
#sustainable
, cleaner, greener existence?
Join us on this World Environment Day at 2PM!
Register here-
#HiringNow
| Programme Officer for CSE's Climate Change Programme
Submit your application latest by July 15th, 2023.
Know more about the position here:
"The job of the journalist is not just to be negative, it is to find and communicate complex facts into simple statements; more importantly to sensitise the public."
@rajchengappa
at
#AAD2020
, the annual media conclave of
@CSEINDIA
Much awaited
#NationalConclave
happening @ AAETI! Policy makers, experts, farmers,industry & scientific community to discuss role of
#SustainableFood
Systems in ensuring nutritious food, livelihood in the current climate risk state of
#India
's food system
The next big challenge for India’s
#agriculture
sector and for all of us surviving on the
#food
they produce — Indian
#Farmers
are ageing. Who will grow our food?
"We need to move from water based sanitation system to land based sanitation systems" says
@sunitanar
at CSE's
#mediabriefing
on understanding India's experiments in rural
#Sanitation
Agra’s petha is one of the most sought after sweet in Indian markets. Did you know that about 0.4 kg of petha
#waste
is generated for every 1 kg raw
#petha
? Download CSE's latest report 'Petha Waste Management in Agra City' today👇
#Agra
Coming on the heels of an abnormally-warm February,
@icarindia
issued an advisory to Rabi-growing farmers to inspect their crops due to high temperatures;
@down2earthindia
analyzes what’s at stake
"Climate change impacts in India will only get worse and the current political will around the world to fight
#climatechange
is meagre and weak,"
@Bh_Chandra
The international jury, chaired by former president Pranab Mukherjee decided to give the award to CSE also for keeping the issue of environmental sustainability at the forefront of national attention and public policy
Do
#modern
buildings make it easier to deal with a climate-stressed world? Do you know how much
#electricity
is consumed by ACs?
Find all your answers on thermal comfort in CSE's latest publication— A Midsummer Nightmare, releasing on 19 June'19.
Stay tuned for more info!
“We had to fight the ‘established’ science of diesel in our fight for clean air; the ‘established’ science of pesticides in our work on toxins and food safety... the list is long. But the war is about the mind.” – Sunita Narain in
#ConflictsofInterest
@sunitanar
“We have to make a difference in this climate change-risked and insecure world. This prize will give us the courage to persist,”
@sunitanar
, CSE director general after receiving the
#IndiraGandhi
Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
📢Down To Earth Multimedia honored with the esteemed Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2022, for outstanding reporting in Environment, Science, and Technology. 🌍🏆
#JournalismExcellence
#RamnathGoenkaAward