Beijing took off 180,000 old and polluting vehicles from its roads in the first four months of 2017, the Chinese capital’s environmental bureau has said, as part of its efforts to tackle congestion and cut smog
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On 23 April, NITI Aayog, India’s apex planning agency, released its Three Year Action Agenda from 2017-18 to 2019-20. Charting “an ambitious, transformational yet achievable action agenda for the government between 2017-18 and 2019-20”, the report is divided into seven parts
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Hemp and sustainability go hand in hand to a large extent, and a company in Mumbai called Bombay Hemp Company is trying to achieve Herer’s vision of a sustainable, hemp-laden future
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Charging a one-time fee for installation of khets (farms) and a maintenance charge for the supply of high-quality seeds, saplings, organic fertilisers, herbicides, and so on, Khetify is transforming agriculture practices by focusing on the urban setting, with a sustainable approach
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No country can do (or make) everything, and to succeed, each must focus on what it is can do best, i.e., where it has a clear competitive advantage
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On the second day of the Making Global Goals Local Business Conference by UN Global Compact, Lise Kingo, the chief executive officer and executive director of UN Global Compact, urged the audience that “time is of the essence”, as there are less than 5,000 days left to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals launched in September 2015
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The United Nations Global Compact on Wednesday kicked off its two-day event, bringing together over 300 leaders from business, finance, civil society, government and the UN in New Delhi for its regional flagship event Making Global Goals Local Business -- India
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Despite a ban and dire warnings from the Environment Pollution Control Authority, the burning of wheat stubbles to clear the fields for paddy sowing is a rampant practice in Punjab and Haryana
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