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Delhi’s Waste Incineration Plan Faces Civil Society Pushback

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called on the Delhi government to halt plans to incinerate all of the city’...

CSOs urge Delhi govt to stop expanding Waste-to-Energy incineration projects

Civil Society Organisations have urged the Delhi government to reconsider its proposal to incinerate 100 per cent of th...

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Activists Demand Regulation of Waste-to-Energy Plants to Combat Air Pollution in Delhi

Photo Credit: DeawSS via Shutterstock New Delhi: While outdoor burning of biomass is prohibited in the city when polluti...

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Civil societies, others urge govt to bring waste incinerators under GRAP

Every day, Delhi burns about 7,250 tonnes of unsegregated municipal solid waste in the city’s four WTE incinerators.Imag...

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“Waste Colonialism”: Study on global plastic pollution slammed for downplaying role of wealthy nations

Plastic scraps imported by paper mills in East Java, Bangun Village, Mojokerto, and entangled metals and paper scraps ar...

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Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

The Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)- have completed 80 years of existe...

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Banking on Renewables: Powering People, Protecting the planet | Report

There are already predictions that 2024 will be the hottest year on record,1 and that the Paris goal of keeping globa...

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Putting just transition at the heart of solar power: A case study on India

India has set ambitious targets for renewable energy (RE). The Government of India set an ambitious target in 2015 of...

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Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

In response to the urgent need for global climate action, the COP28 climate negotiations set a target to triple globa...

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World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

The 80th anniversary of the World Bank is a good time to bury the arguments in favor of reforming the institution and st...

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November 8, 2024

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Delhi’s Waste Incineration Plan Faces Civil Society Pushback

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called on the Delhi government to halt plans to incinerate all of the city’s waste, citing environmental and health concerns. They urge for waste management reforms and raised warnings about the negative impacts of Waste-to-Energy projects on the communi...

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November 8, 2024

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CSOs urge Delhi govt to stop expanding Waste-to-Energy incineration projects

Civil Society Organisations have urged the Delhi government to reconsider its proposal to incinerate 100 per cent of the city’s waste, a statement said. According to the statement released on Friday, the CSO had written a letter to the Delhi government to stop further expansion of Waste-to-Energy (...

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November 8, 2024

Times of India

Activists Demand Regulation of Waste-to-Energy Plants to Combat Air Pollution in Delhi

Photo Credit: DeawSS via Shutterstock New Delhi: While outdoor burning of biomass is prohibited in the city when pollution hits a certain level, waste-to-energy plants carry on incinerating garbage even during this period. This is being seen as an anomaly by civil society and environmentalists. Over...

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November 8, 2024

Jitendra Choubey

Civil societies, others urge govt to bring waste incinerators under GRAP

Every day, Delhi burns about 7,250 tonnes of unsegregated municipal solid waste in the city’s four WTE incinerators.Image Credit: Ted ChristianNEW DELHI: In view of rising pollution in the city, over a hundred civil society organisations, waste collectors, residents and individuals urged the governm...

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October 28, 2024

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“Waste Colonialism”: Study on global plastic pollution slammed for downplaying role of wealthy nations

Plastic scraps imported by paper mills in East Java, Bangun Village, Mojokerto, and entangled metals and paper scraps are burned. Marginalised communities bear the disproportionate brunt of the plastic waste trade. Photo credit: ECOTON-Indonesia. A new study on global plastic pollution published by ...

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November 2, 2024

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Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

The Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)- have completed 80 years of existence and operations. As people of the global south, who continue to bear the brunt of the impacts of colonial expansion, resource extraction, wealth concentration, climate change a...

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October 16, 2024

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Banking on Renewables: Powering People, Protecting the planet | Report

There are already predictions that 2024 will be the hottest year on record,1 and that the Paris goal of keeping global average temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming is at critical risk of being breached,2 resulting in irreversible and adverse impacts across many ecosystems. The conseq...

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October 25, 2024

Anitha Sampath

Putting just transition at the heart of solar power: A case study on India

India has set ambitious targets for renewable energy (RE). The Government of India set an ambitious target in 2015 of installing 175GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022. Since then, as part of the Paris Agreement, India has set a target to install 500GW of RE capacity by 2030. RE has a key rol...

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October 16, 2024

CFA Admin

Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

In response to the urgent need for global climate action, the COP28 climate negotiations set a target to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, demanding a significant transfer of public finance towards the expansion of clean energy systems. The Banking on Renewables campaign, supported...

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October 15, 2024

Joe Athialy

World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

The 80th anniversary of the World Bank is a good time to bury the arguments in favor of reforming the institution and strengthen the demand for radical restructuring. The past eight decades did not witness any major reforms it undertook towards making it a more democratic institution. At best, it co...

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Delhi’s Waste Incineration Plan Faces Civil Society Pushback

CSOs urge Delhi govt to stop expanding Waste-to-Energy incineration projects

Activists Demand Regulation of Waste-to-Energy Plants to Combat Air Pollution in Delhi

Civil societies, others urge govt to bring waste incinerators under GRAP

“Waste Colonialism”: Study on global plastic pollution slammed for downplaying role of wealthy nations

Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

Banking on Renewables: Powering People, Protecting the planet | Report

Putting just transition at the heart of solar power: A case study on India

Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

Delhi’s Waste Incineration Plan Faces Civil Society Pushback

CSOs urge Delhi govt to stop expanding Waste-to-Energy incineration projects

Activists Demand Regulation of Waste-to-Energy Plants to Combat Air Pollution in Delhi

Civil societies, others urge govt to bring waste incinerators under GRAP

“Waste Colonialism”: Study on global plastic pollution slammed for downplaying role of wealthy nations

Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

Banking on Renewables: Powering People, Protecting the planet | Report

Putting just transition at the heart of solar power: A case study on India

Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

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