Tag: India

Climate Fellows initiative launched to support state climate action in India

Stuart Mitchell

Climate Group India joins hands with Swaniti Initiative, a nonpartisan social enterprise, to launch the State Climate Fellows initiative to support subnational climate action in India. India’s commitments India ratified the Paris Agreement in 2016, aiming to maintain the global temperature rise to well below 2°C, and preferably limit the increase to 1.5 °C. Further in November 2021, during the 26th Conference of Parties (CoP26) hosted at Glasgow, India announced five climate targets focusing on expanding non-fossil energy capacity, increasing renewable energy sourcing and reducing the total projected carbon emissions…

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BBC launches Disinformation Unit in India

Stuart Mitchell

BBC News has launched a new ‘Disinformation Unit’ in India to uncover, analyse and report on the spread of fake news. A team of dedicated journalists will focus on highlighting false information, debunking viral social media content and investigate how and why it spreads. The team will provide audiences with useful tips and information on how to spot ‘fake news’ and prevent it from spreading further. Audiences will also be able to report on any fake news they think should be investigated by messaging the BBC’s Disinformation Unit. This newly…

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£1.7 million grant to cut plastic pollution in India, Chile, Kenya and South Africa

Stuart Mitchell

Last month sustainability charity WRAP and UKRI launch a major new UK fund to support projects to reduce the impact of plastics on the environment in India, Chile, Kenya and South Africa. The International Circular Plastics Flagship Projects Competition is a £1.7 million fund designed to address the problem of plastics pollution in these key nations. Applicants can apply for funding ranging from £50,000 up to £250,000 that demonstrate solutions which respond to specific targets under the Plastics Pacts of each nation, and which will ultimately help reduce plastic pollution…

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India to become first Asian country to launch a Plastics Pact

Stuart Mitchell

India has become the first Asian country to develop a plastics pact, launching a ground-breaking new initiative to bring together leading businesses at a national level to make commitments for building a circular system for plastics. The India Plastics Pact (IPP) has launched as a collaboration between: WWF India the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The pact is supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and WRAP, and endorsed by the British High Commission in India. In Autumn 2020, UKRI committed £250,000 of funding to: enable WRAP to establish the…

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WaterAid launches urgent Covid-19 appeal to help health centres and vulnerable communities in India

Stuart Mitchell

As India faces a deadly second wave of Covid-19, international organisation WaterAid has launched an emergency appeal to bring vital water, toilet and hygiene facilities to health centres and vulnerable communities as well as urgent support to frontline sanitation workers to help protect lives. The country is seeing more than 400,000 new cases every day and, with the exodus of people from the cities, this horrific wave has now spread to parts of rural India, threatening to overburden local health centres with weak infrastructure that are unprepared for such a…

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