Plastic is a non-biodegradable material, which is one of its major drawbacks. Plastic is widely used in food packaging, a toxic practice to which many manufacturers are trying to find eco-friendly substitutes. Establishing itself as a substitute for plastic packaging, Gousto’s edible packaging has become
After the two weeks of sole focus on COP26 (which did not yield any expected results, not even remotely), I am not going to waste a single breath on the unproductive event. Instead, I will draw your attention to the situation that Kenya is going
Water disasters have been a foe of life on the land and they have been on the rise for a few decades, hitting more frequently and intensely. In an estimate by the UN, water disasters will affect around 50 percent of the world’s population living
The two-week event of COP26 is at its end and things do not look any better than they were going in. A final draft to the Glasgow climate summit was published a couple of days ago. A day later, 22 countries including India and China
The COP26 is about to come to an end and the analyses have revealed that the commitments made in this summit have colossally failed to achieve the target of keeping global warming under 1.5°C. Apparently, the world is heading for a 2.4°C temperature rise by
Indoor spaces are considered to be even more polluted than the outdoors. In order to deal with this problem, people use indoor air purifiers but only a few incorporate nature in its process of purification. Aria, a NASA-inspired hybrid air purifier is one such example
In a shockingly unusual case, a Canadian woman facing breathing issues was diagnosed as the world’s first patient suffering from “climate change.” The woman’s doctor said that recent heatwaves and poor air quality were the driving factors behind her condition. The diagnosed comes not long
The political conflicts in Afghanistan have prompted stark food insecurity in the country as winter sets in. The lives, livelihoods and access to food for over 22 million people is at risk as the country is threatened by the possibility of severe famine under Taliban
One of the major highlights of the first week of the ongoing COP26 climate summit in Glasgow was 27 countries becoming members of the ‘Sustainable Agriculture Policy Action Agenda for the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture and Global Action Agenda for Innovation in Agriculture,’ India being
Tuvalu’s foreign minister, Simon Kofe, addressed COP26 from knee-deep seawater. He recorded a video addressing the issue of climate change affecting his low-lying Pacific Island nation on the frontline, with a powerful image of the minister standing in knee-deep seawater in a suit and tie, indicating