NEWS & EVENTS Archives - Rajendra Shende

Sustainability is not a choice; it is a necessity for global peace and responsibility of each world-citizen

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted June 1, 2020

COVID19 is not the first pandemic that is shaking the world. Out of major 15 pandemics in human recorded history, 5 pandemics have caused the most blow to ‘industrious and industrialized’ humanity in the 20th and 21st centuries. As per one estimate, the Spanish Flue of 1918 caused 500 million deaths and spread across the ...

Warm and Cold We Share Globally Together – Briefing from Operation Earth China

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted January 25, 2020

– Briefing of Operation Earth Attend the 25th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Beijing On Jan. 12, 2020, the “Sharing meeting of the 25th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” organized by Operation Earth, China’s first international field research volunteer ...

India’s Top Higher Education Agency AICTE and TERRE Join for Smart Campus Award

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted June 26, 2019

TERRE Policy Centre and International Institute of Waste Management have also associated themselves with AICTE for contributing to the overall cause of the award. NEW DELHI: All India Council for Technical Education or AICTE has recently launched the Clean & Smart Campus Award for encouraging cleanliness and promoting ‘Smart’ use of technology in its approved ...

Two sides of the Same Coin : Climate Change and Air Pollution

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted June 15, 2019

WHO’s survey of 1600 world cities concluded that New Delhi has the worst air pollution of any major city in the world. Air pollution in India is estimated to kill nearly 1.5 million people every year; it is the fifth largest killer in India . Is there any one listening ?

The ninth edition of Earth Care Awards is here

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted May 25, 2019

Rising temperatures and extreme weather events on the rise has brought home what environmentalists have warned for at least 15 years: environmental sustainability is essential for economies to prosper and citizens’ welfare.

Students, faculty on city campus make collective bid for carbon neutrality

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted April 8, 2019

5,000 citizens on MIT-ADT University campus pledge to reduce carbon footprint; solar energy, plantation drives, e-vehicles are all initiatives under the project with an NGO

We are problem solving species : Can we solve Climate challenge

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted February 20, 2019

The oldest attendee at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos that concluded recently was 92-year-old broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough. He said that we humans are a “problem-solving species”. But are we the species that solve the problem in time?

Carbon-Neutral University Campuses: Youth Begin Climate-Actions where it Matters

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted December 12, 2018

7th Dec 2018 Katowice, Poland: “The Smart Campus Cloud Network is a bespoke approach to empower and support students and faculty to begin action on climate change urgently”, said Prof. Frederick Dubee, Former Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact and UN Secretary General Office. Prof Dubee was speaking as a chief guest at the Press Conference ...

India’s Commitment towards Paris Climate Agreement “Biz@India” Special issue Launched at COP24

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted December 4, 2018

3rd Dec Katowice, Poland: The first ever pre and post-Paris Agreement appraisal of India’s commitments in addressing Climate Change was released on 3rd Dec 2018 by Dr. Harsh Vardhan Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) at Katowice, Poland at COP 24. Biz@India’s special issue on COP 24 ‘Paris to Katowice’ which contained such ...

History repeats: Through digital Routes. (Luis de Castro- a new Vasco da Gama)

by Rajendra Shende in NEWS & EVENTS. Posted October 21, 2018

When Luís Afonso de Castro met me in Geneva, at International Trade Union’s cafeteria and requested a copy of my power point presentation that I had just delivered in World Summit on Information Society, I thought it is just one of those mundane requests from the young enthusiast.

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