Council on Energy Environment and Water
Surat and Bengaluru lead in used water management
Posted on 15 Mar, 2024 08:11 PMA recent report ‘Enabling circular economy in used water management in India: A municipal index for assessing urban local bodies’ performance’ by the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (C
Safe drinking water in rural India: What do numbers hide?
Posted on 21 Dec, 2022 02:14 PMRecent data shows that drinking water coverage has improved considerably in India with 89 percent of the rural population having access to an improved water source within a round trip of 30 minutes.
Improving access to climate finance critical
Posted on 04 Nov, 2021 10:32 AMMore than 80% cent Indians live in climate-vulnerable districts, according to a recently released report ‘
India needs a comprehensive emissions database
Posted on 10 Oct, 2021 01:35 PMIndia needs to develop and maintain a comprehensive inventory of baseline emissions to ascertain whether its policy and technological interventions are able to reduce air pollution, according to an independent
Emerging markets adopt renewables
Posted on 19 Jul, 2021 12:36 PMEmerging markets are about to leapfrog fossil fuels to generate all the growth in their electricity supply from renewables in this decade. The peak global fossil fuel usage for electricity generation was probably 2018.
75% districts and half of India’s population vulnerable to extreme climate events: CEEW study
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 06:08 PMOver 75% of Indian districts, which are home to over 638 million people, are hotspots of extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, droughts, heat, and cold waves, according to a first-of-its-kind independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environme