Professor Kongjian Yu, a Chinese professor in 2013 created a new scientific concept with an objective to save lives. It’s called a sponge city. And it’s a type of natural infrastructure that architects around the world are designing to help us combat and withstand a changing climate. This isn’t a forest. Not really. It’s actually an urban park in the densely populated city of Nanchang, China. Filled with birds, native trees and volcanic rock on acres of urban land.
Author: Aachal Vayeda
Aachal Vayeda
I am an individual who is interested in Climate Change Solutions.
British recycling firm Altilium and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will build and test EV battery cells made using recycled materials from old Jaguar i-Pace electric vehicles in a pilot project to demonstrate recycled battery production is possible at scale.
Article Summary: Amazon and other companies have agreed to buy carbon offset credits that will help preserve its namesake rainforest in the Brazilian state of Para in a deal worth about $180 million. Amazon and at least five other companies will make the purchase through the LEAF Coalition forest conservation initiative, which it co-founded in 2021 with a group of companies and governments, including the United States and the United Kingdom. What is LEAF initiative? Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance Coalition (LEAF) has made its first deal in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest. This deal is important for…
Article Summary: Presently, over 4000 species of earthworms are discovered worldwide. The family of epigeic earthworms are widely used in vermicomposting. E. eugeniae, E. fetida, E. rubellus, E. hortensis and P. excavate species have great decomposing capabilities. The rate of waste generation in 2025 is predicted to be a 38-67 % increase of the current waste generation rates for the lower to middle-income countries. Vermicomposting- An optimum and minimal-time consuming solution for degradation Composting is a time-consuming activity. According to Andleep Zahra, a biotechnologist, “This is where vermicomposting comes as an optimum solution. Vermicomposting can be used to reuse the…
Article Summary: Indian Green Buildings Council IGBC claims that existing green cites have 10-12% reduction in power demand due to higher share of solar thermal, solar photovoltaic and wind energy due to green buildings and 8-10% increase in use of treated wastewater for city application. Today, India boasts 11.62 billion sq. ft. of registered green footprints with over 13,500 projects pursuing green and net zero goals. In 1984, referred by American biologist Edward O Wilson- a bio-philic design concept is a sustainable habitat which balances socio- economic development, environmental conservation, employment opportunities, basic services access, housing, infrastructure, as well as…
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Article Summary: During UN climate talks in 2021, its member countries catapulted a “global methane pledge” to eradicate 30% of methane emissions. By reducing methane emissions, the CO2 emissions problem is dealt with as well. The 2022 International Energy Agency report says, there are ways and chances to stop methane dependency, especially in oil and gas. Furthermore, we discussed Chinese wet/dry farming techniques and Norwegian approach of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) in this article. Thereupon, India’s adaption of seaweed farming in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) (2020) initiative in which The…
Article Summary: A recent Odisha TV report in September 2024 says, “As plans to expand a coal mine move forward, Odisha’s local residents face a difficult decision, weighing the loss of more than 26,00,000 trees.” In 2017, Ridhima Pandey, a 9 year old girl from Uttarakhand filed a climate change litigation to principal bench of National Green Tribunal. The Indian Parliament in early 2023 passed the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act. The Act targets 80% of electricity from renewable sources by 2040 and phase out coal-fired power plants by 2050. “We don’t want these things done by 2050,…
