Despite a strict lockdown, Delhi’s economy estimated to lose 5.8% of the city’s annual GDP due to air pollution in the first half-year
(Research shows that long-term air pollution exposure increases the risk of severe COVID-19 infections and death)
COVID-19: FARMERS FEED COMMUNITI…
While small and marginal farmers are unable to sell their produce, daily-wagers, migrant labourers and other at-risk communities are struggling to find meals each day. We are facilitating the procurem…
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The environmental challenges we face are urgent and massive. But movements that bring hope and change are growing. And one of them is a movement away from fossil fuels, towards the adoption of renewab…
A Better World Is Possible
Our bodies are continuously being poisoned as a result of the developmental pathways that are forced on us. And it gets even worse when our government policies hint towards nexus with big corporations…
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Kedia Village farmer with organic produce
Delhi farmer with a bountiful harvest
Transporting produce from farmers to consumers
Out-of-work daily-wagers and migrants receive ration kits
Daily-wagers and migrants receive ration-kits
Fresh produce is supplied to community kitchens
Community kitchens where vulnerable communities are fed
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Latest Publications
Airpocalypse IV: National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP) & ASSESSMENT OF AIR POLLUTION IN INDIAN CITIES
January 2020
This Airpocalypse report is the fourth version in the series of Airpocalypse reports published annually by Greenpeace India since January 2017. The current version of the report “Airpocalypse-IV” analyses and…
Four years of Emission standard notification for coal-based power plants in India- A status Check
December 2019
As India grapples with the health emergency of high air pollution levels, one of the biggest polluting sectors, coal-based power generation is not making any serious efforts to help improve…
Is Delhi’s air quality improving?
November 2019
Recently there have been multiple discussions about air quality improvements in Delhi and some reports also mentioned that Delhi has shown a 25% decrease in air pollution levels between 2016-2018…
Global SO2 emission hotspots database: RANKING THE WORLD’S WORST SOURCES OF SO2 POLLUTION
September 2019
Read the report Global Hotspot and Emission Sources for SO2_August 2019 August 19th, 2019: New analyses of NASA data on the largest point sources of SO2 – one of the…
Global SO2 emission hotspots database: RANKING THE WORLD’S WORST SOURCES OF SO2 POLLUTION
August 2019
Read The report Global Hotspot and Emission Sources for SO2_August 2019 New analyses of NASA data on the largest point sources of SO2 – one of the key pollutants…
New Data Reveals: Twice as many cities violating air quality norms as recognised in National Clean Air Programme
August 2019
Airpocalypse-III-ReportA new report by Greenpeace India has identified 139 cities where air pollution levels exceed national standards but were not included in the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) that was…
Boom and Bust 2019 – Tracking The Global Coal Plant Pipeline
July 2019
For the third year in a row, most leading indicators of coal power capacity growth declined in 2018, including construction starts, pre-construction activity, and plant completions, according to the Global…
Solarisation of Agriculture
July 2019
Greenpeace India’s Solarisation of Agriculture report, examines five models of solar irrigation pumps in the states of Bihar, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Odisha, looking at state policies and cost/revenue…
India’s worst NO2 emission hotspots
July 2019
As Indian metro cities continue to battle alarming pollution levels, Greenpeace’s analysis of NO2 satellite data re-asserts that transport and industrial clusters are giving rise to the country’s worst Nitrogen…
From Rooftops to Farmtops
July 2018
To achieve its 2022 renewable energy targets, the government needs to look for creative ways of implementing decentralised renewable energy schemes. Successful installation of solar pumps across India can help…
ROOFTOP REVOLUTION: Unleashing Hyderabad’s Solar Potential
April 2018
Hyderabad, by virtue of being a Tier 1 city, is representative of most locations in India from where most demand for RTPV solar is likely to arise.
ROOFTOP REVOLUTION: Unleashing Chennai’s Solar Potential
April 2018
This report is a Chennai specific summary of the larger report titled, “Assessing the Rooftop Solar PV Potential of Hyderabad and Chennai“.
ROOFTOP REVOLUTION: Unleashing Chennai’s and Hyderabad’s Solar Potential
April 2018
Greenpeace India is launching a multi-city programme to spread awareness among residents and small business owners of the advantages of going solar.
Airpocalypse II – Assessment of air pollution in Indian cities
January 2018
A Greenpeace India report analyses PM10 annual average recorded for 280 cities.
Boom and Bust 2017 – Tracking the global coal plant pipeline
March 2017
A Greenpeace report explaining how construction is currently frozen in over 100 locations in China and India.
Airpocalypse – Assessment of Air Pollution in Indian Cities
January 2017
This report shows that deadly air pollution is not a problem restricted to Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) or even to India’s metros.
GENETICALLY MODIFIED mustard is not needed
December 2016
The proposal to allow cultivation of the genetically modified (GM) oilseed mustard DMH-11 doesn’t take into account recent advances with either conventional breeding production of hybrid varieties.
Coal and dirty development in China & India leads to 1.6 million extra air pollution deaths a year
December 2016
Millions around the world are dying from polluted air, but as countries get richer they usually clean up their air.
Bihar Living Soils Project
August 2016
Barhat Block of Jamui District provides the perfect example of positive effects of a focus on Living Soils, and Greenpeace India is showcasing their success.
Out Of Sight – How coal burning advances India’s Air Pollution Crisis
May 2016
This study emphasises on the urgent need to comply with the thermal power plant emission standards announced in December 2015.
Ecological Farming: The seven principles of a food system that has people at its heart
May 2015
Greenpeace’s Food and Farming Vision describes what Ecological Farming means, and how it can be summarised in seven overarching, interdependent principles
Elephant in the Room
October 2014
A case study on human-elephant conflict within Hasdeo-Arand and Mandraigarh coalfields in Chhattisgarh
Identifying Conservation Needs in India’s Offshore Waters
August 2012
Examining the state of knowledge of ecological and biological aspects of India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
How Coal Mining is Trashing Tigerland
August 2012
Coal mining threatens over 1.1 million hectares of forest in 13 coalfields alone in Central India.
Countering Coal?
June 2012
A discussion paper by Kalpavriksh and Greenpeace India on Community Forest Rights and Coal Mining Regions of India
BRAI bill: A threat to our food and farming
February 2012
The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill, 2011, has been proposed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. If cleared, this bill will ease the entry…
Singrauli: The Coal Curse
September 2011
A fact finding report on the impact of coal mining on the people and environment of Singrauli
Effects on health and environment of transgenic (or GM) Bt brinjal
April 2009
A report by Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini, University of Caen France, shows the danger genetically modified Bt brinjal poses to the environment and our health.
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