The University Grants Commission (UGC) India hosted a meeting on 9th April 2019 to streamline environment and sustainable activities in the educational campuses. The commission in its 540th meeting on 9th April decided to develop a guideline on 'Eco-friendly and Sustainable Campus Development'. Smart Campus Cloud Network (SCCN) will be an instrumen...
After the official announcement that Chile would no longer host the upcoming COP 25 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) due to its socio-political crisis in the country, all States that ar...
The buzz everywhere is about Industrial Revolution 4.0. No one however, talks about how the humanity would be ready for that revolution. It is a stark truth that in all the earlier industrial revoluti...
Stimulating insightful discussions on sustainability, climate actions and carbon neutrality were concluded during Qatar Sustainability Summit (QSS) on 28th October 2019 at St. Regis Doh...
Pune's Air Quality and the Air Information & Response (AIR) Plan Date: 17th October 2019 Venue: IITM, Pashan road, Pune Participants: Representatives of 15 – 20 organisations On 17th October ...
UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites now boasts total of 1121 sites from 167 countries, including 213 WNH sites. These also include the inscription of 29 new sites approved by World Heritage Committe...
What does it take to follow a sustainable approach for a smart campus? A headstrong Campus Community. In May 2019, Odisha was hit by devastating 'Fani', which brought severe cyclonic storm with 3-minu...
Apple Park, the tech new headquarters that opened in 2018, was the final vision of the firm's founder: Steve Jobs. In his final public appearance before his death on October 5th 2011 addressing a team...
Climate Action and Sustainable Future Imagine selling refrigerator and Air conditioners to people in Arctic Circle. It will be like selling the solar panels and wind mills to generate electricity...
On 4th October 2019, the SCCN team visited Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Pune (which is the first campus of SCCN initiative of TERRE Policy Centre) to plan 'Smart Campus W...