The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Synthesis Report lays down a stark warning—without immediate & ambitious climate action, the world will cross several tipping points, which will…
A nuanced ecological sensitivity resides in the collective legacy of myths, folk tales, and belief systems of all ancient civilisations. Could that be used to influence contemporary attitudes and…
“The 2022 IPCC Working Group III report on mitigation of climate change has little creative to offer on the critical questions of a deeply unequal international order and a disastrous structure of…
A Green Deal for India could successfully address the triple crisis the country is now facing: an economic slowdown, poor health services and a high carbon intensity of economic activity.
The decades ahead will see more extreme rainfall, more higher temperatures, increased warming over the Indian Ocean, rising sea levels, and greater frequency and intensity of cyclones in the Arabian…
A nascent but rapidly growing movement in India of young people — school and college students — concerned about climate change is now confronted with having to deal with the chilling effects of…
The pandemic has already taught us that for a better world we cannot have the market as the backbone of the economy; we need a more inclusive politics; decentralised governance is essential; and we…
The catastrophes in Kerala in 2018 and 2019 can be a lesson to move away from the paradigm of imposing both development and conservation from above; the state and the people must adopt new ways of…
Renewable energy capacity has expanded globally but this does not as yet mark a shift away from fossil fuels. On current trends, energy use from CO2-emitting fuels will continue to rise in the future…
In making the shift to renewable energy, India has to manage the disruption of long-standing institutional and political arrangements in ways that enable clean energy in a sustainable manner.
