Concept: Sustainable Development – Tracing the roots !!!
The “official” definition of sustainable development was developed for the first time in the Brundtland Report in 1987. Sustainable development is the idea that human societies must live and meet their needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development is the idea that human societies must [...]
COP 26 and India’s Climate pledge
In a surprise move at COP26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister of India announced that India will commit to ambitious, enhanced climate targets and cuts in carbon emissions in its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). […]
[Environment]Development vs Conservation<>Railway vs Wildlife
The world is pursuing a path of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation, keys to human development. India is walking the same track, targeting a five trillion economy in the near future. We expect higher GDP, better economic status and a high standard of living like other developed countries. However, linear infrastructure [...]
[Environment] Chipko Movement
Sunderlal Bahuguna with his wife, Vimla […]
[Environment] IPCC Report-“Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis”
Context The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), titled ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’, is the first of four that the Panel will issue over the next one and a half years. [...]
[Environment] Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules
Context:- The Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules notified by the Centre on August 12 acknowledge the gravity of pollution caused by plastic articles of everyday use, particularly those that have no utility beyond a few minutes or hours. […]
Afghanistan’s centuries-old ‘Karez’ system of irrigation
The resurgent Taliban is on the victory march to Kabul. It has already taken provincial capitals as well as Afghanistan’s third-largest city of Herat. As the Taliban appear at the gates of Kabul again after two decades, fears have grown about what their conduct will be towards life and livelihood, [...]
[Environment] IPCC and the Science, Politics and Economy around Climate Change
Context Earlier this week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported on climate science, warning against the folly of a business-as-usual development model. Past assessments have been disregarded as sensationalist. For attention to shift from a day of front-page news to a more strategic conversation, we must understand what [...]
EU’s Fit for 55 and Indian industry
European Union introduced new legislation, Fit for 55, to cut its GHG emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 and to net zero by 2050. This is a welcome step for climate action since it turns the EU’s announcement into law, protecting it from the winds of political change. It [...]