[Environment] IPCC and the Science, Politics and Economy around Climate Change

2021-08-13T17:28:11+05:30By |Categories: Environment|Tags: |

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 [...]

India’s Solar Salvation

2021-07-25T21:59:14+05:30By |Categories: Environment|

As India’s economy and population continue to grow, so too does its demand for energy. India is also particularly vulnerable to climate change. Solar power could be the answer to both problems. With 300 sunny days a year, India can lead the world in solar capacity. Doing so will require [...]

Ganga and Microplastics

2021-07-24T21:15:01+05:30By |Categories: Environment|

The Ganga might have stood witness to many stages of India’s civilisation, as Mahatma Gandhi once noted, but in recent decades it has become a conduit for sewage, solid waste, industrial effluents and other pollutants. […]

South Asia lightning Report ,2020

2021-07-24T08:48:38+05:30By |Categories: Environment|Tags: |

Important Points 1. According to South Asia lightning Report ,2020 by Earth Networks, a global weather intelligence agency -West Bengal received the highest number of lightning strikes per square kilometer in 2020, followed by Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh,Tamil Nadu. […]

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