What to Expect from the Next Major Global Climate Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change grabbed the world’s attention in 2018 when it released a sobering report that warned—in no uncertain terms—world leaders needed to take drastic and immediate steps to blunt the most catastrophic impacts of global warming....
Discussion on Malnutrition and seasonal Flu prevention
Among the local population of Chhattisgarh which consists mainly of tribals, high levels of malnutrition -- with women and children the most affected -- is a major challenge they face, besides those of poor literacy and lack of empowerment. Addressing these issues,...
‘India, China most vulnerable to joint risks of climate change, air pollution’
India and China are among the world’s top five countries that are most vulnerable to climate change and air pollution with the capacity to deal with the risks, a first of its kind research assessing the combined risks of air pollution and climate change, said on...
We have just two years to stop deep-sea mining from going ahead
FIFTY years ago, people started dreaming of mining the deep seabed. Since then, those dreams have turned into a dystopian nightmare as scientists have found diverse, interconnected ecosystems at the bottom of the ocean and realised that mining them risks upsetting the...
DGGI unearths Rs 338 cr fake invoicing racket in Assam
The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) has unearthed a Rs 338 crore fake invoicing racket in which fake input tax credit involving Rs 28.97 crore of Goods and Services Tax was generated, officials said on Thursday. According to the officials, two accused...
The balance between jobs in the renewable energy and fossil fuel sectors could play on India’s energy transition
The renewable energy sector is being showcased as a magic bullet, where the loss of jobs in the coal sector would be offset by the opportunities for jobs in green energy. Over the years, thousands of jobs have come up in the renewable energy sector in India, but they...
G20, #EndFossilFuelSubsidies and Deliver Climate Finance Now!
Despite committing to phase out fossil fuels in 2009, G20 governments are still spending public funds on coal, oil and gas and have provided billions of dollars to fossil fuel intensive industries in response to Covid-19 -- $77 billion in public funds annually to...
Why the Supreme Court order on registration of migrant workers is welcome
The Supreme Court judgment on the problems and miseries of migrant workers (June 29) will go down in history as a radical judgment to reduce human suffering in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Rarely do we see government agencies being publicly admonished for their...
The world requires a trust-based model of governance
Copper mines in Zambia have mostly earned bumper profits, and when the government wanted to impose a windfall-profits tax, the proposal faced huge resistance from all the foreign investors that were running those mines. These included Chinese companies. If one looks...
HP environmentalists seek implementation of Forest Rights Act
Environmentalists in Himachal Pradesh have asked members of the high-powered committee on land laws to speed up the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The panel, which has six different subcommittees headed by MLAs, was formed in September last year with...
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