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A bridge to sustainability
14 Dec 2024 10:49 PM ISTFor a sustainable future, transforming waste into energy has become an essential practice to cut down greenhouse gas emissions—buying time to switch...
An unviable alternative
7 Dec 2024 10:52 PM ISTDespite its low-carbon benefits, nuclear energy’s high costs, safety risks, and regulatory hurdles limit its role in mitigation as a renewable energy...
Turning the ‘tides’
1 Dec 2024 12:17 AM ISTWave and tidal energy, innovative yet underutilised, hold immense potential despite variability and high costs. With global projects advancing, these...
‘Winds’ of change
24 Nov 2024 1:24 AM ISTAfter solar energy, wind power—a pivot in combating climate change—has been offering clean energy but faces challenges including grid integration and...
Sunrise for sustainability
16 Nov 2024 11:37 PM ISTSolar power—a cost-effective and emission-free energy source—is foremost among the green alternatives for combating climate change, achieving net-zero...
Guarding the vulnerable
10 Nov 2024 1:31 AM ISTOver time, particularly in the 21st century, COPs have broadened their focus from mitigation to include adaptation strategies—such as water...
Milestones in mitigation
2 Nov 2024 11:49 PM ISTIn part one of this two-part article on ‘Mitigation and Adaptation Measures in Managing Climate Change’, the writer sheds light on the climate...
The saga of limiting the Scourge
26 Oct 2024 11:18 PM ISTAfter having discussed at length the details of all the major climate conferences, the Climate Change Series will now offer a glimpse of the efforts...
Trudging along the steep slope
24 Aug 2024 10:31 PM ISTThe major highlights from the COP28 in Dubai included progress on global stocktake and the operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund, but the...
Breakthrough with a caveat
17 Aug 2024 10:19 PM ISTAfter 30 long years of negotiations, COP27 at Sharm-al-Shaikh managed to establish the Loss and Damage Fund but, at the same time, saw the weakening...
Rising up to the challenge
10 Aug 2024 9:58 PM ISTComing after a one-year postponement induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, COP26 in Glasgow registered a remarkable progress with agreements on key issues...
Ending in disarray
3 Aug 2024 11:30 PM ISTThe last conference before the operationalisation of the Paris Agreement, COP25 in Madrid came as a disappointment, as no major agreements were made,...