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The eighteenth COP (COP18) was held from November 26 to December 8, 2012 in Doha. The eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the...

Your childhood is your homeland’, said Epictetus, and so did the poet and Nobel laureate Louise Glück, “We look at the world once, in childhood. The...

The COP17 kicked off on November 28, 2011, in Durban and continued till December 11, 2011. The seventh meeting of the Conference of Parties serving as...

Manoj Mitta’s 596-page magnum opus Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India on the hitherto under-explored intersection of caste and law...

COP14, serving as a preparatory platform for the significant COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009, aimed at establishing crucial post-2012 emissions treaties...

Enriched with historical insights and prompting further research into unexplored manuscripts of the region, Col Ajay K Raina’s book, ‘Beyond the...

Standing tall with their architectural grandeur amidst ecological serenity, the two prominent forestry institutions of Uttarakhand—Forest Research...

With climate-related challenges mounting to still greater heights, both COP12 and COP/MOP2 continued the work on Kyoto Protocol issues but lacked...

With a focus on showcasing the legacy institutions of Dehradun through structured discussions and display of authentic artefacts and documents, the...

The Eleventh Conference of Parties at Montreal in 2005 came to be dubbed as ‘highly productive’ but raging climate events laid bare the necessity for...

Makers of Modern Dalit History by Sudarshan Ramabadran and Guru Prakash presents a powerful narrative that challenges historical biases and celebrates...

COP10, held at Buenos Aires in 2004, ratified the Kyoto Protocol — putting a meaningful end to the processes started at COP3 — and advanced...