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Inconvenient truths
19 Oct 2023 5:47 PM ISTAs the world gears up for COP28, there is a need to thoroughly analyse the pitfalls of the previous carbon markets before exploring newer mechanisms
A winning tactic?
9 Oct 2023 5:38 PM ISTCarbon market has the potential to unlock billions of dollars for countries in the Global South. But is this voluntary carbon market working for...
Water warriors of desert
22 Sept 2023 5:43 PM ISTCommunities in Rajasthan this year made full use of the very heavy rain that the region saw; there are many lessons to be learnt from this work
Decentralised transformation
22 Aug 2023 5:44 PM ISTThe most important gain from India’s environmentalism has been the voice it has given to its citizens, which serves as the soul of the movement
Season of despair
10 Aug 2023 5:32 PM ISTThere is now no weather pattern for scientists to follow, and humans are exposed to nature’s dictates like never before
Lackadaisical approach
18 July 2023 5:48 PM ISTLack of enforcement of India’s limited single-use plastic ban, coupled with opacity in the EPR regime, has led to unabated persistence of plastic...
India’s population question
9 Jun 2023 6:27 PM ISTPopulation per se is not the determinant of environmental problems; it is their consumption pattern that leads to environmental degradation
Twisting the water tale
5 May 2023 4:53 PM ISTGiving local communities greater control over water structures could ensure efficient water management — leading to a secure future for humans
Reinvent tiger conservation
11 April 2023 6:43 PM ISTWe need to rethink the practice of exclusion and fortification of the original and western-oriented tiger charter as one which includes the interest...
Getting out of fossils
16 March 2023 6:23 PM ISTQuickly ramping up cheaper finance through international partnerships should be JET-P’s focus so that the new energy future is clean
Selective exclusion
7 March 2023 6:22 PM ISTWhy should countries of the western world, which have already appropriated the giant share of the carbon budget, be given a free pass on the continued...
Joshimath: A well-engineered calamity
12 Jan 2023 6:00 PM ISTThe sinking of the Himalayan town shows we have completely lost the ability to plan while keeping in mind the ecological uniqueness of fragile areas