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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
Cheer for dissent & dialogue
30 Dec 2022 6:17 PM ISTDissent and dialogue are what we must celebrate in 2023. We will then build that 'new world' that we all so desperately hope is still possible
Grandiose negotiations
29 Nov 2022 9:42 PM ISTCOP27 was a grand spectacle creating a sense of hyper-action while it actually was about reversing the little gains made till now
Perennial dilemma
11 Nov 2022 8:29 PM ISTSince air pollution knows no boundaries, the politics of finger-pointing and scoring brownie points will obstruct cooperation or meaningful action