On the shores of the Caspian Sea, Baku is welcoming leaders, climate activists, civil society members, and negotiators from over 200 countries with heightened anticipation around setting more ambitious climate finance targets through the proposed New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG). The agenda aims to revitalise global climate finance commitments, yet concerns loom over the pace […]
Our climate expert, Abinash Mohanty, discusses on whether nations can agree on absolute and real climate financing.
The COP29 climate summit starts today at Baku, Azerbaijan. Garima Sadhwani explains why the world isn’t able to agree on how to find the money to undo the damage done to the planet, what’s in store for India, and why this edition is focusing so much on climate finance. Financing the climate action This year, […]
By recognising social issues and understanding that conventional business and charity models aren’t sufficient to tackle them, social entrepreneurship has blurred the boundaries between profit and social impact – bringing together a vibrant tapestry of innovation and purpose.
By 2050, with 70 per cent of the global population expected to live in cities, engaging youth in shaping sustainable urban future is more crucial than ever Urbanisation, an engine for economic prosperity and resources, sits at the centre of modernity and impacts health outcomes. With rapid urbanisation, the UN projects that by 2050, 7 […]
It was a humid afternoon in Nagwa block of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, when 16-year-old Meera (name changed), a promising student, first experienced a panic attack. She was walking back from school, overwhelmed by the academic pressures of grade 10, her upcoming exams, the fear of being forced to drop out of school due to distance, […]
Adverse climate events have become the new norm in India, impacting lives, livelihoods and the economy.
With advancing human development and economic growth, societies generate more waste, underscoring the need for sustainable consumption and resource management. As we approach a decade of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) with Swachhta Diwas 2024, the focus is on mobilising communities and aligning habits to responsibly manage waste, promoting cleanliness, and preventing plastic leakage into […]
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The world is one family) One of the earliest proponents of global citizenship rooted in India’s philosophy and culture, this ancient Sanskrit phrase has come a long way from the pages of Maha Upanishads to the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and to being celebrated at India’s recent G20 Summit. Culture […]
There is a shifting pattern of extreme climate events across India with some flood-prone areas becoming susceptible to droughts and vice versa, a report by a global advisory and implementation services group and Geographic Information Systems solutions provider said on Friday. The IPE Global and Esri-India report noted there is often a combination of both […]
About 85 per cent of India’s districts are exposed to extreme climate events while 45 per cent are witnessing a “swapping” trend, where districts once prone to floods are now facing droughts and vice versa, a study released on Friday found. The study, by IPE Global and Esri India, also mapped the extreme climate events […]
Over 84% of Indian districts are prone to extreme heat waves and most of India’s districts have been recording extremely humid heat even during the monsoon months of June, July, and September, a report titled “Managing Monsoons in a Warming Climate” released on Tuesday ahead of the NYC (New York City) Climate Week in September […]
