India announced many ambitious goals to ramp up renewable energy capacity and cut emissions at Glasgow COP26. These need to be submitted to UNFCCC in writing.
India is one of the South Asian nations to record the most number of urban adaptation initiatives, but these plans are marred by uneven distribution of funds and priority.
Global warming must be kept to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. Even temporary breach of this will cause severe risks, says UN panel’s 6th Assessment Report, released Monday.
The report examines hard and soft limits that ecosystems, biodiversity, and societies face in terms of their adaptability to climate change. The first part was released in Aug last year.
India has made large strides in improving weather prediction forecasts, and in preparation for extreme events, but there is a need to scale it up, says R. Krishnan.
Director General of International Solar Alliance, launched by India & France, tells ThePrint they are counting on political support for its One Sun One World One Grid proposal, an interconnected system of regional solar grids.
An intensifying water cycle means that both wet and dry extremes and the general variability of the water cycle will increase, although not uniformly around the globe.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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