COP 26: India’s net zero pledge — Does it really mean anything?

BY TILAK K DOSHI: To hard-bitten observers of realpolitik in international negotiations, the response might well be that “if you can believe that China will be net zero by 2060, then you can believe India will be so by 2070.”

By |2023-02-23T10:48:19-05:00December 1st, 2021|Comments Off on COP 26: India’s net zero pledge — Does it really mean anything?
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A mad rush for coal as China and India suspend climate correctness

During the first week of October 2021, both India and China made desperate attempts to buy the stranded Australian coal shipments in China’s port warehouses. The coal shipments, which were originally intended to be imported into China, were left stranded at the port after China banned the import of Australian coal last year. Despite this ban, China has now unloaded some of the shipments due to unprecedented demand for coal and electricity in the country. India’s industries too have made a dash to secure some of these stranded shipments as a severe coal shortage has gripped India. So, what can we [...]

By |2021-10-13T00:31:44-04:00October 14th, 2021|Comments Off on A mad rush for coal as China and India suspend climate correctness
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Boats of steel: Resilience of tsunami-ravaged fishing communities in southern India

It was just a normal tropical sunrise for many of the villages in the Southern coast of India. Many fishing communities along the coast of Tamil Nadu did not know what they would face that day. On December 26, 2004, a devastating Tsunami in the Indian Ocean stuck the villages along India’s eastern coast. More than 10,000 lives were lost that day in India. Those who escaped the Tsunami faced their worst nightmare. The tsunami destroyed homes, fishing boats, and entire village infrastructure. 154,000 houses were damaged or destroyed. The financial damage was around US$ 1 billion. The fishing communities in [...]

By |2021-09-06T22:24:35-04:00September 9th, 2021|Comments Off on Boats of steel: Resilience of tsunami-ravaged fishing communities in southern India
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India’s GMO pause is a big step backward

Biotechnology experts believe that this decision signals a big blow to the prospects of GM crop use in India, at least for the foreseeable future and have expressed grave concern for the advancement of crop technology in India.

By |2021-03-26T09:03:17-04:00April 2nd, 2021|Comments Off on India’s GMO pause is a big step backward
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Return of the tiger: Wildlife conservation amidst rapid economic development

The success story of India—with its population of 1.3 billion—proves that conservation is possible in the midst of economic development, provided policy makers adopt a development-centric approach with due diligence to the needs of conservation.

By , |2020-09-17T08:22:09-04:00September 16th, 2020|Comments Off on Return of the tiger: Wildlife conservation amidst rapid economic development
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