Tag: Action

Policy UpdatePurbaa JagannathBackgroundAs India’s cooling needs continue to increase, the challenge for policy is at a crossroads between climate change, public health, energy security...

Policy UpdateKarnavi ShendeBACKGROUNDThe State Poverty Eradication Mission (SPEM) of the Government of Kerala institutionalized the Kudumbashree Mission on 17 May 1998 as a localized...

Policy updateSaachi SaxenaBackgroundIndia’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2031–2035 sets out next phase of climate action under the Paris Agreement, building on earlier...

NINCHEN TAMANG“The world was sick, and the ills from which it was suffering were mainly due to the perversion of man, his inability to...

Policy UpdateAyana N KBackground Kerala’s first State Action Plan on Climate Change came out in 2014, but by the time a decade had passed, it...

Affirmative action is one of the most debated instruments of modern democratic governance. Its critics often view reservation and other forms of preferential treatment...

Policy UpdateGowri KodaliIntroductionThe CHARAK initiative is a targeted corporate social responsibility intervention designed to address specialised healthcare challenges in India’s coal-mining regions. Unlike national...

Background In May 2010, Ahmedabad experienced a severe heatwave, with temperatures reaching 46.8°C. The heatwave was associated with 1,344 excess all-cause deaths in the city...

Policy Update Dolly KaushikBackgroundIndia-ASEAN relations have grown into one of the central drivers of Indo-Pacific stability and economic integration. Over three decades, bilateral engagement...

Session ReportDolly KaushikIntroductionClimate change has emerged as one of the defining challenges of the twenty-first century, demanding an unprecedented transformation of global energy systems...