Tag: Climate Change
Ecosystem Restoration through Ecosystem Based Adaptation Approach
Arvind KumarCommunities have been adapting to climate variability for centuries, but today their coping mechanisms are being outpaced by the fast-changing climate. In response...
Towards sustainable low-carbon and equitable development pathways in India
Simi Mehta, Amita BhaduriAs the planet plunges towards irreversible climate change, the challenges posed by extreme weather events and environmental degradation pose an existential...
Perspectives on Climate Change, Society and Gender in India
Simi Mehta, Amita BhaduriClimate change vulnerability is a multi-layered and multi-faceted phenomenon. “It’s a justice issue determined by both biophysical and socio-economic factors. It needs...
Forest Rights and People’s Movements in India
Amita BhaduriIn pre-colonial times, India’s forestlands were mostly under the use of the local communities. Forest policies led to centralisation in colonial times with...
Vulnerabilities of Indian Governance in handling Climate Crisis amid COVID-19 Pandemic...
Simi Mehta, Ritika GuptaUnabashed assaults by human beings on the natural ecological system have caused the virus to spread in the first place. While...
Natural Resources and Women in India
Simi Mehta and Anshula MehtaBuilding upon decades of international diplomatic relations and scientific research, the United Nations adopted the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”...
Science, Fiction and Sustainability
Anandajit Goswami“Why Science, Fiction and Sustainability?” - The title of this piece connects three words, concepts, thoughts, ideation and at the same time maintains...
Flood: An Engineer’s Disaster or a Historian’s Natural process?
Simi Mehta and Amita BhaduriFloods have been a common occurrence in 21st century South Asian Subcontinent. The repeated events of flooding in Chennai in...
Responsible Consumption and Production for Climate Action: Towards Effective Waste and...
Dr Shyamala ManiThe twelfth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) goal which says Ensure Responsible Consumption and Production patterns, recognizes that consumption and production despite being...
Delhi’s Air Pollution and its Solutions
*Dr Gurinder KaurA World Health Organization (WHO) report, 2012, states 13 of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities are in India. In 2014,...
