Category Archives: Climate change
Climate Change: Time to Catch Them Young
The newly-elected Delhi State Government of the Aam Admi Party (AAP) retained Manish Sisodia as the education minister for the next five years. In his earlier stint, Mr Sisodia has done some remarkable experiments with education by allotting close to … Continue reading
Green Wall to Firewall Delhi against Dust-Storms
The Delhi government has initiated a programme to plant 3.2 million or 32 lakh trees around the periphery of Delhi as well as Yamuna flood plains. The move is seen as definitive step to combat the dust load that gets … Continue reading
Climate Change: India, China should move away from rhetoric
Negotiations have entered the final rounds in Paris to strike the deal of the century to save the world from the ill effects of climate change. The goal is to inspire all the 195 member nations of the United Nations … Continue reading
Prepare for “once-in-a-century-crisis”
After the “flood-of-the-century” the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India is preparing for a long treacherous difficult winters. The struggle has just started. According to the state government estimates reported in local dailies 95000 houses are affected from flash … Continue reading
CSR and revival of ancient ponds
Twenty one years ago a man named Anupam Mishra wrote a book in Hindi language, titled – Aaj bhi kahre hain talab (loosely translated it means “Ponds are still dependable”). Written for the Gandhi Shanti Pratishthan (Gandhi Peace Foundation) the … Continue reading
Montreal type climate deal can save the UNFCCC negotiations
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been trying hard, since its coming into force in 1994, to strike a global deal to bring down greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and mitigate climate change. However, it has met with … Continue reading
Keshav Chaturvedi 