The marked rise in the population of tigers in the wild is also an indicator of the robust health of at least some of India’s forests, which augurs well for their ability to absorb carbon and thus combat climate change
It is a rare piece of good news for the conservation world. India has reported a 30% increase in the tiger numbers over the last four years. While the estimated tiger population in 2010 was…Read more
A solar plant covering an irrigation canal, producing electricity and reducing evaporation at the same time, impressed UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon during his recent visit to India
India’s flagging solar energy programme received a moral boost recently with the unveiling by UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon, of the country’s and possibly the world’s first solar energy project spanning a waterway canal…Read more
Despite years of effort, the marble façade of the Taj Mahal keeps getting a dirty brownish-yellow due to air pollution. Researchers have now identified the pollutants responsible – exactly the same ones that are implicated in global warming and also cause a pall of smog over most of northern India every winter
American and Indian researchers have identified, for the first time, which pollutants are responsible for discolouring the marble façade of the…Read more
Lack of local policies and action adversely affect India’s ability to control greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change; this is an area that is receiving far too little attention
“Come to Kerala, God’s own country,” beckon the advertisements promoting the south Indians state as a tourism destination. The enticing pictures invariably have the beautiful backwaters of Kerala as the theme.A thin, long wedge of land…Read more
India needs to put on the table some ideas on how to move the stalled climate negotiations forward while safeguarding the interests of developing countries
Amidst high expectations, the UN climate summit started in Lima with a view to lay down the pathway to an ambitious global deal in Paris next December. The momentum was built upon the Secretary General’s Summit in New York in…Read more
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