Kerosene has been continued as a subsidised fuel to provide affordable cooking and illumination to households for the last 60 years. However, the subsidy program in its current form is marred by high levels of leakage in the distribution of subsidized kerosene and may not be the most efficient use of fiscal resources…Read more
India’s first solar ferry is set to start operations in the backwaters of Alappuzha in Kerala, charting a new course in the maritime sector
As sea levels rise due to climate change, planners in nations around the globe are trying to safeguard their coasts, but there is no consensus on the best way to do so
Retired headmaster Badruddin Sarkar is busy planting mangroves on the edge of the Sundarbans in West Bengal in eastern India. “Tides are getting higher. This is the only way to save…Read More
The corals of the Gulf of Mannar off southern India have for now been spared severe bleaching as Cyclone Roanu brought the temperature down, but rising sea temperatures due to climate change pose a clear danger to the colonies
Even as tropical cyclone Roanu battered Bangladesh, it brought rain and reduced temperature further down India’s east…Read More
The UN Environment Programme has increased by 4-5 times its estimate of how much money the world will need to adapt to climate change effects
The cost of adapting to a changing climate will be 4-5 times higher than what was estimated two years ago, says a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). “The costs of adaptation could range from…Read More
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