Global Opportunity Report 2017 presents five global risks including extreme weather, water shortage, unsustainable urbanisation and the global food crisis alongwith 15 new sustainable market opportunities that directly address them…Read More
Despite being massively impacted by the effects of climate change evidenced in the Arctic, South Asia is largely missing from the policy dialogue, although that may be slowly changing
On January 24, during the Arctic Frontiers conference, the audience was treated to one of the most illuminating exchanges on the cross-border effects and responsibilities…Read More
Rooftop solar power for residential housing societies is now as much as 50% cheaper than electricity produced through diesel generators, a new study has found
Residential housing societies in India have one more reason to ditch diesel generators and adopt rooftop solar for power backup. A new policy paper analysed five housing societies…Read More
Indigenous Lepchas hope they can block yet another large hydropower project in the Himalayan state of Sikkim at a UNESCO world heritage site
While the government of Sikkim is determined to convert its rivers into so-called white gold by exploiting its vast hydropower resources, indigenous Lepchas of the state hope their opposition will halt construction…Read More
A discernible trend of increasing temperatures and declining rainfall, coupled with more intense cyclones and floods, is disrupting life across Tamil Nadu, which is currently battling a drought
For a few months after the November-December 2015 floods that submerged Chennai and adjoining districts in Tamil Nadu, people of the city were wary about rain forecasts. About a year later…Read More
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