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Author: Juhi Chaudhary

Mountain women bear the brunt of climate change

Women, who do the majority of drudge work in the economically and environmentally fragile Hindu Kush Himalayas region, are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change

It is widely recognised that climate change effects take the heaviest toll on the vulnerable and the poor. These impacts are exacerbated if the affected person is a woman…Read More

Climate change jeopardises survival of snow leopards

The receding snowline in Asia’s high mountains due to global warming and infrastructure development pose a major threat to the snow leopard as humans encroach on the big cat’s habitat

“I love the snow leopard,” says bright-eyed Ganaium, who lives in Tamchy village close to Issyk-kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan. “I haven’t seen it but I know about it from TV and pictures,” said the four-year-old…Read More

India diverts clean energy fund for GST compensation

There will be significant impact on initiatives involving decentralised renewable energy access as the central government compensates states on Goods and Services Tax from the national clean energy fund

India’s new indirect tax regime is posing a threat for the country’s clean energy mission. In the latest move by the government, tax money generated through the coal cess is being used…Read More

India to have more solar-powered trains

Started recently in the coaches of a suburban train, the initiative will soon be scaled up in line with India’s larger aim to increase use of clean energy

In a pioneering effort for transition towards clean energy and reduction in the carbon emissions, Indian Railways has launched the world’s first solar-powered train in New Delhi. Each of the six coaches in the train is fitted with…Read More

Indian climate-resilient farming model wins Equator Prize

Pune-based Swayam Shikshan Prayog has won the United Nations Development Programme’s Equator Prize for promoting ecologically sustainable agriculture in drought-prone Marathwada

Till 2012, 60-year-old Vanita Sahebrao More used to spend INR 40,000 every year to cultivate soybean, sorghum and cotton on seven acres of land in her village in drought-prone Nanded district…Read More