India and China’s transition to a low-carbon economy will stop the planet from getting warmer even if Donald Trump reneges on the Paris climate agreement and flattens US emissions control, predicts a new study
The US is likely to fall far short of commitments arrived in December 2015 at the Paris Climate Summit because of the rollbacks…Read More
China’s involvement in coal power projects abroad in countries such as India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Vietnam and Turkey casts a shadow over its first Belt and Road Forum
Officials and leaders from over 110 countries gathered in Beijing on May 14-15 for the first ever Belt and Road Forum. China’s ambitious attempt to boost economic growth across a vast area…Read More
Although it is yet to become a legal entity under United Nations rules, the International Solar Alliance is planning to install solar pumps for irrigation in sunshine-rich nations, particularly in Africa
A year and half since its launch at Paris Climate Summit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President François Hollande, the International Solar Alliance is still waiting for ratification…Read More
A team of young innovators have installed a floating solar plant in Chandigarh that could potentially bypass the problems of land acquisition by utilising the surface area of water reservoirs
Solar power plays a big role in India’s renewable energy dreams, but a number of questions remain unanswered, including issues of land availability and efficiency…Read More
The Cauvery delta has never experienced two failed monsoons in the same year, leading to widespread drought. The river is so depleted that there is no water for irrigation
Vijayakumar was a successful rice grower his entire life until this rainless harvest season. He seemed unbent by the paralysing consequences of Tamil Nadu’s deepest drought in 140 years…Read More
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