Author: Shyamasree Dasgupta

Indian industries doing their bit to go green

by Joyashree Roy, Shyamasree Dasgupta | Aug 29, 2014

While India continues to shy away from taking on legally binding actions to cut greenhouse emissions, Indian industries are in fact doing their bit to mitigate climate change as opposed to the general perception, say IPCC coordinating lead author Joyashree Roy and contributing author Shyamasree Dasgupta

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