Bicycles play a big role in clean urban mobility (Photo by Lig Ynnek)
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- Early heatwaves foreshadow uncertain future in South Asia 12.04.21As Pakistan, Bangladesh and India warn citizens of higher temperatures in early April, experts say urgent adaptation is essentialZuha Siddiqui
- Are Indian business schools taking sustainability seriously? 09.04.21Environmental, social and governance issues are climbing up the international agenda, prompting some of India’s most prestigious business schools to update their programmesShweta Thakur Nanda
- India’s net-zero dream: between diplomacy and reality 02.04.21Pressure is ramping up on India to declare a target date for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, but many debate the merits of such long-term pledgesJoydeep Gupta
- Electric vehicle financing in India to touch USD 50 billion by 2030 17.03.21India’s plans to transition to electric mobility require investments to the tune of USD 266 billion but significant barriers have to be overcome in adoption and financingSoumya Sarkar
- Batteries will be pivotal in India’s electric mobility transition 10.03.21India’s ambitious plans for the electric vehicle market will stay in first gear until stronger and cheaper batteries become more widely availableMuralidhar Swaminathan
- Uttarakhand disaster: Are there lessons for Jammu and Kashmir? 23.02.21The recent Uttarakhand disaster has sparked worries in Jammu & Kashmir about existing and proposed hydropower dams, but the government prefers to shift the onus on peopleAthar Parvaiz
- Electric cars to remain in slow lane in India 18.01.21Weak consumer appetite, lack of charging infrastructure and a high payback period is holding back adoption of electric cars for personal use in IndiaShally Seth Mohile
- Climate change worsens water crisis in Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra basins 07.12.20New satellite data shows less rain and warmer weather is further depleting already overexploited groundwater in one of the world’s most populated regionsT.V. Padma
- Heatwaves, floods, storms new normal in pandemic year: WMO 03.12.20People across South Asia and China paid a heavy price in 2020 as severe cyclones, persistent heavy rain and floods set new recordsNatalie Taylor, Soumya Sarkar
- Organic composting offers hope to deal with stubble burning 01.12.20Scientists in Delhi have developed a cheap organic alternative to stubble burning – one of the main culprits of South Asia’s autumn air pollution crisis. But will farmers be willing to adopt it?T.V. Padma