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Weak consumer appetite, lack of charging infrastructure and a high payback period is holding back adoption of electric cars for personal use in India

Financial institutions in India will have to integrate climate risk considerations in their investment decisions and portfolio management to mitigate impacts

In a promising outlook for light mobility, penetration of electric 3-wheelers in India may rise up to 75% by 2030, followed by 2-wheelers at 35%

Renewable power is surging despite the Covid-19 crisis and is on track to become the largest source of electricity by 2025, ending the dominance of coal

Concerned about the dangers of climate change and environmental degradation, children in India have taken to activism, demanding their rights to a better future

The government’s first comprehensive study of climate change impacts and forecasts paints a grim scenario if greenhouse gas emissions are not controlled right now

The rapid warming of the Indian Ocean due to climate change is leading to more cyclones pummelling South Asia, as storms gather more quickly and become more intense

The locust swarms that destroyed farmlands in western and northern India are linked to the warming of the Indian Ocean. Such proliferation is more likely as rainfall patterns change

We have to invest in resilience-building measures, especially in health infrastructure, and weather and disease forecast systems, addressing training and adaptive capacity needs

We must address the intertwined nature of threat multipliers like climate change and pandemics to the physical and mental health of our children