The questionable business of weakening India’s environmental regulation
When Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that India’s economy will be revived through a…
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For India’s energy sector, a long road divides stimulation from transformation
The economic argument for increasing investments in clean energy and sustainable technologies received a massive…
Oil tumbles, will the world capitalise for climate gains?
The global oil industry is going through perhaps its roughest patch in its 200-year history,…
Lockdown improves the view, but will it change the vision?
The severe restrictions placed on the movements of people and goods in India and around…
COVID, climate present the case to reshape the world’s food supply structures
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the 3-week lockdown in response to the global…
The COVID pandemic exposes water access inequalities
As I write this, more than 200,000 cases of coronavirus have been detected worldwide, and…
A tale of two crises
When the first cases of the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, started emerging from Wuhan, China,…
Ola, Uber and the sustainability challenge of new mobility
Hiring a taxi through a ride-hailing service could emit up to 70% more CO2 than…
The warm up to a chilling reality
It isn’t often that Antarctica records temperatures comparable with those seen in the tropics. Yet,…
Big Story: Will hydrogen for steel be an eyewash for India?
A new report on India’s steel industry warns that the sector’s CO2 emissions could quadruple…