A new study by the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), a Bangalore-based think tank, emphasises the urgent need to build climate resilience in western India.
Risk, in the context of climate change, is a function of three factors — hazards, exposure, and vulnerability.
Energy is central to almost every challenge we face today — security, climate change, food production, or job creation.
Growing air pollution poses a serious health risk in India.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in 2019, with the aim to improve air-quality levels in non-attainment cities.
Land degradation as one of the mega drivers of loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services has affected billions globally, resulting in rampant loss of livelihoods and accelerated distress migration.
According to data from the International Energy Agency (2020) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (2018), it is estimated that more than 90% of CO2 emissions from the transport sector is from road transport.
India’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are 2.
Every year, India’s energy consumption from fossil fuels is worth approximately Rs 7 trillion.
For millions of years before human activity, the extent of heat radiated away from the earth remained largely unchanged, thus ensuring global climate patterns remained stable.
The compounded effects of urbanization and climate change are taking a serious toll on rapidly growing urban spaces around the world.
Meeting India’s short- and long-term climate commitments made at COP26 entails a complete economic transformation, which can have considerable developmental tradeoffs.
Several parts of India reeled under a heatwave in April with temperatures soaring from 43 Degree Celsius to 46 Degree Celsius - the highest since 1901.
India needs to grow a lot more food, and do it sustainably to be able to meet its future food security and also keep its climate commitments.
