Seaweeds – From health benefits to climate change mitigation
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised developing the blue economy in coastal states and asked stakeholders to re-focus on seaweed farming and …
Environmental Degradation
Heatwave in India – Reasons, effects and the way forward
Heatwaves are common in India during May and June but summer began early this year with severe heat conditions being consistently reported over large …
Net Zero by 2050 – Limitations and the way forward
While the renewables are making major inroads, the world’s overall primary energy use keeps rising.
India’s water security – Issues and the way forward
According to the recent statement of a Delhi-based non-profit, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Global warming and climate change have th…
Drier pre-monsoon – Harmful impact on crop production
Context: According to the latest data by the India Meteorological Department, Pune (IMD), pre-monsoon rainfall was in the ‘large deficient’ catego…
India’s waste management system – Issues and way forward
For many years now India has been working, without much success, to ensure that our rivers are not polluted; that the sewage of our cities is treated …
Climate change mitigation – The recent paradigm shift
A paradigm shift in the way we think about climate action has been reported for the first time in the recent IPCC report through a chapter on “deman…
The surface and ground water: Existing approach of dealing with it – Issues and way forward
The existing approach to dealing with surface water and groundwater independently has severe limitations. The new paradigm for groundwater management …
India’s natural & organic farming strategy for rice and wheat
According to the agriculture department of the Government of India, India’s wheat export surpassed $872 million (2021-22) and rice export in 2021-22…
