Fragmented climate responses won’t work
For much of the past three decades, climate change occupied a distinct corner of public policy.
For much of the past three decades, climate change occupied a distinct corner of public policy.
Wildlife experts deliberated on the decision to expand conservation efforts for Pygmy Hog, the smallest and rarest wild pig, at the national level and include them in India’s species recovery programme, according to officials from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Nearly 8 BCM lost in two weeks as reservoirs shrink, groundwater declines and river basins face mounting pressure before monsoon
The word ‘emergency’ evokes an intense sense of unease, often associated with the suspension of established norms and procedures in pursuit of a perceived larger objective. Different forms of emergencies command our attention in different ways.
The emphasis of modern environmental policy has been on prevention. Governments, international institutions and activists have rightly focused on reducing emissions, protecting ecosystems and slowing the pace of climate change.
Terming climate change a “global challenge,” Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has emphasized the urgent need to protect India’s forests and agriculture, describing them as the “lungs and lifeline” of the country.
Rabindranath Tagore owes his conscience, consciousness and disillusionment to none but mother earth in the poem ‘Prithibi’, written on 16 October 1935. Around 1910, Tagore is writing the Santiniketan series of essays, and there, too, he underlines how he sees no distinction between his own self and the larger nonhuman around.
On the occasion, Patanjali University also launched an International Centre of Excellence on Disaster Medicine, Management and Climate Change, along with the establishment of a Patent Cell within the university.
Chinese researchers have revealed that the Tibetan Plateau is expected to experience accelerated warming in the next 10 years, according to the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai attended the event as chief guest, while Kedar Kashyap, Minister of Forests and Climate Change, Water Resources, Skill Development, Cooperative, and Parliamentary Affairs, was the guest of honour on the occasion.
