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Home > Posts by Swathi Seshadri

Global Plastics Treaty INC 5: People, planet held hostage by private profits

What transpired during INC 5 is the outcome of a process, which lacked leadership and courage needed to represent the mandate laid out in resolution 5/14 and address conflicts that emerged through the two...

Read more December 16, 2024 at 3:57 pm Swathi Seshadri

India’s Huge Thrust on Petrochemicals Belies its Tall Talk on Sustainable Energy

For a long time, India has been advocating for the end of unsustainable use-and-throw economy. However, in a case of mismatch between its words and action, about 79% of the budget allocated for the...

Read more September 2, 2024 at 3:33 pm Swathi Seshadri

As negotiation on Global Plastics Treaty gets underway, India should reconsider contradictory stance

The Indian government has kept its eye on billions in revenue from the polluting petrochemical industry while making half-hearted measures to curb plastic use.

Read more May 31, 2023 at 10:31 am Swathi Seshadri

India’s Plastic Ban: A triumph for the fossil fuel industry?

Effective July 1, 2022, the Union government has banned identified single use plastics (SUPs) as mandated by the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021. The stated aim of this ban is to arrest plastic pollution...

Read more July 26, 2022 at 2:37 pm Swathi Seshadri

Oil Security or Oil Dependency?

Mr. Amit Bhandari, in his article “A sovereign wealth fund for oil security” published in the Financial Express on February 1, 2022 suggests that despite the push for renewable energy and electric vehicles, the...

Read more March 14, 2022 at 1:30 pm Swathi Seshadri

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