Forest Act amendment proposes ease of mining, experts cry foul

Six weeks before the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change released a Consultation Paper with several proposals to amendment in the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, it had sent a letter to Principal Secretaries,...

Read more October 12, 2021 at 1:14 pm CFA

Engaging with the Pandemic: Hope and Despair in five villages of Chhattisgarh

It was a cold December evening when I met Kavita Yadaw of village Mardapoti (Nagri block, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh). Kavita struggled with her mask. She adjusted and readjusted it. She remembered that the pandemic...

Read more August 2, 2021 at 11:26 am Swarnima Kriti

Coal vs renewables investment report, India 2022

In early August, the Union Cabinet approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) that have hence been formally communicated to...

“India can achieve Net Zero by 2047”: Experts

Sectoral experts, academics and climate activists deliberate on multiple issues related to Energy and Finance at the 4th annual...