Work on climate resilience agriculture for greater good of farmers: Atul Bora
Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora asked the Assam Agricultural University to work on climate resilience agriculture for the greater interest of the farmers. Bora said that each eligible farmer of the State must get the benefit of PM- Kisan scheme. He was addressing on the…
Climate concerns moving centre stage at Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to unveil guidelines on green financing, including special deposits for green projects, recognising that the subject of climate risk and sustainable finance no longer remains an outlier but demands coordinated policy attention. Governor Shaktikanta Das said these…
Spotlight on Climate Friendly Cooling in India
Co-authored with Ashish Jindal With the past eight years on track to be the eight warmest on record, climate friendly cooling continues to be a topic of global discussion as the Executive Committee of Montreal Protocol’s Multilateral Fund (MLF) meets this week. The Montreal Protocol has…
Climate finance tops India’s COP27 agenda
India will push for clarifications on climate finance, one of the contentious issues between developed and developing countries, as leaders and officials from 200 nations gather on Sunday for the UN Climate Conference (COP27) in Egypt, coming together after a year in which war and…
Crafts against Climate Change: Eco-materials from India
Crafts against Climate Change: Eco-materials from India © Dr. Shneel Bhayana Indians have traditionally lived close to the earth, their cultures shaped by symbiotic relationships with ecosystems. Indian arts and crafts strongly rely on nature for its form, philosophy, and existence. Native landscapes aroused the…
Climate change conditions likely to benefit for wind farms in south India
The looming climate change threat is likely to cast a shadow on the renewable energy ambitions of various States in the country due to the increase in cloud cover and decrease in high velocity winds. A recent study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology…
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