India’s prospects of achieving its nationally determined contribution (NDC) target of installing 450 GW of renewable capacity by 2030 looks favourable with global investors ready to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the country’s decarbonisation industry. For India to meet its renewable energy goal by 2030, it will need US$500 billion of investment over […]
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Climate emergency recognised by two-thirds worldwide
A poll of 1.22 million people worldwide found almost two-thirds considers there to be a climate emergency. The survey, conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford, covered people in fifty countries. The UNDP touted the poll as “the largest survey of public opinion on [climate change] ever conducted.” Globally, […]
Biden signs orders for U.S. to rejoin WHO and Paris agreement
Newly-inaugurated president Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has reversed two key policy moves of his predecessor, Donald Trump: namely, the latter’s decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement on climate change and to stop U.S. funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). Biden, who was sworn in on January 20th at the United States Capitol in […]
Loss of green space in India shown to be associated with higher cardiometabolic risk
Loss of green space due to urban development may be associated with an increase in several cardiometabolic risk factors, according to a study conducted by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The study investigated the association between land-use changes in a periurban area south of Telangana state capital Hyderabad where urbanisation – involving the […]
Climate crisis: India earns high marks tackling it in CCPI
The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) ranks India as one of the ten best performers on tackling the climate crisis for the second year in a row. The CCPI, released earlier this week, put India at tenth place out of 57 countries grouped together as collectively accounting for more than ninety percent of global greenhouse […]
Cyclone Nivar: Impact in India further evidence of the countries vulnerability to the effects of climate change
Cyclone Nivar has caused devastation, injuries and fatalities after making landfall in southern India where torrential rainfall has lashed coastal areas of the union territory of Puducherry and Tamil Nadu state. Despite the fact it eventually weakened into a severe cyclonic storm and had been pinpointed by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) as early as […]
Stubble-burning smog to blame for increased COVID death rate, says Delhi’s Health Minister
Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain has attributed the high COVID-19 death rate in the national capital to pollution caused by stubble-burning in neighbouring states. However, the Minister said that he expected a downtrend to be seen in the next two to three weeks. Jain told reporters that the pollution in Delhi came as a result […]
Child health during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted manifold effects on society and health from all angles – including on child health. On this Universal Children’s Day, it is worthwhile assessing the impact. Telangana governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan pointed to child health earlier this week. She called for more attention to be paid to child health; as reported […]
COVID-19 situation in Delhi “unprecendented” says Niti but no new lockdown on the horizon
The COVID-19 situation in Delhi is “unprecedented” according to government think tank Niti Aayog. However, the state health minister has disavowed a new lockdown. During a meeting chaired by Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, Niti Aayog chairman Dr Vinod K. Paul warned that the COVID-19 situation in Delhi “is likely to become worse.” […]
Water crisis imminent in India’s cities, report states
Multiple Indian cities face a water crisis based on a report identifying “water risk” in the world’s cities. Of the 100 cities the report flags, almost one-third are in India. The Water Risk Filter – a digital tool developed by the World Wide Fund for Nature and Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) – identifies a […]