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Energy Security
Despite efforts to enhance domestic energy production and diversify fuel mix, India still faces energy and peak shortages of around 8 per cent and 12 per cent respectively, while a large section of th...
Banavali by the Sarasvati
Abandoned by 1900 BCE with the drying up of Sarasvati, excavations at Banavali show the classical chessboard pattern of the Harappan era.
Where is the gender in climate change?
Climate change is quite obviously something that affects everyone. However the effects of these changes and the policies meant to deal with climate change can be gendered. It is true that the interfac...
A Rice Gene to Tackle Floods and Feed Families
The village of Dekheta in Orissa, was selected as a field research base by Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack, in 2008 just before the monsoons. The results were so encouraging that today...
India’s Carbon Sinks
Over the last two decades, sustainable management of forests have reversed deforestation and have transformed India’s forests into a significant net sink of carbon dioxide.
Green House Gas Emissions in India
Until recently, most emission studies carried out in developed countries have applied techniques that do not necessarily reflect ground realities in developing countries. To develop a fact-based persp...
Urban Poverty and Climate Change in India
Dr Amitabh Kundu, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Urban Poverty India Report 2009
Despite being projected as engines of growth, towns and cities in India have a high incidence of poverty. However, the poverty rates vary significantly across states as also across urban centres.
Ladakh Water Security and Climate Change
Studies show that 35 per cent of Ladakh’s glaciers will have disappeared in two decades. Nothing reflects the dismal situation more clearly than the rising water scarcity that is affecting the lives o...
Living Rivers Environmental FLOW
Increasing global exploitation of fresh water has led to drying up of rivers at several places. The socio-economic consequences of disruption and collapse of riverine systems are often profound as peo...