Addressing Climate Change Impact on Informal Workers
On this May Day, there is an urgent need to recognise the organic links between workers’ rights and climate change, and build worker-centred pathways for climate-just transitions.
Category Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Caste, Privatization, and Environmental Degradation: Reassessing India’s Swachh Bharat Mission
The Swachh Bharat Mission tried to create a narrative that sanitation is everyone’s job. Instead, it has ended up continuing the same old caste practices.
Earth Day 2024: Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Justice
“Earth Day” originated in the year 1970 in a mobilisation of the ordinary people to create awareness about environmental issues. More than 50 years later, people across the world commemorate the day by doing volunteer work, celebrating the ecological movement’s progress and doing actions in defence of our planet.
Planet vs Plastic: Earth Day’s Urgent Call for Action
The theme for World Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, was “Planet versus plastic.” It was estimated that over a billion people across the globe would participate in the events to demonstrate their commitment to protecting our planet.
A Tale of Two Centuries: Himachal Pradesh’s Development Journey and Future Imperatives
For centuries, the region now known as Himachal Pradesh, nestled in the Himalayas, and its people were subjects of diverse princely states, ethnographic migrations, and colonial rule under the British.
Taking Urgent Steps: Waste Management Strategies for our Towns
Two clocks are ticking at an unprecedented pace, and both, if not addressed and managed promptly, will prove to be extremely perilous.
Green Growth with Care: Addressing Ecological Risks in India’s Renewable Energy Expansion
As India races to achieve the target of drawing half its energy from sources other than fossil fuels by 2030, this very green energy drive also threatens