Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Urban Heatwaves
Our response and mitigation approaches to heat and other such extremes should be gender-sensitive.
Category Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Journey to Global Sustainability: WEF’s Giving to Amplify Earth Action Initiative
The World Economic Forum, renowned for its commitment to shaping global agendas, launched the Giving to Amplify Earth Action (GAEA) initiative as a response to the pressing need for coordinated efforts in the realm of environmental sustainability. This initiative, which acknowledges that environmental issues transcend national borders, strives to utilize collective giving in addressing the major environmental crises the world is currently facing.
The Evolution of India’s Labour Landscape
The gains made by the working-class post second World War started fading away in the post liberalization era. Not just the basic mode of production underwent metamorphosis, the density of the organized working class diminished substantially in India.
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.
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.