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A. Amarender Reddy The ongoing climate talks at COP26 have recognized the interlinkage between agriculture and climate change. Climate change and higher temperatures eventually reduce yields of some crops, while encouraging weed and pest proliferation. The high frequency of droughts…
Gurinder Kaur The Conference of the Parties (COP) started on October 26, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland, and will continue till November 12. The main objective of this conference is to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050 so that the…
Srikanth Kondapalli At the ongoing CoP26 at Glasgow to discuss a reduction in carbon emissions, much attention is on China as the largest polluter in the world since the last decade and a half. However, China’s participation in CoP26 remains…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi added a little warmth to the global climate, but of the kind that gladdens the hearts of climate activists. He committed India to a net-zero goal by 2070, 10 years behind China’s declared net-zero goal, but addressing a bugbear of the climate community that India, among the world’s largest emitters, has not fixed a deadline on adding net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Amita Singh The frequent political use of administrative and regulatory agencies has now become a norm rather than an aberration. The role of Delhi police in riots to the recent Lakhimpur Kheri violence the Apex Court has repeatedly indicted the…
Krishna Raj INDIA’S commitment at COP26 to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2070 and anticipation of $1 trillion climate finance from developed countries are far removed from reality in the absence of timely transfer of technology and adequate international…
Manoj Mishra A Delhiite landing in Port Blair (A&N Islands) could feel kind of lost in the head for a few hours or even days before acclimatization sets in. This is not due to jet lag but the invisible water…