Policymakers have failed to recognise the role of climate, forest and biodiversity in ensuring the welfare of people through sustainable development. This is obvious as the trajectory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, led by fossil fuel production, is on the upswing despite the governments’ efforts to fulfil commitments to achieve net-zero emissions.
To observe World Toilet Day, on November 19, is not just about constructing toilets at homes, but the larger picture is about handling the sanitation crisis.
The session was opened by Prof Mukul Asher Former Professor Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI. For the day7, he introduced the two major issues that are of High degree significance for India and one of which is the environment and Public policy. India needs to make progress in the environment Arena for its own National goals. Another issue, which is very domestic, that enough attention is not paid to India’s Urban-rural bodies and their governance.
A Four-Week Immersive Online Introductory Certificate Training Course and An Online Spring School Program on Fundamentals of PUBLIC POLICY were conducted by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi. An informative talk about ‘'Taxation and Sustainable Development Goals' was delivered by Dr Munawer Khwaja, fiscal expert and former Advise Fiscal Economy Adviser, at the International Monetary Fund. The focus of the talk was how taxation and sustainable development Goals interact with each other and how taxation can help to achieve Sustainability Development Goals.
India is at the cusp of rapid urbanization and by 2035, 43.2 per cent of its population will be living in cities. As urbanization has advanced, there has been discussion and concern over its challenges and how these might possibly be approached and responded to. India’s G20 presidency provides a unique opportunity to spearhead policy changes required to make the cities engines of economic growth.
IMPRI Team Our eyes are the locus of primary access to the world around us. They allow us to interact with it and facilitate physical, emotional and mental well-being. Vision loss and impairment affect more than how people see; it…
Gurinder Kaur According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Report released on 5 June 2021, India slipped down by two ranks to 117 from 2020’s 115th rank in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The 193 countries of the United…