Aviation on a Net-Zero Flight
The aviation industry’s rapid growth is triggering concerns over carbon emissions. Investing in sustainable aviation fuel, modern infrastructure and technology, besides giving the obvious returns of reduced emissions, will help amplify India’s pitch as a responsible partner in the global climate action story
Naina Gautam - February 01, 2024
Building a COPing Strategy
India has offered to host the 33rd edition of the UN’s Conference of the Parties in 2028. To drive global agenda on climate action as the COP host, it will have to prepare itself to go beyond climate justice advocacy and come up with viable solutions where the interests of developing nations can be balanced with those of the planet
Ankita Mookherjee - December 29, 2023
Growing Responsibly
With the worsening climate crisis and mounting pressure to cut down global carbon emissions, countries are being forced to rethink their growth strategies to make them environmentally sustainable. Srivatsan Iyer, global chief executive officer of renewable energy producer Hero Future Energies, talks about five ways in which India can achieve its climate action goals while meeting its economic growth needs
June 30, 2023
Irony in Letters
Till there is no government-backed link between good behaviour and financial outperformance, ESG adoption risks being considered a box-ticking exercise
Suchetana Ray - June 30, 2023
India’s Global Moment On Women And Climate
The good news is that we already have several women role models in India helping to transform the sustainability landscape
Mukund Rajan - June 30, 2023
India's Millet Metrics
Millets are being hailed as the answer to food and nutrition insecurity as well as climate concerns. With the UN announcing 2023 as the International Year of Millets, they are getting the long-due attention, but to realise their actual potential, they will need more
Naina Gautam - May 30, 2023
In Fear of Climate Doomsday
Concerns about the deteriorating climate condition globally are triggering anxiety among people. This eco-anxiety is catching up in India, a top global carbon emitter which is also vulnerable to climate changes
Shailaja Tripathi - May 30, 2023
Smart Proteins And The ‘Organic’ Déjà Vu
Smart proteins must tick the right boxes—of affordability and availability—to make themselves relevant in a world that is struggling to meet its climate goals. Or they may face a stagnant future like the organic food market
Naina Gautam - April 29, 2023
Climate Plans Lost In Data Matrix
Data gaps are throwing a spanner in the works for a world which is falling distressingly short of commitments to slow down, if not reverse, rapidly deteriorating global climate conditions and India is not an outlier
Shailaja Tripathi - March 28, 2023
A New Lagaan On India Inc.
There is a new Frankenstein monster in India in the form of the ESG regime. The government is pushing ill-equipped businesses to adopt an expensive philosophy of corporate governance and climate reporting that makes India an unequal partner in global trade. For the time being, corporate India is gasping for ways to stay relevant
Neeraj Thakur - March 28, 2023