by Namrata Srivastava | Sep 20, 2022
(This article first appeared in The Print on September 17, 2022) Climate change has become the primary challenge of the 21st century. Now that “net zero” goals for carbon emission have gained near-universal acceptance, they will begin to drive transformational...
by anilkumar | Oct 15, 2022
This article first appeared in The Print on October 14, 2022 There was a time when women’s work in agriculture and animal husbandry was rarely counted. But according to the 2015-16 Agriculture Census, 11.72 per cent of the total operated area in the country was...
by anilkumar | Nov 24, 2022
This Article First Appeared In the Times Of India On Nov 19, 2022. Not a day goes by without apocalyptic predictions of climate disaster. The COP27 summit in Egypt reiterated sundry climate targets while independent analyses oozed gloom and doom. The Economist had a...
by anilkumar | Dec 3, 2022
This Article First Appeared In Indianexpress On Nov 30, 2022 As the world struggles to check rising global temperatures, it is getting increasingly clear that the single-biggest challenge in putting up an effective response to climate change is the failure to mobilise...
by anilkumar | Dec 14, 2022
This Article First Appeared In The Scroll On Dec 12, 2022 According to the Global Land Outlook report by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, food systems are responsible for 80% of the world’s deforestation and 29% of greenhouse gas emissions. In...