Tag: Climate Action

Shongtong Hydroelectric Project Has Sold the Tribals of Kinnaur Down the...

Those privy to the progress of the project do not believe it will meet CM Sukhu’s timeline. At the same time, echoes of "we don’t want more hydropower projects" resonate across the district.

“Slow Onset” Climate Hazards Are Upon Us. How Are We Responding...

There is a growing need to understand slow onset climate processes, especially for informing long-term adaptation policy measures to address the cumulative and compounding nature of their climate impacts.

How India Should Prepare for COP26’s Met and Unmet Climate Adaptation...

With some climate finance demands at COP26 unmet, how should developing countries like India make use of international climate finance efficiently?

As India Announces Carbon Neutrality by 2070, Let’s Talk About the...

This article is produced under the aegis of Climate Tracker’s Online COP26 Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship, awarded to The Bastion's Environment Lead Vaishnavi Rathore....

India At COP26: “The World’s Best Last Chance to Get Runaway...

Shikha Bhasin and Bhasker Tripathi explain the past, present, and future of India’s climate negotiations at the Conference of the Parties.

Prods & Pleas: What Can Courts Do in the Battle Against...

The judicial system can be a vital tool in the battle against climate change, if used in the right manner. But what is the 'right manner'?

Clash of the Toolkits: Where Farmers’ Concerns and Environmental Activism Converge

When we blame farmers for polluting the environment, we completely miss the intersection that exists between food production, ecology, and the threat that neo-liberal market reforms pose.

Reviving the Thar Desert’s Camel Culture

Sumer Singh Bhati’s Whatsapp status is a photograph of a notice published in Rajasthan’s local newspaper. It informs that 12 kilometres of transmission lines...

Mainstreaming Climate Change in India through Climate Budgeting

In 2015, the Indian government submitted its climate mitigation and adaptation targets via the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) to the UN Framework Convention...

Delayed Today for a Disaster Tomorrow: Communicating Climate Change

Climate change is the biggest existential threat to mankind; the possible impacts are so severe and profound that they are even beyond one’s comprehension....