Environmental federalism crucial for climate action
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Environmental federalism crucial for climate action

New Indian Express  

Climate change issues manifest more prominently at regional level compared to their aggregate impact nationally. The 2020 draft notification of the Environmental Impact Assessment authorised the Centre to appoint members of the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, relegating the state governments to a mere recommending role. Some State Action Plans for Climate Change, developed in alignment with national strategies, are formulated without adequate local community engagement, resulting in a lack of institutionalisation, defined targets, and sufficient financial investment. India’s National Environment Policy, 2006, talks of the principle of decentralisation, which advocates “…ceding or transfer of power from a Central authority to state or local authorities, in order to empower public authorities having jurisdiction at the spatial level at which particular environmental issues are salient, to address these issues”. A greater involvement of the local government, and hence the local communities like farmers and tribals, shall promote more relevant and efficient environmental policymaking tailored to each state’s unique needs.

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India’s stand against inadequate climate finance at COP29
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India’s stand against inadequate climate finance at COP29

Hindustan Times  

The Conference of Parties 29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, ended on a dramatic note as negotiators announced a pledge to triple annual climate finance to $300 billion by 2035, with an aspirational target of $1.3 trillion. Therefore, we oppose the adoption of this document.” India’s rejection of the climate finance package came in the face of celebration by developed …

COP29 and reducing climate leadership: What India can do
1 month, 3 weeks ago

COP29 and reducing climate leadership: What India can do

Hindustan Times  

The Conference of Parties 29 has seen a lacklustre attendance with heads of State from major emitters including China, United States, South Africa, Germany and Canada not in attendance. India must take a nuanced stance advocating for continued resource transfers from the North to bolster India’s domestic capacity to become a crucial partner in achieving global climate goals. India would …

India to focus on climate finance, accountability, protection for vulnerable communities at COP29
2 months ago

India to focus on climate finance, accountability, protection for vulnerable communities at COP29

The Hindu  

As world leaders and climate negotiators converge on Baku for COP29, beginning Monday, India is set to bring renewed focus to the urgent need for climate finance, accountability, and protection for vulnerable communities. India’s key priorities at the conference are likely to focus on ensuring accountability of developed nations on climate finance, strengthening resilience for vulnerable communities, and achieving an …

A climate crisis agenda remains urgent
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A climate crisis agenda remains urgent

The Hindu  

The next five years are critical for India’s climate action efforts, given its ambitious 2030 targets. Key environmental issues that need urgent attention include reducing heat stress, improving air quality, managing waste, and enhancing energy efficiency. Encouraging businesses to view climate action as an opportunity rather than a challenge is essential, and acting swiftly on India’s carbon market is a …

Time for India’s budget to devote enough space for climate action
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Time for India’s budget to devote enough space for climate action

Hindustan Times  

How do you cost for climate change? Last year, the apex bank’s report on Currency and Finance outlined climate change’s impact on the country. That is why the Union Budget this year is an extraordinary opportunity to shape India’s climate action. What’s encouraging though is that, through previous Budget announcements, the government has consistently shown interest in acting on climate …

Unheeded priorities of climate action
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Unheeded priorities of climate action

New Indian Express  

The rising accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is threatening a potentially catastrophic change in the living and working conditions of humanity. Controlling the addition of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases into the layer requires cooperation at the global level and a fair distribution of mitigation actions. At present, what we have is the Paris agreement in …

Climate change a top priority for India's Gen Z voters. Are parties listening?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate change a top priority for India's Gen Z voters. Are parties listening?

India Today  

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Earth Day 2024: WMO report highlights record highs, urges unified action
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth Day 2024: WMO report highlights record highs, urges unified action

India Today  

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Why climate justice should be the core of global policies | Explained
10 months ago

Why climate justice should be the core of global policies | Explained

India Today  

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India's vision for climate justice: COP28 and beyond
1 year, 4 months ago

India's vision for climate justice: COP28 and beyond

Hindustan Times  

As the world confronts the pressing reality of the climate crisis, the need for robust climate financing has never been more urgent. Notably, the establishment of the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change and the National Clean Energy Fund serve as shining examples of India's commitment to promoting clean energy and supporting climate-resilient infrastructure. The Climate Finance Working Group's estimation …

A look at nature-based climate solution
1 year, 7 months ago

A look at nature-based climate solution

Hindustan Times  

Most nations in global south are experiencing higher rates of climate warming exposing vast swathes of human population to the attendant risks and hazards. Despite promises and proclamations at China’s 20th Party Congress in October 2022, and submission before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in November 2021 ahead of COP26 reassuring the world to achieve carbon neutrality …

At G7 ministers' meet, India stresses need to address climate change in tandem with environmental action
1 year, 8 months ago

At G7 ministers' meet, India stresses need to address climate change in tandem with environmental action

Firstpost  

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav addressed a plenary session of the G7 ministers’ meeting and highlighted India’s emphasis on collective action to address environmental challenges, including efforts to encourage individual and community action through Mission LiFE New Delhi: India on Sunday said there is a need to holistically address climate change issues in tandem with environmental action. Union Environment Minister …

India @COP27: Why Development & Not Climate Finance Should Be Govt's Top Agenda
2 years, 1 month ago

India @COP27: Why Development & Not Climate Finance Should Be Govt's Top Agenda

The Quint  

The relevant decision text notes that the Conference of Parties ‘establish a fund for responding to loss and damage whose mandate includes a focus on addressing loss and damage.' To further restrict the recipient of the Fund, COP agreed to establish the new funding arrangements “for assisting developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change”. …

COP27: Are India’s climate pledges a lot of hot air?
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27: Are India’s climate pledges a lot of hot air?

Al Jazeera  

While many have praised the Modi-led government’s commitment to cut greenhouse emissions, some remain wary of it being realised. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi first made the commitments at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference or COP 26 in Glasgow as part of five total pledges, including reaching net-zero emissions by 2070. Nandini Das, a climate and energy economist at …

5 questions over India's emission plan at COP27
2 years, 1 month ago

5 questions over India's emission plan at COP27

Live Mint  

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Explained | Is the world’s climate action plan on track?
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | Is the world’s climate action plan on track?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Leaders from around 200 countries will gather in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh from November 6-18 for the 27th round of the Conference of Parties, or COP27, to deliberate on a global response to the increasing threat of climate change. Broadly, the summit seeks to “accelerate global climate action through emissions reduction, scaled-up adaptation efforts …

India needs climate action targets for next 10 years
2 years, 4 months ago

India needs climate action targets for next 10 years

Live Mint  

Climate change is one of the most important problems we face. India’s strategy for managing climate change: The major targets in our strategy for managing climate change were announced at CoP-26 in Glasgow last year. A strong India decoupling from emerging peers How Enam AMC’s Jiten Doshi picks stocks How Russia snapping gas line to EU affects India For women’s …

India needs a new urban deal
2 years, 4 months ago

India needs a new urban deal

Hindustan Times  

The future of Indian cities has played out in horrifying detail over the past 48 hours. The toxic combination of poor urban planning, rampant flouting of rules, lax governance hindered further by red tape, and intensifying effects of the climate crisis has brought our cities to their knees. But repeated flooding and increasing vagaries in climate patterns mean that the …

75 years of Independence | India needs to build a ‘climate-ready’ state
2 years, 4 months ago

75 years of Independence | India needs to build a ‘climate-ready’ state

The Hindu  

At first look, it is not entirely clear how a growing, increasingly assertive India approaching its 75th anniversary of Independence should engage the global problem of climate change. Heat waves in India and across the world, and a global backdrop of growing floods and violent weather events suggest climate change is a physical reality now, not just a future threat. …

India unveils new commitments that could make or break global climate response
2 years, 5 months ago

India unveils new commitments that could make or break global climate response

The Independent  

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India’s climate imperative
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s climate imperative

The Hindu  

In the absence of COVID-19, climate change-induced disasters would have been India’s biggest red alert in recent years. The heatwave that scorched Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and New Delhi this year; torrential downpours in south India in 2021; and the super cyclone Amphan that battered West Bengal and Odisha in 2020 are symbols of man-made climate change. Labour losses from …

Why Indian states and cities need climate action
2 years, 7 months ago

Why Indian states and cities need climate action

Live Mint  

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As Heat Turns Up On Climate Debate, India Stresses Fair Share in Carbon Budget, Says IPCC Backs Its Stand
2 years, 9 months ago

As Heat Turns Up On Climate Debate, India Stresses Fair Share in Carbon Budget, Says IPCC Backs Its Stand

News 18  

India welcomes the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which fully supports the country’s view on the necessity of climate finance for developing countries, Union minister for environment forests and climate change Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday. It has also noted the failure of developed countries to provide climate finance of $100 billion per year till 2020, that they …

The climate crisis worsens
2 years, 10 months ago

The climate crisis worsens

Hindustan Times  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, released on Monday, is an unvarnished account of the expanding footprint of the climate crisis on the world. Mass mortality events on land and ocean; first climate-driven extinctions; loss of hundreds of local species; death and disease due to extreme heat are some of the …

The right time for India to have its own climate law
3 years, 2 months ago

The right time for India to have its own climate law

The Hindu  

As the world watches the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the most important climate summit in years at Glasgow, Scotland, India has said it wants to be a part of the climate solution. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav has reasserted the call for the promised $100 billion a year as support but as we consider …

K.C. Singh | Can India change, make its policies climate-friendly?
3 years, 2 months ago

K.C. Singh | Can India change, make its policies climate-friendly?

Deccan Chronicle  

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Unlocking climate action in Indian federalism
3 years, 5 months ago

Unlocking climate action in Indian federalism

Hindustan Times  

India’s unusually centralised form of federalism presents unique challenges to climate action. The central government holds fiscal powers and bureaucratic capabilities more potent than the states, and the ability to set the agenda in many realms of climate policy. But the states are solely responsible for many sectors crucial to climate governance, play an indispensable role in crafting appropriate political …

IPCC Climate Change Report: What Should Be India's Immediate Plan Of Action?
3 years, 5 months ago

IPCC Climate Change Report: What Should Be India's Immediate Plan Of Action?

The Quint  

"For example, we saw how cities like Mumbai and Kolkata were flooded just a few days back. The immediate step for something like this would be to re-design our drainage systems to adapt to climate change projections. An important policy aspect for India to look at is also how it extends "climate services" to those most vulnerable to the impact …

IPCC Climate Change Report: What Should Be India's Immediate Plan Of Action?
3 years, 5 months ago

IPCC Climate Change Report: What Should Be India's Immediate Plan Of Action?

The Quint  

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Design a climate-ready governance system
3 years, 6 months ago

Design a climate-ready governance system

Hindustan Times  

Countries around the world, including India, face the challenge of building a climate-ready State. In addition to targets and policies, we need to deepen and enhance systems of governance for the climate crisis, which include dedicated organisations, policy frameworks, capacities, and financing mechanisms. An eight-country study by the Centre for Policy Research that compares climate governance systems tells us how …

Aligning growth, politics and climate
3 years, 10 months ago

Aligning growth, politics and climate

Hindustan Times  

As Covid-19 vaccines roll out, the focus has shifted to economic recovery. From United States President Joe Biden’s climate leaders summit, the G-7 in the United Kingdom to the United Nations’ High-Level Dialogue on Energy, G-20 meetings, and Conference of the Parties-26 climate negotiations, India will face pressure this year to announce a target year for net-zero emissions. State-run distribution …

Need to ensure countries take their obligations seriously to combat climate change: India
4 years, 3 months ago

Need to ensure countries take their obligations seriously to combat climate change: India

Hindustan Times  

India on Monday underscored the need to ensure that the nations take their obligations seriously to combat the climate change with the urgency it deserves. “India is doing its part to combat climate change with determination and focus and in the spirit of South-South cooperation,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said India was doing its …

Can India rise to meet Greta Thunberg’s concerns on the issue of climate change?
5 years, 2 months ago

Can India rise to meet Greta Thunberg’s concerns on the issue of climate change?

Firstpost  

by Vijeta Rattani and Shekhar Deepak Singh The FridaysforFuture campaign for school strikes led by Swedish climate activist 16-year-old Greta Thunberg and her peers highlight the importance of treating climate change as an urgent issue. Recently, at the UN Climate Change Summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of revised renewable target of 450 GW, stress on issues of adaptation …

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