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Leena Srivastava

Mint columnist

Leena Srivastava is an independent expert on climate change and clean energy.

ARTICLES BY LEENA SRIVASTAVA

The renewables sector in India is robust, the bottlenecks are well known and India has the capacity to address them. (istockphoto)

Crisis response: India needs a near-term plan for energy resilience

4 min read . 05 May 2026

India’s approach to defining its NDCs continues to be conservative at best. (istockphoto)

India’s latest climate commitments under the Paris pact: Are they for real?

4 min read . 31 Mar 2026

Near-term mitigation measures are unarguably crucial to limit the intensity of adverse climate outcomes.

It’s not either-or: Climate mitigation is not at odds with adaptation

4 min read . 04 Feb 2026

Most other urban areas in India beyond the NCR are also generating increasing levels of air pollution, with the number of ‘good’ air quality days trending towards zero. (HT)

Breathing bad: Here’s what can be done about urban India’s toxic air

4 min read . 06 Jan 2026

By permitting 'green crackers', the judiciary and experts enabled the enjoyment of a few who light crackers at the cost of compromising the health of many more residents of Delhi. (Naveen Sharma)

Institutions should ease public anxiety—not make it worse

4 min read . 17 Nov 2025

The climate vulnerabilities of India, in particular those related to monsoon variability, have caused alarm for more than a couple of decades now. (AP)

Himalayan blunders: People must demand accountability for ecological havoc

4 min read . 07 Oct 2025

The human-street dog conflict in urban areas is a close-to-home illustration of the growing human-animal conflict across the country. (PTI)

Street dogs: A resource crunch must not place cruelty over coexistence

4 min read . 02 Sept 2025

The ruling increases the pressure of legal opinion on states that are not acting in conformity with the Paris Agreement’s goals.

Leena Srivastava: Watch out for the legal implications of climate inaction

4 min read . 06 Aug 2025

America’s nemesis, China, is progressing at breakneck speed in developing its portfolio of clean energy solutions. (AFP)

America and China: A tale of two huge greenhouse gas emitters

4 min read . 08 Jul 2025

Himalayan glaciers are a major source of freshwater (and related services) for nearly 60% of India’s population. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Crisis alert: Careless water management poses an existential threat to India

5 min read . 04 Jun 2025

Tackling environmental risks requires a robust and conducive policy framework to be put in place. (PTI)

Businesses need resilience in the face of environmental uncertainty

4 min read . 06 May 2025

China, in India’s vicinity, is undoubtedly a global leader in the energy transition underway. (Getty Images)

Trump’s global shake-up could spell climate opportunities for India

4 min read . 09 Apr 2025

Governments should recognize that merely dealing with the fallout of ecosystem collapses will not keep cities liveable or stem their decline. (AFP)

Green efforts: Citizens must chip in if we’re to save our urban ecosystems

4 min read . 04 Mar 2025

It is important that a subject as critical as climate change does not receive short shrift.

Once again, the Economic Survey seems to play down the climate crisis: Why?

4 min read . 04 Feb 2025

What evolved among our ancestors as an adaptive survival mechanism could be put to good use in solving the climate crisis. (REUTERS)

Year 2024 was the world’s warmest but 2025 could be a year of climate optimism

4 min read . 07 Jan 2025

It is unarguable today that countries, developed ones most disappointingly, are failing to meet their greenhouse gas mitigation targets. (Reuters)

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

4 min read . 05 Dec 2024

Most countries are not on track to meet their own commitments, leave alone fulfilling the 2015 agreement to increase reduction targets periodically.

India should rely on itself to tackle the environmental challenges it must

4 min read . 05 Nov 2024

GRAP is a prime example of a band-aid responses to increasing levels of air pollution. (Hindustan Times)

India’s natural resources are crying out for intensive care

4 min read . 01 Oct 2024

As the third largest emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the world, India’s vulnerabilities are extreme.

Climate change: It’s imperative to wage an evidence-based battle

4 min read . 03 Sept 2024

According to the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (2020), 32% of the land in India is considered degraded.

The Economic Survey has wide gaps and odd arguments on climate change

4 min read . 06 Aug 2024