Climate Talks News

The US has pulled out of the Paris Accord and rich countries have shown reluctance to fund efforts elsewhere. But digital public infrastructure (DPI) offers us innovative ways to tackle global warming that are free of the whims of rich nations.

Instead of going in for obsessively costly climate action, India should innovate in green energy and focus on climate adaptation. Meanwhile, here are some low-cost-high-reward measures of public welfare that the country should invest in.

Recent experiments to resurrect the extinct woolly mammoth have raised questions about whether investors are being shortsighted in putting their money in such ‘sci-fi-esque’ ventures, including Mars colonization plans, while ignoring the urgent needs of our own remarkable planet.

Paper straws in the US served as a daily reminder of the need for eco-friendly behaviour, but Trump has made plastic great again and turned a hard-won environmental gain into a loss. This will eventually harm humanity.

Comprehensive climate legislation and a cohesive frame of governance can close gaps in India’s current approach and accelerate progress on its green economy ambitions. Here’s how to go about it.

Reports of 2024 being the warmest on record have spread gloom over the planet’s future. But then, humans are predisposed to a negativity bias that we could harness in 2025 for faster climate action.

The New Year has brought a grim reminder from New Orleans of terror as a threat, even as war rages in West Asia, Europe and elsewhere. India must push for UN reforms and a permanent seat at the high table on the back of global principles with world peace as the aim.

British PM Keir Starmer’s plan is ambitious. It shows that London has finally gotten serious about a clean-up of the UK’s energy sector, but it’ll be a race against time