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Fossil fuel firms sponsoring COP 21

11 Dec 2015 2:47 AM IST
In their recent book Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations: Processes of Creative Self-Destruction, Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg argue...

Checking Tanzania’s gold rush

11 Dec 2015 2:43 AM IST
As the jeep bounced its way through the red dust and the bumpy narrow road, we stumbled upon what looked like a refugee settlement. But as we drove...

Climate change and the northeast monsoon

10 Dec 2015 2:50 AM IST
Heads of states from around the world are currently in Paris for climate action negotiations to arrest a dangerous rise in global temperatures. The...

Looking ahead: Water and sanitation

10 Dec 2015 2:48 AM IST
The city government has set out its vision for the future as far as water and sanitation are concerned. It wants to have 100 percent piped water...

Resolving India’s urban governance challenges

10 Dec 2015 2:38 AM IST
The recent floods in Chennai and our reaction to it reflects a deeper malaise affecting us all. It is not only to do with urban governance but also...

Migration and social inclusion

10 Dec 2015 2:36 AM IST
The politically illiterate middle-class of the national capital region has blamed the role of caste for the “catastrophe in Bihar.” They feel that by...

Climate change-driven migration

9 Dec 2015 2:45 AM IST
I am a forced climate migrant and have lost friends, homes and many memories because of devastation the sea caused in my district of Chittagong,...

Who is afraid of transparency?

9 Dec 2015 2:43 AM IST
Transparency and reporting of climate actions and emissions data by countries has become a big issue at the Paris climate conference. Developed...

Centre must bring Kashmir policy back on track

9 Dec 2015 2:40 AM IST
When the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Peoples Democratic Party came together to govern Jammu and Kashmir, it was described as a positive beginning....

Consensus-builder PM Modi?

9 Dec 2015 2:37 AM IST
The good news is that Parliament is once again engaged in its business of debate and discussion, despite the occasional demonstration in the well of...

Political, fiscal steps for solar alliance

8 Dec 2015 3:19 AM IST
The 21st Conference of Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris is a significant platform that has the power...

Chennai floods are a man-made disaster

8 Dec 2015 3:16 AM IST
Chennai is the victim of a man-made disaster. Its soil and rock types suggest that the city is historically a flood plain, says Chennai-based research...
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