Co-authored by Sreeram Sridhar. Our ecological footprint matters if we intend to live a sustainable life. One of the biggest contributors to this footprint is air travel. According to a study by the International Council on Clean Transportation, the CO2 emission by airlines has increased by 32% from […]
Over the last few weeks, Greta Thunberg, the 16-year old climate activist from Sweden, has made headlines. Her emotive speech to the world leaders at the United Nations Climate Summit followed by her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize has catapulted her already famous “Fridays for Future” movement […]
Variable rainfall due to climate change, and increasing population pressures has made urban water management a hot topic in national and international policy discussions. In cities, increasing impervious surface reduces infiltration of water and increases surface runoff. This one physical change creates so many multifaceted problems that greatly […]
For the last three years, the months of October and November see extensive coverage of how bad the air in Delhi is. Winters in the capital are a time of excruciating discomfort and irritation in various forms; delayed flights, extreme traffic, low visibility, inability to breathe and irritation […]
Human-wildlife conflicts (HWC), apart from affecting the humans and/or animal in question, also has a cascading effect in the ecosystem. The logic is quite simple; as an animal population reduces in number, every other organism affected by the presence of this animal population will be affected by its […]
