AboutArticles by Meena Janardhan

Seeking out solar energy solutions

30 Nov 2021

Remote villages in Assam are experimenting with floating solar plants for providing electricity. With over 280 days of sunshine, Uttarakhand has significant potential for solar power, a comparatively cleaner form...

Natural disaster loss costs India nearly $87 billion

23 Nov 2021

A recent report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said that India lost $87 billion last year due to disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts. The United Nations...

India ranks 10th on Climate Performance Index

16 Nov 2021

India maintained its 10th rank like last year and continued to be among the top-performing countries within the Group of 20 in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2022 report....

Green grids: Speeding towards clean energy

09 Nov 2021

India and Britain introduced a plan last week to improve connections between the world’s electricity power grids to accelerate the transition to greener energy. Linking the grids would allow parts...

Biodiversity loss a global phenomenon

02 Nov 2021

A study published in Ecology Letters finds that human disturbance affects the disease dynamics of a place through its effect on the prevalence of host and parasite species in the...

Indian company wins inaugural Earthshot prize

26 Oct 2021

Meena Janardhan Projects from India, Costa Rica, Italy, and the Bahamas picked up the inaugural Earthshot prizes at a ceremony in London last week. Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson Prince...

Indian cyclones impact dynamics of carbon dioxide

19 Oct 2021

A study by researchers at the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia in the United States has said that tropical storms, in the last 21 years, have had...

Indian GDP to shrink if temperature rises

12 Oct 2021

A new study has found that India’s gross domestic product (GDP) could shrink by three per cent a year if climate change leads to rise in temperature by one degree...

India says adaptation key at pre-COP meet

05 Oct 2021

Indian Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has said at a pre-COP 26 meeting in Milan, Italy, that India will engage constructively at COP 26 and evaluate bridging proposals to conclude the...

Two more beaches in India get blue flag status

28 Sep 2021

Two more beaches in India have been accorded the coveted international eco-label ‘Blue Flag’ — Kovalam in Tamil Nadu and Eden in Puducherry — taking the total number of such...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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