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    Change is imperative

    07 Sep 2019

    The Slovenian philosopher makes many valid points about climate change and how it plays on our mentality, perhaps, in an unhealthy manner or worse still in a way that, we helplessly do anything meaningless that we think might mitigate climate change (“This is where we are being misled on the climate crisis,” Sept. 6, Gulf Today).

    The truth about the volatility of climate change

    25 Jul 2019

    It’s not the fall that will kill you, but the suddenness of the stopping. Just as it is with a plane crash, so it is with global heating. Changes in the climate don’t in themselves represent a significant risk – the Earth’s climate has been changing for billions of years after all – but it is the abrupt changes that could spell disaster for us.

    India’s ambitious plan for sustainable cooling

    21 May 2019

    India’s new comprehensive Cooling Action Plan targets an increase in sustainable cooling for the good of its population, while helping to fight climate change As UN Environment pointed out, four years after temperatures hit the high forties in India, claiming over 2,000 lives, parts of the country

    Forest fires: A burning issue for India

    14 May 2019

    The recent years have seen an alarming increase in forest fires across India. According to the Real Time Forest Alert System of the Forest Survey of India (FSI), the number of forest fires shot up to 14,107 from 4,225 between November 2018 and February 2019.The Forest Alert System is part of the Large Forest Fire Monitoring Programme

    UAE’s environmental record impressive

    20 May 2019

    The honour for the UAE at the Cannes Film Festival is clear-cut evidence of the fact that it is spearheading a radical shift in attitudes towards ecological issues. The UAE was named Country of Honour 2019, a distinction conferred by the Monaco Better World Forum, MBWF, a global platform of thought leaders and influencers

    The green revolution will be dirtier than we think

    06 May 2019

    Scratch the surface of the current plans to decarbonise the economy and replace it with renewable energies and beneath it lays the same logic that has made the UK the 6th richest country in the world. Britain is planning to go green through a new phase of resource and wealth extraction of countries in the global south.

    Ban on plastic straw bans is a win for facts

    10 May 2019

    The Florida Legislature has banned the bans on plastic straws. I’d say we should all toast the bill with a long, tubular sip from a Big Gulp, but I don’t want to upset anybody. People can get quite worked up about this issue, and rightfully so. Nobody wants to see a seagull choking on a Slurpee straw.

    When women double up as climate ambassadors

    02 Jul 2019

    People in the coastal districts of the eastern Indian state of Odisha are increasingly suffering from the effects of climate change. A recent study by a local non-governmental organization, the Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC), points out that most households in the area are dependent

    Economic remedies for India’s water crisis

    20 Jul 2019

    While contemplating our natural resources, past conversations often centered around fossil fuels and them becoming scarce due to overuse. However, recent conversations have stirred our attention to another natural resource that is available in abundance but is still causing a crisis in many parts of the world. Water!

    Strategic partnering for Climate and Clean Air

    09 Jul 2019

    India has formally joined the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), becoming the 65th country to join the partnership, following through on a commitment made by the country’s Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar. The announcement underlines India’s commitment to combat air pollution with

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