Sunita Narain

GRAP has become the only time we act, which, obviously, is too little and too late

As we mourn the demise of Ratan Tata, let's also mourn the passing of the time when business leaders like him ruled our world, when values of frugality and simplicity in personal life were cherished

In this age of climate change, the lessons from Wayanad are clear: Learn and change, or perish

In 2019, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), as it is called, to fix the air quality of our cities

Climate change will throw at us many such surprises in terms of impact on human health. Even now, this science is not understood

This is the time for change; for society to build green because it is inclusive; to build growth, because it is sustainable

There is no doubt that the world needs to move with speed and at scale. But what will be the business model that we take to the new green world?

Every drop can be used for the coming period of scarcity. Then it can do its sewage differently

The fact is that the European farming system, which epitomises modern agriculture as we know it today, has survived only because of massive subsidy

The Indian government has announced fiscal incentives for solar cell and module manufacture and imposed higher import duties on Chinese products

In this agriculture, conventional science is turned upside down

Targeting coal means shifting the burden of the transition to countries that cannot afford even dirty energy to meet the needs of their people

World leaders need to learn from the mistakes of the voluntary carbon market so that this new market mechanism does not repeat them

This is not all. Not only are we not conserving the existing stock of medicines, the drug pipeline for new antibiotics is drying up, or has done so already

The problem is that there are two distinct agricultural worlds

We must not slip into believing that fixing this mess is beyond our control. Then there is no way ahead. This would be the ultimate tragedy

Down to earth

There is no doubt that more people will need more resources to survive. But it cannot be argued that population growth is an indicator of the resultant environmental degradation

The new conservation agenda should not revolve around tiger versus tribal

Unless finances are proportionate to the need, the transition to clean energy is a tough proposition, especially in countries where energy affordability is critical