Category: Environment
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Report on the 2021 Global Conference on Health and Climate Change
In the global response to COVID-19, the WHO has repeatedly urged nations to work together as one global family to address the impacts of the pandemic. Similarly, the global health threat of climate change requires international collaboration, increased finance, and the equitable sharing of solutions. Protecting people’s health from climate change requires transformational action in…
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Delhi’s tryst with air pollution control
Every year Delhi skies are thick with smog during winters. As the governments, both Central and Union Territory, scramble to control the damage done over the past five years, now will be an excellent time to look at the most recent policy initiatives to assess their impact and effectiveness. We begin by analyzing Delhi Government’s…
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The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021: An Analysis
The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021 (hereafter known as “The Act”) paves the way for the formation of a Commission that aims to cater to the issues looming the air pollution crisis in the National Capital Region (NCR) as well as in its neighbouring States. Section…
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Essay on Women and Commons in India: The need to rethink the relationship between sustainability, land and women’s economic empowerment
This essay was submitted as a part of LQF’s National Environmental Law & Policy Essay Writing Competition, 2021, information for which can be found here. Overview: Today, it is widely acknowledged that the Commons, in the form of pastureland, forests, dryland and so on, are immensely rich in resources. They prove to be the sole…
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Can individual behavioral change lead to transformation in Urban Waste Management?
The “Broken Window” theory is used in policing high crime neighborhoods. It can be used as a suitable analogy for tackling the issue of waste management in India. The concept behind the theory is that if one lets minor problems go unnoticed and unattended in a particular environment, over time, it causes a shift in…
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Urban Waste Management Initiative
The four metropolitan cities of India account for 2.44 percent of the country’s overall population. Rapid urban sprawl combined with rampant population growth in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata has exacerbated waste segregation which stands as the biggest hurdle in creating sustainable cities in the country. In this context, the waste management scenario in Delhi presents…
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The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
India’s colonial and post-colonial government systematically denied millions of tribal and forest-dwelling communities’ rights to their forest lands and resources. As a result of protracted grassroots struggle, the Scheduled Tribes, and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, also known as the Forests Rights Act (FRA), 2006 is a remarkable piece of…
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Retrofitting Buildings in India: Balancing the Goals of Sustainability and Social Equity
Retrofitting is the process of making additions to or alterations of existing structures. In the context of buildings, retrofitting would involve making modifications to the existing building stock in an attempt to make it more energy-efficient, reduce its seismic vulnerability or adopt it as a component of hazard mitigation in general. It is important to note…
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The Policy Dialogue: Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
We are organizing an online policy awareness and deliberation session on policy implications of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. Date: 30th January 2021 Timings: 7:00 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. Event Portal: Zoom
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India’s Tryst with Renewable Energy: The 3rd Global Re-Invest Meet & Expo
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to industrial and economic growth across the world. Even as industries begin to recover, as per some reports, businesses continue to operate at limited capacities with India seeing lower factory outputs and contraction of industrial production. This has resulted in trends that point towards a global recession.…