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Keynote Address by Shri Bhupender Yadav, Hon’ble Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, at the workshop on ‘Bluer, Greener & Inclusive Growth in the Sundarban through an Ecosystem-based Approach

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May 25 , 2023
Discussion on the Final Installment of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

In this episode of VIF Podcast, PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow and Heena Samant, Research Associate discusses the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) fourth and final instalment of its sixth assessment report (AR6) titled...

April 05 , 2023
Yamuna Biodiversity Park: An Ideal Instrument for Environmental Sustainability in Urban Spaces
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF

In an era of climate emergency, the world is looking for desperate measures to tackle the issue of climate change. Apart from mitigation, the climate change discourse has now moved towards adaptation and nature-based solutions. Nature-based...

March 21 , 2023
Saving the Tiger
Dr Arpita Anant, Research Fellow, VIF

The Indian Express reported recently that Project Tiger, which was launched in 1973 to conserve the wild tiger population in India, completes fifty years in 2023. This is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and...

March 02 , 2023
Geo-engineering: A Fringe Idea Whose Time Has Come?
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

Introduction

On 1 October 2022, the US government announced a Five-Year Plan to study the controversial and seemingly sci-fi notion of deflecting the Sun’s rays before they hit Earth in order to temporarily reduce the effects of global...

February 27 , 2023
Climate Change: A Review of 2022 and Projections for 2023
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

Over the past year, the impact of climate change has escalated significantly. The threats emanating from this existential crisis are increasingly multifaceted and interlocking in nature and continue to test the capability of states and...

January 12 , 2023
COP 27 and its Outcomes
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

In this VIF podcast, PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow and Heena Samant , Research Assistant at VIF discuss COP 27 and its outcomes. The episode is conversational and flags both the positive as well as negative outcomes of COP 27 which took place...

December 27 , 2022
COP 27: High Stakes, Low Expectations
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

Introduction

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 27, will take place at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt from 6 to 18 November. The main aim of the conference is to spur action towards achieving the world’s collective...

November 04 , 2022
Innovative Strategies for Arresting Environmental Degradation while Addressing Debt Problems of the States
Dr Govinda Bhattacharjee

Abstract

At the COP-26 summit in Glasgow, Prime Minister Modi had committed India to some bold environmental targets, to achieve which the Centre must work with the State where the economic activities take place that also take their...

October 07 , 2022
Impact of Climate Change on the Blue Economy of the Indian Ocean Region: Case Study of the Fisheries Sector
Anagha P.

Introduction

Over the last decade, the concept of blue economy, which refers to sustainable economic development through proper utilization of marine resources, has become widespread including in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The Indian...

September 09 , 2022
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