Climate & Sustainability
Climate action, or blah, blah, blah?
This year saw another steady stream of UN-backed reports reinforcing a stark message: man-made climate change is an urgent and even existential threat to...
Plastic planet: How tiny plastic particles are polluting our soil
The millions of tons of plastic swirling around the world’s oceans have garnered a lot of media attention recently. But plastic pollution arguably poses...
COP-26 Results: High Hopes for Low Temperatures
The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP-26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Glasgow from October 31...
Just How Bad Are Airplanes?
With the COP26 concluded a little over a week ago (November 13), here is something to ponder. Must we travel as much as we do...
Results of the COP-26 conference – An analysis
The much-discussed COP-26 conference is over. The conference was scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland from October 31 to November 12, but the...
COP26: We All Live On The Same Planet
Encomiums to Greta and plaudits to the COP26 delegates. She kept their feet to the fire and their efforts had at least one unexpected...
We, the People of the World
The festivity at Glasgow is all over. Having burnt the midnight oil and that too for squarely thirteen nights, the summit plummeted into watered...
Strengthening resilience and raising climate ambition key for Asia-Pacific countries at COP26
A person in the Asia-Pacific region is four times more at risk of natural hazards than a person in Africa and sixteen times more...
The Two Impossibles: Greta Thunberg’s Dream And Our Way Of Living
"Blah! Blah! Blah! And then they go back to making money." The 'blah' part of the quote from Greta Thunberg is now being carried...
Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?
As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties...