World can raise $2 trillion by taxing its super rich, meet climate finance goals : Study
Ending special tax treatment afforded to super rich can cover estimated climate finance needs with…
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Green clearance not needed for some development survey work in forest areas
The Centre did away with rules that require prior forest clearance for development project surveys…
Why India needs to get aggressive about passive cooling
In part 2 of its series on cooling in India, CarbonCopy explores how income disparity,…
India’s cooling action plan: Losing steam amidst surge in temperature, AC sales
The much-forgotten India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) could not be more urgently resurrected back to…
Budget 2024-25: Govt mentions climate resilience and adaptation; taxonomy to create climate finance, new thermal power plant, shift to carbon credit market
Centre announced its 2024-25 budget touching upon climate change issues such as resilience and adaptation….
Global South can minimise the CBAM impact. New report shows how.
A new report proposes a system where developing countries could impose a ‘historical polluter tax’…
India’s Budget 2024-25 focuses on capacity building to fight climate change, but lacks details
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman made some strong statements regarding the country’s energy transition goals with…
Study finds that extreme weather events do not draw political attention
A decade-long study in nine European countries analysed the political response to fatal extreme weather…
India’s EV revolution: Are e-rickshaws leading the charge or stalling it?
E-rickshaw drivers are resorting to often temporary, illegal and unsafe measures to keep their vehicles…
Hope for 1 lakh trees: Karnataka refuses to handover Sandur forest for mining
Around 402 hectares of virgin forest in Swamymalai near Devadari Hills in Sandur were saved…