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Current Issue - Volume 15 Issue 11 (February 2023)
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Cover story
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| Mainstreaming Climate-Resilient Water and Sanitation Infrastructure: For Long Lasting Impacts |
 In this article, Manisha Jain and Dr Kriti Akansha highlight that it is necessary to support long-term thinking, transformation, flexibility and innovation while taking the associated climate risks into consideration to attain climate resilience. There is a need for a robust framework that ensures climate policies are integrated into all sectors and that planning, implementation, and evaluation are strictly followed.
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Feature |
| Novel Policy Considerations: For a Global Net-Zero |
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 In this article, Ram Ramprasad suggests some novel policy considerations and highlights that as climate disasters accelerate, it is time for countries to unite and fight the battle against global warming. The urgent need is to increase whale populations, grow more forests, and repair our soil.
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Wildlife |
| A Peek into Pench: A Travelogue |
This article by Harshad Sambamurthy has been written in the form of a travelogue on Pench. Colloquially referred to as ‘Mowgli-land’, Pench is named after the river that flows through it. It is India’s only tiger reserve that stretches across two states (Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra). read
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Environmental Research |
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| Urban Gardens: Good for Ecosystems and Humans |
Traditionally, it has been assumed that cultivating food in urban gardens leads to a loss of biodiversity and negative impacts on an ecosystem. A new study from researchers at multiple universities, including The University of Texas at Austin, defies this assumption, showing that community gardens and urban farms positively affect biodiversity, local ecosystems and the well-being of humans that work in them.
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Special Report |
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| Tackling Long COVID: With Strategic Management |
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In this article, Gajanan Khergamker says that a range of long COVID-19 symptoms were detected in humans across borders following the two-year-long COVID-19 pandemic. The data on long COVID is still evolving, and more research is needed to fully understand its prevalence and impact. However, it is estimated that a significant proportion of individuals who have had COVID-19 may experience ongoing symptoms for weeks or even months after initial recovery from acute illness.
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Pioneer |
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| River Cruises in India: Time to Strike a Fine Balance |
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In this article, Anita Khuller says river cruises in India could threaten endangered Ganges dolphin. River cruises could have substantial adverse effects on the riverine ecosystem in future. As long as the Ganga river system is healthy, the dolphin will survive. But over the past several decades, there has been a thin line separating development and conservation.
– Robert Brault
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In Conversation |
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| Solar Radiation Modification: Potential to Offset Warming and Ameliorate Climate Hazards |
The Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) is a foundation-funded initiative of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. C2G seeks to catalyse the creation of effective governance for climate-altering technologies, in particular for solar radiation modification. Here, we are in conversation with Janos Pasztor, Executive Director, C2G for TerraGreen.
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Special Feature |
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| BaaS: (Batteries as a Service) |
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The electrification of Indian mobility is happening at a remarkable pace—the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) projects that the electric vehicle (EV) market in India is expected to achieve a CAGR of 49 per cent in the 2021–2030 period. But these projections could remain just on paper if policymakers do not actively take steps to overcome the roadblocks on the electric highways. In this article,
Dhruv Verma says that if executed well, battery swapping can be the greatest impetus to EV adoption, benefitting manufactures, consumers, and the environment.
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Green Challenges |
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| Water Conservation in Rural India: Adopting Nature-Based Solution with a Sustainable Approach |
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In this article, Niharika Singh and Amit Kumar Thakur highlight that when issues such as water scarcity, less agricultural yield, decline in groundwater levels, etc., are highlighted in the communities, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects can be designed on the need and demand basis. With this vision, several different CSR initiatives are being implemented on-ground after identifying the possible interventions on need-basis. One such intervention can be rejuvenating the water bodies accounting many advantages and benefitting the rural communities.
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