AboutArticles by Meena Janardhan

Huge Indian investment for green hydrogen

10 Jan 2023

The Government of India recently announced a $2.3 billion plan to promote “green hydrogen” - hydrogen produced with renewable energy - which experts have said could be the clean fuel...

Tar balls pose challenge along India’s west coast

03 Jan 2023

Tar balls are the little, dark-coloured pieces of oil that can sometimes stick to your feet when you go to the beach. According to a Mongabay-India report, right after the...

Providing a climate action roadmap for India

27 Dec 2022

A Natural Resources Defence Council (NDRC) press release has highlighted new research, among the first to quantify the city-level benefits of climate action in India, shows that assertive adaptation measures...

India, UAE projects among World Restoration Flagships

20 Dec 2022

The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) brought together governments from around the world. Participants were expected to set out new goals...

Heat waves could break human survivability limit

13 Dec 2022

A recent World Bank report, ‘Climate Investment Opportunities in India’s Cooling Sector’ warns that severe heat waves, responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are...

Invasive species take their toll on Indian economy

06 Dec 2022

A recent study has shown that as many as 10 invasive alien species, out of the 330 that are known to be invasive in India, have cost the economy $127.3...

India has a Champion of the Earth

28 Nov 2022

India’s Purnima Devi Barman, an Assam-based wildlife biologist, is one of the five ‘Champions of the Earth’ for this year, as announced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The...

Furthering the Mangrove Alliance vision

22 Nov 2022

India is a partner of the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC) that was launched on 8 November 2022 at the 27th Session of Conference of Parties (COP27). Speaking on...

Keeping a watch on India’s climate

15 Nov 2022

India saw extreme weather events on 88% of the days in the first nine months of the year, according to the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) report, ‘Climate...

India calls for increased climate finance

08 Nov 2022

In a statement ahead of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — COP27 — event in Egypt, which began on November...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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