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Editor's note: This week’s edition of Thirty-Six is about an unintended consequence of India’s battle against climate change. It may appear counterintuitive to the uninitiated, but is still true. Some climate change mitigation measures implemented by the government to comply with the country’s international climate commitments cause an injustice to forest-dependent communities, according to a new study by independent researchers Shruti Agarwal and Tushar Dash, who analysed India’s climate change mitigation plans for the forestry sector. The climate change mitigation measures that the study predominantly refers to are afforestation and reforestation programmes undertaken by the government in compliance with its commitment of creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030. Carbon sinks , as the name suggests, are reservoirs for storing carbon. Forests and oceans are the best-known examples. They offset, to some extent, the emissions caused by industry and other polluting activities. As a strategy of meeting its Nationally Determined Contribution, or NDC, of creating a carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent …
Editor's note: This week’s edition of Thirty-Six is about an unintended consequence of India’s battle against climate change. It may appear counterintuitive to the uninitiated, but is still true. Some climate change mitigation measures implemented by the government to comply with the country’s international climate commitments cause an injustice to forest-dependent communities, according to a new study by independent researchers Shruti Agarwal and Tushar Dash, who analysed India’s climate change mitigation plans for the forestry sector. The climate change mitigation measures that the study predominantly refers to are afforestation and reforestation programmes undertaken by the government in compliance with its commitment of creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030. Carbon sinks , as the name suggests, are reservoirs for storing carbon. Forests and oceans are the best-known examples. They offset, to some extent, the emissions caused by industry and other polluting activities. As a strategy of meeting its Nationally Determined Contribution, or NDC, of creating a carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent …
The window to prevent the worst impacts of climate change has shut. The heat is on global leaders at the annual climate talks in Brazil to deliver more than just theatre.
The Kanjurmarg landfill, operated by Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd., is safe from the axe for now. But its fate remains a major source of worry for the company's shareholders and the city's residents alike.
Bluesky vs X, the UAE deluge, Adar Poonawalla’s investment in Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and more.
The window to prevent the worst impacts of climate change has shut. The heat is on global leaders at the annual climate talks in Brazil to deliver more than just theatre.
The Kanjurmarg landfill, operated by Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd., is safe from the axe for now. But its fate remains a major source of worry for the company's shareholders and the city's residents alike.
Bluesky vs X, the UAE deluge, Adar Poonawalla’s investment in Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and more.
