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September 24 - September 29, 2020
Dear readers,

Looking at a post COVID world, there is a growing global consensus that the business-as-usual approach will not work to combat climate crisis and that difficult targets must be set to reduce carbon emissions. While agriculture and livestock account for 18 per cent of gross national greenhouse gas emissions and identifying the way forward for low emission growth in that sector is essential, identifying nature based solutions, such as Bhopal’s urban forest, as well as simultaneously technological solutions such as green hydrogen and compressed biogas underlines the development of future energy potential and will play an important part in the post COVID recovery.

On World Tourism Day, the Indian Himalayan Region turn the pandemic into an opportunity by looking at tourism in a different light and redesigning the current business model into a long-term sustainable and resilient industry. Climate change continues to play a great impact on the tourism industry with Cape Town seeing record breaking droughts, which among other factors, have greatly affected tourism. Meanwhile the annual Indian monsoon withdrawal from parts of northwest India has started, 28 days late, causing the need to update her monsoon calendar in order to better inform farmers growing kharif crops.

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Biodiversity, green cover: Bhopal’s ecological garden offers shot at conservation| 28 September 2020
The tree cover in Bhopal has declined by 44% in 2 decades; the urban forest can help compensate for the same
 
   
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Monsoon withdrawal from parts of northwest India has started: IMD| 28 September 2020
The withdrawal is 28 days late this time, compared to 40 days last year
 
   
 
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Is time ticking for coal| 28 September 2020
Business-as-usual will not work to combat climate crisis. Difficult targets must be set to reduce carbon emissions
 
   
 
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Climate change and agriculture: Way ahead for low-emission growth| 25 September 2020
Agriculture and livestock account for 18 per cent of gross national greenhouse gas emissions
 
   
 
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Why green hydrogen may be the clean fuel for future| 25 September 2020
Declining costs of renewables and urgency to curb greenhouse gas emissions is accelerating potential growth of hydrogen in political and business perspectives
 
   
 
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Conclave on compressed biogas underlines future energy potential| 25 September 2020
The conference, organised by IOCL, was aimed at attracting entrepreneurs from Tamil Nadu to invest in the technology
 
   
 
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World Tourism Day: COVID -19 an opportunity to rethink Himalayan tourism| 25 September 2020
This September 27, it is time to turn the pandemic into an opportunity by looking at tourism in a different light and redesigning the current business model into a long-term sustainable and resilient industry
 
     
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