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Dear readers,
Is India ready to face the impacts of climate change? According to the 2020 World Risk Index most South Asian countries fared poorly on strengthening their abilities to prepare and adapt to extreme events. The Global South faces a wide array of challenges and difficulties to continuous sustainable development, such as economic growth, environmental and social conditions. These issues are entrenched and difficult to overcome.
In the Mediterranean, there is an increase in ‘Medicanes’ or ‘Mediterranean Hurricanes’ due to human induced climate change with about 70 of them occurring in the past 70 years. Additionally, emissions can add 15 inches to 2100 sea level rise
In the centre of the Solar System, the sun is going through a period of decreased activity known as the modern grand solar minimum, a period that last occurred during the Little Ice Age. However due to anthropogenic induced climate change, amid hurricanes and wildfires, Trump sticks to his stance as a climate denier now famously saying “I don’t think science knows actually. It’ll start getting cooler”.
So what can we do? From smaller interventions such as replacing traditional plastic with bamboo toothbrush to switching to biomass derived and mini grid distributed renewable energy all make a positive contribution to climate change. However educating oneself is the key, through programmes such as CSE’s online training programme on the science, politics and impacts of climate change. |
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Cold comfort: The sun is cooling; doesn't mean there'll be no global warming| 23 September 2020
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How ready is India for climate change? Not much, says this report| 23 September 2020
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| FACTSHEETS |
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Renewable Energy - Biomass |
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India has already met its biomass power target. Instead of moving on to newer goals, the industry has been hamstrung by low
availability of raw material and rising costs |
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Renewable Energy - Mini-Grids |
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Mini-grids might have lost out momentarily to grid electrification, but their significance cannot be discounted. They are essential for ensuring round-the-clock energy access and last-mile connectivity |
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