India stands at the crossroads of rapid urbanisation and an escalating climate crisis, where Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can emerge as a powerful ally. This mechanism offers an elegant and economical path to enhanced sustainability, resilience, and overall livability, which cities worldwide are now discovering. As defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),Continue reading “Scaling and Financing Nature-Based Solutions to Reap “Multi-Benefits” in Urban Systems”
Category Archives: Environment & Forest
Burning More Than Trees: India’s Hidden Forest Fire Costs
Forests of India are burning at an alarming rate amid the changing climate patterns and amplified human interventions. The fires are degrading forests, threatening biodiversity, and accelerating desertification. While the immediate physical devastation includes loss of vegetation, property, and human life, which is visible and often quantified, the wider economic repercussions of wildfires remain insufficientlyContinue reading “Burning More Than Trees: India’s Hidden Forest Fire Costs”
Preserving Wetlands as Vulnerable Natural Infrastructure
There is growing evidence that the environment is degrading more than ever before. The pandemic has changed the perspective towards health and environment. While, humankind is shifting more towards nature-based solutions for restoring environment. According to Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), earth’s natural systems are operating in the red category, itsContinue reading “Preserving Wetlands as Vulnerable Natural Infrastructure”
Why does COP26 remain indecisive on ‘Nature-Based Solutions?’
The buzzword for this year’s climate negotiations was ‘nature-based solutions’ or NbS. Several negotiations throughout the year discussed the importance of harnessing the benefit of nature utilising nature-based solutions. While the concept is still evolving and being pushed at COP26, its inclusion in the draft proved to be controversial. The draft initially published by theContinue reading “Why does COP26 remain indecisive on ‘Nature-Based Solutions?’”
Distributive impact of green recovery packages
Currently, the world is in an extraordinary situation and is responding to an unprecedented social emergency caused by the covid pandemic and climate change. On one hand, governments have a task of reviving the economy in the short term, while on the other hand they also have to think and plan how to reduce theContinue reading “Distributive impact of green recovery packages”