In its latest economic survey, India spotlights expenditure on climate adaptation and why rich countries must pay up, but in its budget the country stops short of making adaptation spending a priority Rishabh Shrivastava India’s latest economic survey released last Friday highlights the country’s climate vulnerability, its emissions and action plans. And it is critical reading particularly in the context of  2024 emerging as the hottest year  in human history and the newly el

Countries can no longer plan climate adaptation in isolation. The India-Bangaldesh climate migration pattern shows the need for nations to build climate resilience solutions together Rishabh Shrivastava Pic used for representational purpose only It has been over a month since the ouster of the powerful prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina after persistent student protests. The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel peace laureate and social entrepreneur, is h

Poor countries bear the unequal burden of the impact of climate change, which is at the centre of the Global North versus Global South debate, which was a rare central theme in this year’s economic survey   Rishabh Shrivastava A coal processing unit in India. Pic credit: The Migration Story India in its recently released Economic Survey 2024 of India  has described the approach of the West towards climate action as “flawed and not universally applicable”. The survey said the

Millions of people in India live near the coastline, many depend on the fisheries sector for a living, and they will be the worst hit as marine heatwaves become more frequent. Nidhi Jamwal, Rishabh Shrivastava, Naveen Kumar Manoharan According to a recent study, the Indian Ocean is being pushed to a near-permanent heatwave state. This study, released in April 2024, was conducted by a team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune, India,

More than 70 percent of the global workforce, is likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, says report Rishabh Shrivastava At least 2.41 billion workers are exposed annually to excessive heat resulting in poor health, disability and even death, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) that has called for strengthening of occupational safety and health standards to protect workers from extreme heat. This image is for represe

Rising temperatures, sinking coastlines and increasing extreme weather events are major environmental factors that will force people to move

India’s construction industry employs nearly 60 million people but many lack skills to keep pace as the sector turns green Rishabh Shrivastava Picture by : Anindito Mukherjee The buildings and construction sector accounts for 25.6 % of greenhouse gas emissions and constitutes 30 % of the total energy demand in India, a recent study has shown. These emissions and energy demand are only expected to grow as most of the buildings that will exist in India in 2050 are yet to be bui