#04 Low Carbon Transport -Are electric vehicles the only hope for India? - Part 1
India is grappling with rise in vehicles on its roads and the resultant pollution . While transportation has to grow to manage a growing economy , does this have to be at the cost its environment ? what is the government doing to prevent a catastrophe . what is the bigger picture , a sustainable plan ? will it all work . what are the risks and challenges . Will this all be a race against time ? watch the story, for the answers to the questions and as always ,few insights....
#03 green house gases - an overview
Global temperature increase has been making headlines for the last many years . Anyone and everyone is concerned about an impending climate crisis , with temperature increases as it affects people in some form or the other . Not everyone is aware though, of the science leading to the problem . Here are some facts in an ongoing series of lectures on what causes global warming . And how do we get out of this conundrum . people , policies and action focused on finding a solution …
#05 Low Carbon Transport-Part 2- Will India's bet on Electric vehicles pay off ?
India is building a massive road infrastructure which shall see it having the largest road network in the world ( presently , it is second ). 87% of all goods and people are served through roads . Railways is a distant second at 11%. More the number of vehicles , more will be the pollution and resultant greenhouse gas emission . The think tank however is hoping , that the country, will switch to electric vehicles quickly enough to prevent a catastrophe from happening . Will EV's , save India from becoming the most polluted country in the world in the next decade. The air quality problem in India is already getting worse by the day . we analyze ..
#06 COP and India - The countdown to 1.5 degree Celsius (climate change target)
In the year of its G20 presidency, another big moment beckons India, towards the end of the year - COP 28 is scheduled for, November 2023 in Dubai , UAE . India is a crucial country, especially with the size of its population and its economic growth trajectory regards the world's efforts to reduce green house gas emissions. While India currently enjoys a low per capita emission , compared to peers, the sheer size of its population ensures that it remains the third largest polluter in the world of GHG's in real terms . Now, the country has a seemingly tough challenge to curb emissions and still continue to grow at a good clip to raise the lot of its citizens . This report pans a broad range of issues for the UNFCCC and COP as well as member nations across a wide range of inflection points
Niti Aayog pitches for raising import duty on edible oils to make India self-sufficient in production
Kerala landslides:173 people dead 221 people were admitted to hospitals from the disaster-hit areas and of them 91 are still undergoing treatment.
Assam floods and Wayanad landslides aside, one-fourth of India faces rainfall deficit.
The rainfall in July was unevenly distributed, both spatially and temporally
India’s jobless are finally getting some love — and money
Tuesday’s revised Union Budget promised five new programs, totaling 2 trillion rupees ($24 billion) in fiscal sops, to employers and new hires.
Tom Yum Remedy: From Elephant Conflict to Coexistence
How the Thai national dish serves as an innovative, sustainable solution in solving the long-standing human-elephant conflict.
Remnants of green India under concerted attack. Panel set up after activists dissatisfied with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order move the apex court
Lessons in the rise of tomato prices.India is the largest producer of vegetables and fruits in the world after China.
Food choices key to tackling global warming, study finds. The team noted that the growth of the global population and rising demand for emission-intensive food are likely to boost emissions further.
Black gold’ dependence.
Coal use climbs worldwide despite promises to slash it.
China, India, Indonesia, Turkey and Zimbabwe were the only countries that both added new coal plants and announced new projects
TN Agriculture Budget: Rs 14,000 crore for cooperative crop loan, one-stop portal, overseas tours for farmers; and more
Rs 2,337 crore was allocated as the state government’s share of premium subsidy for crop insurance.
EVs to increase India's dependence on China, says GTRI report. The report also said that there is a need for life cycle impact evaluation for the EVs sector. EVs result in the release of pollutants during battery manufacturing, disposal, and charging and about 70 per cent of materials used to manufacture EVs in India are imported from China and a few other countries.
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees not plausible: Report says social change is essential to meeting the temperature goals set in Paris
New wheat crop arrivals start, mandi prices rule above MSP-
The FCI sold 0.92 MT of wheat in the open market in the first e-auction held across 22 states last week. The next auction is slated for February 15.
India Energy Week: Rising demand for fossil fuel dominated the talks-
The coal entrepreneurs seem to have cottoned on to the fact that there is no doomsday arriving for the sector anytime soon
Wheat prices fall by Rs 5/kg after launch of open market sale: Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said the prices of wheat in wholesale & retail markets reduced by about Rs 5/kg after the Centre's decision to sell 3 million tonnes of the grain in the open market
The GreenStory
GreenStory was started in 2018 . It was unclear on where to tread in the beginning, but gradually a vision dawned on a broad platform for sustainable causes in India. It had to appeal to anyone in their pursuit towards conservation of our immediate environment and regeneration of the planet .It had to encompass diverse views in policy making to efforts towards information to education and activism. To cover every aspect of this challenge to our ecosystem is a huge task . But we know that the journey of a thousand miles begins with small steps .