The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The report examines the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) in detail and explores its linkages with the Himalayan State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCCs). The report also seeks to answer a key question – How much scope there is for the states in the Indian Himalayan …
This publication attempts to present a range of initiatives highlighting enhanced actions in the area of mitigation and adaptation in India. It addresses the policy designs and their implementation in various sectors which include inter alia; renewable energy, energy efficiency, water management and development of strategic knowledge to combat the …
This study by the Centre for Development Finance, IFMR & IIT Madras evaluates the design of the eight climate missions as developed by individual ministries using the principles laid out in the National Action Plan on Climate Change. A new study, An Evaluation of India’s National Action Plan on Climate …
Plans talks with neighbours, biodiversity mapping. Recognising the importance of the Indian Himalayas as a unique repository of biodiversity, and as part of the official mission for sustaining the Himalayan ecosystem, the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has released guidelines on this. It is called
Madhur Tankha NEW DELHI: The Energy and Resources Institute and the Indian Mountaineering Foundation on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to study, preserve and safeguard the Himalayan glaciers under the National Mission of Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system. Underlining the need to study the Himalayan belt, TERI Director-General R. K. …
