Articles & Op-Eds

In a war, you don’t only use your best weapons, you use everything in your arsenal. This has to be the maxim in our fight against Covid-19.

A crisis does not emerge out of thin air; it has underlying causes. And most of the underlying causes, if not all, are in front of our eyes; it’s just that we refuse to see and act on them. The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis is not a black swan; [...]

Five major modelling studies reveal that suppression strategy might require multiple lockdowns until a vaccine is available. Governments must prepare themselves and society for such an eventuality.

Silent infections could erode containment efforts’ efficacy; developing anti-virals and vaccine must be part of the near-term vision.

Climate change, habitat loss, antimicrobial resistance, and other factors are increasing the chances of global outbreak of novel diseases. The issue is, how do we minimise and manage these outbreaks.

The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), has systematically divided and named all of Earth’s 4.5 billion year history. The length of time has been split from the longest to shortest as eons, eras, periods and ages. According to IUGS, we are currently in the Phanerozoic eon, Cenozoic era, Quaternary [...]

Competition from Solar-plus-battery-Storage power seems set to challenge the viability of coal/gas-based power, and in the long run, of distribution companies (discoms).

Budget 2020-21: The finances for this can be mustered by shifting resources from kerosene subsidies, and NCEF.

Many parts of India share the same ecosystem and conditions that have set Australia ablaze. We need to learn lessons to avoid similar catastrophes.

The quartet of drivers would put massive stress on our society. But, these challenges are also an opportunity to make big-ticket governance reforms.

Countries are now on their own to mitigate, adapt as well as pay for the costs of climate impacts, but this cannot keep the rise below 2oC.

The failure of COP25 talks shows that to make a few billion dollars from the carbon market, countries are willing to sacrifice the future of the planet.