In one of India’s poorest and most arid regions, community radio journalists are helping farmers access climate science and share adaptation techniques. Read more »
Community radio helps farmers in India make sense of climate science
Public transport: Ahmedabad shows the way
The 130,000-odd commuters who use the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) corridor every day in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad get more benefits than reaching their destinations in record time. Read more »
Over two-thirds of Indians find global warming important
Eight out of ten Indians think the amount of rainfall in their area has changed in the past ten years, according to an India-wide study led by Yale University of the US. Read more »
Landslide kills 68 in Indian Himalayas
A landslide that followed a cloudburst killed at least 68 people in India’s Uttarakhand state. Kashi Nath Vajpai reports. Read more »
No money in Indian budget to interlink rivers
Most environmentalists around India heaved a sigh of relief on Friday when Pranab Mukherjee, the country’s Finance Minister, did not say a word about the plan to interlink India’s rivers, nor allocate any money for that purpose. Read more »
Obama’s energetic Indian visit
India and the United States will set up a joint research and development centre on clean energy in India, visiting US president Barack Obama and India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh announced at a joint press conference today, during Obama’s maiden trip to New Delhi. Read more »
Ramesh speaks in Beijing
Jairam Ramesh, India’s minister for environment and forests, spoke to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Beijing on Sunday. Many of his remarks focused on Copenhagen climate-change summit in December. Read more »