Opinion / India
Carbon & Climate
From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus
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Food & Agriculture
India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis
Law and policy measures that prioritise sustainable agriculture are needed to address India’s environmental challenges.
Carbon & Climate
The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet
If global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, more severe heatwaves and droughts will make landscape fires more frequent and intense worldwide.
The initiatives in Singapore and Malaysia to protect gig workers could act as a model for emerging economies to regulate platform labour.
All India Opinion
1 October 2025
Manufacturing
Getting to greener steel
Policy & Finance
Beyond resumption of China-India dialogue, unresolved issues persist
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Carbon & Climate
The Global South must claim the climate mantle at COP30
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Policy & Finance
India’s digital divide and the consequent welfare bias
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Manufacturing
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