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Climate Change

On 5th June, the world celebrated the Environment Day. The actions by nations and the global community towards the conservation of nature show the collective concern for the planet. However, the steps taken in this direction are far from adequate. Th....

June 12, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Commentary , Climate Change , Net zero , LIFE , UNEP , COP 29 , Environmental Agendas , Environment Day , COP 30

Can Our Food System Withstand the Realities of Climate Change?

PK Khup Hangzo Article

The global food system is under growing threat from climate change and few crops embody this vulnerability more starkly than the banana. As the world’s most consumed fruit and the fourth most important food crop after wheat, rice, and maize, the ba....

May 22, 2025 Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Green Revolution , Global food system , sustainable food future , traditional and indigenous crops

Pushed to the Brink: The Alarming Toll of Climate Change on Our Oceans

PK Khup Hangzo Article

Coral reefs, often referred to as the “rainforests of the sea,” are among the most biodiverse and crucial ecosystems on Earth. They sustain around 830,000 species^[1] - over....

May 09, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Climate Change , Marine heatwaves , Ocean warming , Fourth global coral bleaching event , Marine litter

National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM): A Strategic Approach to Strengthening India's Mineral Security

PK Khup Hangzo Article

The shift to clean energy has significantly increased the demand for critical materials. Technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicle batteries require far more minerals than traditional fossil fuel-based systems, making the....

February 13, 2025 Climate Change , Article , Clean energy transition , critical minerals , National Critical Minerals Mission (NCMM) , Geological Survey of India (GSI) , National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) , US-China technology war

Discussion on Agricultural Growth with Climate-Resilient Technologies for a Sustainable Future

The VIF in collaboration with Primus Partners, New Delhi held a brainstorming session on “Agricultural Growth with Climate-Resilient Technologies for a Sustainable Future” on 8 January 2025. The session focussed on the role of technology in agric....

February 12, 2025 Climate Change , Technological and Scientific Studies , Interaction , technologies , Agritech , Agricultural Growth , Climate-Resilient , Sustainable Future

Climate Change: A Review of 2024 and Projections for 2025

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

State of the global climate in 2024

From global average temperature to greenhouse gas emissions, records have already been broken yet again in 2024. The impact of this was felt in the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather ....

January 23, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , Floods , heatwaves , Negotiations , climate finance , loss and damage , Extreme weather events , Fossil fuels

Justice Deferred: The Global South's Fight for Climate Equity

Himani Agrawal Commentary

When will nations most responsible for the climate crisis rise above hollow promises and deliver the justice the Global South desperately needs? As the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate....

January 03, 2025 Climate Change , Commentary , climate justice , climate finance , Global South , COP29 , Climate Equity , New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) , Historical Emissions , Global Climate Diplomacy , Just Energy Transition

COP 29: Climate Finance to Take Centre Stage at the Annual Climate Conference

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. Dubbed as the “finance COP”, this conference will focus on climate finance, with the aim of advancing the implementation of the Paris Agr....

November 14, 2024 Climate Change , Article , Conflict , Accountability , Fossil Fuel , resilience , Climate action , Cimate finance , Protection

India’s Climate Policy

Dr J.R. Bhatt, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The 1990s were a time of global change. The fall of the Berlin Wall led to Francis Fukuyama arguing in The End of History and the Last Man that western liberal democracy had triumphed and there was to be nothing thereafter in the developmental....

July 15, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Climate Change , Climate Change , Development , Environment , mitigation , adaptation , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , India's Climate Policy , Determinants and Evolution

Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR): India’s Journey from 2014 to 2024

PK Khup Hangzo

Introduction

The ten-year period from 2014 to 2024 has witnessed numerous humanitarian crises. The crises were triggered by, among other things, armed conflicts (Israel-Hamas war, Syrian civil war, Libyan civil war, Yemeni civil war, Tigr....

June 10, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Climate Change , Climate Change , Extreme weather events , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Humanitarian Crises , Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) , Natural Disasters