Climate Change
Evolution of Environmental Agendas

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....

Can Our Food System Withstand the Realities of Climate Change?

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....

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

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....

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

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....

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....

Climate Change: A Review of 2024 and Projections for 2025

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 ....

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

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....

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

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....

India’s Climate Policy

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....

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

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....

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