Chandra BhushanRelation between coronavirus and global warming: Climate crisis changes disease pandemics Climate change, habitat loss, antimicrobial resistance, and other factors are increasing the chances of global outbreak of novel diseases. The issue is, how ...
Chandra BhushanBushfires in Australia: Lessons India can learn from catastrophe down-under Many parts of India share the same ecosystem and conditions that have set Australia ablaze. We need to learn lessons to avoid similar catastrophes. Read more...
Chandra BhushanCOP 25: Failure of talks shows countries willing to sacrifice future of planetThe 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. Rea...
Chandra BhushanWhy US and China need to decarbonise their economies to ensure limit in global temperature Under Donald Trump, energy-related CO2 emissions of the country have grown in 2018, at a rate that is the highest since 2010, and is likely to be the second-...
Chandra BhushanDeforestation, desertification and climate solutions A decade later, the carbon market has collapsed and the developed countries’ funding commitments for REDD+ have also been much lower than expected. Read more...
Chandra BhushanHeatwaves to become more intense, declare it a natural disasterBihar alone is not suffering because of searing temperatures. Over the past month, parts of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, ...
Chandra BhushanJunk the term climate change, replace it with one that recognises impending catastropheScotland has already declared a climate emergency and is setting targets to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions to net-zero by 2045. Read more here
Chandra BhushanUNFCCC@25: Little to show, need new platforms and ideas to combat climate changeUNFCCC doesn’t have the tools to drive global collective action to combat climate change; we need new platforms and ideas to drive transformation Read more...
Chandra BhushanExplained: How the rulebook agreed at Katowice further dilutes the Paris AgreementCountries 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. Read more here
Chandra BhushanExplained: Why Paris Agreement can’t secure the world from climate changeThese words were spoken nearly 100 years ago by the then US president Woodrow Wilson to describe his vision of a new world order after the first World War....
Chandra BhushanSaving the earth from disastrous climate change needs a Plan B. Here is what that could beThe world cannot afford warming of 2°C. To have a fighting chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the goal must be firmly fixed at 1.5°C Read ...
Chandra BhushanCan the thermal power sector be trusted again?In the heydays of ‘India Shining’ in 2003, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had experimented with an alternate model to control pollution fro...
Chandra BhushanThe Paris Agreement and what is wrong with the current frameworkThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) completed 25 years of its adoption in 2017
Chandra BhushanClimate change: India pulled off a coup at Kigali; here’s howIt achieved most of its goals with the legally-binding HFC phase-down agreement
Chandra BhushanThe ‘historic’ Paris agreementThe Paris agreement is robbing the carbon space of the poor so that the rich can continue with their lifestyle.