JANUARY 2025
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YouCAN 2.0 – 7th March 2025
The YouCAN 2.0 – Youth Climate Action Nexus, scheduled for 7th March 2025, is the first segment of the PIC Climate Emergency Conference 2025, which is structured into two key components. Day one is dedicated to youth engagement, fostering awareness, innovation, and leadership in climate action. This youth-centric event will feature interactive discussions, competitions, and …
Let Us Make Some Things Nu-CLEAR!
Nuclear Energy: A Balanced Perspective Imagine walking down the street and asking random people, “What is nuclear energy?” Most would likely respond, “It’s the energy used to create bombs.” This narrow perception stems from three major historical incidents: Hiroshima-Nagasaki, Chernobyl, and Three Mile Island. The first was a deliberate act of war, while the latter …
Climate Action – Are we planning for an Economic and Environmental Collapse?
India’s Election Oversights: The Looming Threat of Climate Change India has just concluded a massive and intense election exercise to decide the future of the nation. However, there was almost no focus on plans and actions for combating the emerging threats of global warming and climate change, which pose prime existential risks to life and …
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Extreme Heat Takes A Toll On Rural India
Rural communities are disproportionately impacted by the adverse effects of extreme climatic conditions. Recent heat waves across northern India have been a sobering reminder of the impacts of extreme temperatures on the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable communities, and have prompted the need for holistic strategies to build climate resilience. Climate change has made heat …
Does Green GDP really account for a country’s Growth Rate?
Gross domestic product is a tool adopted by all countries for measuring a country’s growth rate. Does it really measure even the economic growth rate of a country? GDP involves accounting for the monetary value of all the goods and services produced in a particular year. While aiming for increased financial transactions via boosting production …
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Five Reasons Why Indian Cities Need Climate Budgets
Mumbai has recently launched its first “Climate Budget”, bringing the spotlight back on cities’ role in achieving Net Zero targets. Here is everything to know about climate budgeting and how Indian cities can benefit from it. Introduction: Cities and urban areas are considered as some of the most vibrant ecosystems worldwide. Housing about …
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Why go back to Safe, Modular Clean Nuclear Power?
Rising climate change concerns and soaring energy demands present a global dilemma of producing electricity with maximum output and minimum carbon emissions simultaneously. Coal power plants emit thousands of tons of carbon dioxide and renewables require a large area. Small modular nuclear reactors promise highly efficient, quick-to-deploy and zero carbon emitting way of electricity production. …
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Making Pune Region Net Carbon Neutral
Following the PIC Policy Paper on ‘Making PMR Net-Carbon Neutral by 2030’ released in January 2020, despite the long pause due to Covid lockdowns and restrictions, the report ‘Feasibility Assessment of Rapid Decarbonization of PMR’ is an effort by PIC with the support of bp India to rejuvenate the idea, with a sense of urgency …