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Environmental Sustainability - Phase X

Jan 2025 - Dec 2025

Despite India having many climate change initiatives it faces several hurdles in achieving successful climate action with inclusive adaptive and mitigating measures. Whether it is grid infrastructure and stability or policy and regulatory gaps or environmental and social concerns, addressing these challenges requires a mix of technical innovation (or assessing the technical innovation in terms of environmental safeness), supportive policies, and stakeholder engagement to ensure balanced and sustainable climate action.

In locations where people’s livelihoods are associated with environmental degradation,
and possible mitigating solutions to encourage a shift towards alternatives with fewer negative impacts or greater environmental benefits. This can be achieved through Improved access to safe, sustainable, reliable and affordable energy which can contribute significantly to the improvement of livelihoods in these communities. At the same time, opportunities for income-generating activities linked to the provision of energy services and technologies can enhance incomes and build resilience.

Environmental Sustainability - Phase IX

March 2024 - Dec 2024

As a society, we depend on healthy ecosystems to do many things; to purify the air so we can breathe properly, sequester carbon for climate regulation, recycle nutrients so we have access to clean drinking water without costly infrastructure, and pollinate our crops so we don’t go hungry. For example, wetlands are indispensable for their countless benefits or “ecosystem services” that they provide humanity, ranging from freshwater supply, food and building materials, and biodiversity, to flood control, groundwater recharge, and climate change mitigation. Wetlands must therefore be protected from different activities that are planned in the sites; and collaboration between different government agencies will lead to better enforcement of environmental laws to protect this distinctive ecosystem from pollution arising from the whole life-cycle of different sectors. Additionally, each sector should look at procurement practices they are following to reduce negative impact on the environment.

In recognising the destructive impacts of climate change, the Tamil Nadu government has established various institutional arrangements with modalities to address the challenge of climate change. Despite these initiatives, the level of awareness and understanding of climate change issues among various stakeholders like farmers, youth, students, etc. is still very low at all levels. The Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company (TNGCC), Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission (TNCCM) and Tamil Nadu Dept of Environment, Forests and Climate Change needs an effective climate change communication strategy with monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to make course corrections as and when needed. In addition to this, different local events, manuals and IEC materials should be available for the general public, students and youth to develop an understanding of what climate change means.

Environmental Sustainability - Phase VIII

Feb 2023 - Feb 2024

Air pollution is causing climate to change, and climate change is also causing air quality to change. Because of climate warming, the Earth experiences more extreme weather, such as heat waves and drought, which can negatively impact air quality. Air pollution and climate change are two sides of the same coin. They should be tackled jointly though its more typical to address them separately.While the concept of climate change and air pollution should be understood by all citizens, there are very limited resources with informative insights that are accessible to laypeople, or even policymakers. 

Creating different tools, IEC materials and reports with meaningful analysis will be of utmost importance in the present world as it will help governments to take informed decisions and at the same time will help citizens understand the importance and need to practice sustainable lifestyles by making behavioral changes such as reducing energy consumption, water conservation, circular economy and concepts such as refuse, reuse and recycle.

Environmental Sustainability - Phase VII

Feb 2022 - Jan 2023

Climate change is not a distant reality anymore. It is in our backyard now. With each passing day, we are seeing the effects of climate change all over the world and India is no exception. The concept of climate change should be understood by everyone and they should be aware of the role they can play in limiting the effects of climate change to create a resilient society. Lack of information for citizens to make informed decisions or effectively intervene is a major challenge. Also, citizens need to be constantly reminded and educated about the importance and need to practice sustainable lifestyles - less energy and water consumption, sharing resources, and the concept of refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle. In addition,with net-zero pledges coming from different governments around the world and the state governments of India, there is a need to work with the Tamil Nadu state government to frame its net-zero plans and state climate action plans by focusing on what kind of solutions should be included.

Consumer Protection- Labelling

The Agmark symbol is given to an agricultural product after  chemical analysis (including pesticide residue), microbiological analysis, aflatoxin analysis etc. It is currently voluntary for most products, except  edible vegetable oils and fat spread. Wherever available, choose Agmark validated products over products that are not.

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Multimodal integration

Chennai's public transportation system has diverse networks, each with unique pros and cons. Integrating these networks into a unified system can provide equal travel opportunities for all commuters across the city. Did you know that the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) is in charge of precisely that?

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Are we there yet? An assessment of helmet compliance across districts in Tamil Nadu

CAG conducted a helmet-compliance study across 11 districts in Tamil Nadu in November 2024. The findings revealed low adherence, particularly among adults in districts like Chengalpattu and Kanchipuram and negligible compliance among children. This is despite  India reporting over 4.6 lakh road crashes, resulting in 1.68 lakh fatalities (in 2022), and Tamil Nadu consistently topping the list for road crashes from 2018 to 2022.

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