When the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently recommended that India's waste crisis be dealt with in "mission mode", it did not merely put forward a new slogan for the public to latch on to. Rather, it was, in a sense, issuing a warning.
Climate action in India has come a long way. States have developed climate action plans, launched missions, and initiated interventions across energy, water, agriculture, and urban sectors.
Over the past few months, global tensions and shipping uncertainties have contributed to shockwaves through global energy markets. India imports roughly 60% of its LPG demand; these global shipping delays have severely impacted local distribution.
I remember one of my first attempts to “bring change home.” It was 2019, and I had just started my current job as a researcher in solid waste management issues. Full of enthusiasm, I rushed into my mother’s humid kitchen where she was peeling vegetables.
If you think that wearing masks was the mark of safety over the Covid years, think again of residents of metropolitan cities such as Delhi where wearing masks had already been the norm - a practice particularly essential over the winter months when air pollution levels were (are)
