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Road Safety is an important public health concern with serious social and economic consequences. India continues to account for the highest road crashes at the global level with the World Bank’s 2019 report suggesting 53 crashes happening on an…
PRELUDE
On August 9th 2021, a 3,949 page detailed breakdown about the physical science driving climate change was released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the first part of its sixth assessment report. The IPCC was first…
Currently, India holds a below par position in terms of SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) scores and Environmental Performance Index (EPI), despite its national and international commitments to take actions for the 17 SDGs. Chennai, which was once…
Reduction of road crashes and fatalities at the state and district levels has been prioritised and led by a series of steady efforts channelized through institutional changes, data-driven approaches and improved law enforcement in Tamil Nadu…
The Energy Versus Climate Conundrum
The current energy market is becoming more and more entangled in energy transition with rising concern about climate change due to fossil fuel (coal, oil and gas) utilisation. However, a recent report shows that…
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ (MoRTH) 2019 report, Road Accidents in India, states that over 70 per cent of road crash fatalities in India are due to speeding. That is quite a startling number and then begs the question - how do we…
Sharing Resources and Sustainable Consumption (SRSC) is about protecting the environment and natural resources from environmental degradation, and promoting a more sustainable lifestyle. Our consumption patterns have changed over the years due to…
Since 2018, across the world civil society has been conducting a plastic waste audit or brand audit. This annual exercise aims to identify the brands/manufacturers who produce the most plastic pollution as well as look at the categories of plastic (…
Go to any road or street in any of the rush hour Indian metropolises, there is an ubiquitous scene playing on these roads—encroached footpaths forcing pedestrians to walk on the streets. When pedestrians are forced to walk on the streets that are…
Introduction
With 300 sunny days a year and a reasonably high solar insolation i.e, the amount of solar radiation falling on a surface, Tamil Nadu (TN) is among the leading solar energy producers in the country. Given its geographical advantages and…