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Opinion / India
As global risks rise, India and Nigeria show how energy security and growth depend on integrated, resilient, homegrown, digital, and scalable systems.
Food & Agriculture
The war in Iran could create a fertiliser shock, risking global food prices and farming
Around a third of globally traded urea passes through the Strait of Hormuz and importing countries are less self-sufficient than they appear.
Evolutionary game theory is useful to devise strategies for real-life situations such as international negotiations and ecological crises, where players are unequal, and choices are complex.
Policy & Finance
The AI we need for sustainable infrastructure
Even as governments pour trillions of dollars into roads, power grids, data centers, water systems, and housing, the construction industry has yet to leverage the efficiency gains that AI and digitalisation have to offer. Given how important the sector will be for sustainable development, this must change.
All India Opinion
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26 December 2025
Carbon & Climate
How insurance can transform our resilience to climate shocks
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Policy & Finance
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
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Carbon & Climate
Three reasons why China wants global green leadership after COP30
Food & Agriculture
India’s food waste is turning into an environmental time bomb
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Carbon & Climate
From Rio to Belém: The long unravelling of climate consensus
Food & Agriculture
India’s farm policies behind bad air, unhealthy diet, water crisis
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Carbon & Climate
The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet
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Policy & Finance
Beyond resumption of China-India dialogue, unresolved issues persist
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