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The Indian government should take a leaf out of the Mahakumbh playbook, ensuring adequate budget allocation for the establishment of waste treatment and waste-to-energy generation facilities in all Indian metros.
Cities
Why slums persist
The standard policy response to slums has never worked. It's time to think about how to integrate slum residents into the formal economy.
Policy & Finance
India’s climate diplomacy must account for domestic inequalities
Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
Policy & Finance
Trade wars destroy the planet
Given that China is the world’s largest emitter and has a high carbon intensity, some assume that its trade war with the United States, which has shifted production to third countries, would have environmental benefits. In fact, the conflict has increased carbon dioxide emissions in developing and advanced economies alike.
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Finishing what the world started at the UN Ocean Conference
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Trump’s Ukraine deal exposes a dirty truth about minerals
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