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Climate Change and its Implications on Technology Development

There has been a confusion with the words ‘climate change’ and ‘global warming’. People tend to use them at their convenience. Put simply, global warming refers to the rise in surface temperature and climate change is the side effect of global warming. It is well accepted that human activities have …

Needed … a Science–Policy–Community Interface for Better Integration of Nature within Human Settlements

A rejuvenated pond in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh (implemented with support from HCL Foundation) The UN decade on Ecosystem Restoration or the Decade for Nature started quite sombrely with the COVID-19 pandemic engulfing the world. Even as the world struggled with multiple lockdowns losing lives and livelihoods, we saw what …

Towards an Equitable Digital Disruption

Digital disruption has transformed daily life in both developed and developing countries. With the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in the last couple of years, we have seen a stronger pace forward with technological solutions and the weaker sections being left behind, struggling to even maintain the status quo. Phones, …

India’s Critical Resources: Perspective for Cement Industry

The Indian economy appears to be robust while facing global headwinds of runway commodity prices led by oil and natural gas. Notwithstanding these pricing pressures, it is expected to be the world’s fastest-growing economy. The sustainable growth of our economy will require massive upgradation of housing, health, transport, and energy …

Towards a Roadmap for a Circular Plastics Economy

Among the greatest boons that science has bestowed upon humanity, it would be difficult to deny one of the highest ranks to the polymeric materials we call plastics. In every sphere of human activity – from the individual household to the industrial factory, from health and hygiene to materials and …