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Cities must know more about desertification and be a part of the solution: Sunita Narain, CSE

September 14, 2019 Kedar Koushik

As the 14th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification was held in New Delhi, we spoke to Sunita Narain, Director-General of Centre for Science and Environment, to know what our cities can do to mitigate the looming environmental crisis.

Environment

How we manage land today holds the key to addressing climate change

August 9, 2019 Gunjan Jain

Land is a critical resource and under pressure from humans and climate change, but it could also be a part of the solution, says latest IPCC report.

Environment

Novel ecosystems: How our cities are changing nature

July 6, 2017 Smita Mitra

Looking at urban spaces as ‘novel ecosystems’ – emerging ecologies that have no historical predecessors – can change how we think about afforestation and conservation efforts.

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