Delhi must Act beyond Superficial Fixes to Tackle Air Pollution Crisis

[Simi Garewal] Delhi's residents have grown weary of seeing the same cyclical measures rolled out every year, only to face worsening air quality.

South Korea’s Climate Ruling: A New Dawn for Environmental Justice

[Simi Garewal] South Korean court's decision signals to other governments that failing to address climate change adequately could result in legal and constitutional challenges, potentially driving more comprehensive climate policies.

Asia-Pacific’s Coastal Communities Becoming more Vulnerable by the Day

[Bahauddin Foizee] While coastal areas of countries like Bangladesh, India, the Philippines and Sri Lanka would disappear gradually, other small island nations like Micronesia and the Maldives would be submerged under water almost completely, turning millions of inhabitants living in these countries into climate refugees.

Does Poor People Lack Concern about the Environment?

[Simi Garewal] Poor people are perhaps more concerned about the adverse affects of climate change, but what's lacking is their participation to save our planet from such adverse affects.

Bay of Bengal Countries Losing Coastal Areas to Rising Sea Level

[Bahauddin Foizee]
If the environment of the Bay of Bengal region continues to deteriorate due to climate change, millions of inhabitants living in coastal areas would become climate refugees.

Low oil price and the renewable industry

[Robin Limb] The oil giants have never truly engaged with the concept of renewable energy, mainly because it is tiresome, high cost, and fraught with issues surrounding government support and legislation. To this day, it remains more expeditious and economic to simply keep pumping the 'black stuff' [read oil] out of the ground. The whole oil supply chain is geared to fossil fuels, and although it is technically possible to include bio-fuels such as ethanol and diesel at low levels, the economics are unexciting and uncertain.