Articles by: Shankar Sharma

Environment, Climate Change and Public Health

Environment, Climate Change and Public Health

 To Sri. Jairam Ramesh The Chairman, Standing Committee of the Parliament (Science & Technology, Environment, Forests & Climate Change) Parliament of India, New Delhi Dated, 1st May 2020 Dear Sri. Ramesh, Greetings from Sagar, Western Ghats, Karnataka. This has reference to your tweet of 10 April 2020 asking for inputs to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on S&T, Environment, Forests and Climate[Read More…]

by 01/05/2020 1 comment Climate Change
Coal Mines of India: An Open Letter to Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Coal Mines of India: An Open Letter to Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Dear Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Greetings from Sagar, Western Ghats, Karnataka. May I draw your kind attention and also the attention of the entire Cabinet of the Union govt. along with the Prime Minister to a recent Court ruling in Australia, wherein a NSW judge has cited climate change in a landmark ruling, blocking plans to develop an open-cut coal mine[Read More…]

by 28/02/2019 1 comment Climate Change
Energy – Water Nexus: The Escalating Threat In The Context Of High GDP Growth Paradigm

Energy – Water Nexus: The Escalating Threat In The Context Of High GDP Growth Paradigm

Abstract: In the context of growing gap between the demand and the availability of energy and fresh water in India, the close relationship between the usage of energy and water needs a diligent focus for obvious reasons; especially in the context of fast looming Climate Change phenomenon. This nexus has a major impact on various associated issues of the natural[Read More…]

by 24/11/2018 2 comments Resource Crisis
Credible electricity demand projection for Year 2027 and beyond

Credible electricity demand projection for Year 2027 and beyond

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) under the Ministry of Power has prepared an electricity generation plan for the period 2017-2027, and also has invited feedback on its draft.  Such a generation plan prepared by CEA can be seen as crucial in the context of overall development of the power sector in the country because the same is intended to be[Read More…]

by 26/07/2018 4 comments India
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A systemic approach to minimise the impacts of Climate Change

Climate Change, as a global phenomenon, has come to be known as one of the most critical issues facing the humanity today, if not the most critical issue.  Many individuals, academic and  research institutions, including the global institutions such as IPCCC, WHO, UNEP etc., have tried to address this issue from different perspectives. One such recent analysis has come to[Read More…]

by 05/06/2018 3 comments Climate Change
Can India’s High GDP Growth Rate Paradigm Lead To True Welfare Of Our Communities?

Can India’s High GDP Growth Rate Paradigm Lead To True Welfare Of Our Communities?

      Introduction In an article in The Hindu of 14.5.2016, C. Rangarajan, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India had said: “The “potential” to grow at 8 to 9 per cent at least for a decade exists. We have to make it happen.”  The successive governments in the country have been focusing on such a high GDP growth rate,[Read More…]

by 03/07/2017 1 comment India
An Overview Of Nuclear Power In The Context Of Additional Capacity To Kaiga NPP

An Overview Of Nuclear Power In The Context Of Additional Capacity To Kaiga NPP

  Abstract:          The decision by the govt. of India in May 2017 to commission ten nuclear reactors of the type PHWR of 700 MW capacity each, and the other proposal to add four more reactors of the type VVER of 1,000 MW capacity each at Kudankulam NPP, has given rise to serious concerns to the communities around these projects,[Read More…]

by 01/07/2017 2 comments India
Australia, India And Coal Proliferation

Australia, India And Coal Proliferation

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in New Delhi today on a four-day visit. It is widely expected that he will advocate for, among other things, increased coal and Uranium export from Australia to India. The issue of coal export to India gains significance in the backdrop that world’s largest coal mine in Australia is being planned to be developed[Read More…]

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