With the Doomsday Clock now closer to midnight than ever, renewed attention has been drawn to the enduring significance of this metaphor for highlighting existential risks.
Energy security and climate change are prime concerns worldwide. Every nation has its own Nationally Determined Commitment, and it aspires to achieve net zero in a specific time frame. India too targets to achieve Net Zero by 2070. The large-scale exploitation of renewable energy can help to achieve Net Zero. The share of renewable energy in the total primary energy is expected to be more than 35 per cent by 2035. It has also been pledged that 40 per cent of the country’s electricity would be generated from non-fossil fuels, such as wind and solar. In response to the changing world energy dynamics, India has started positioning itself and accordingly implemented various policies and strategies.
There is an imperative need to revive cooperation in the Arctic to tackle global and regional challenges such as climate change, nuclear waste, among other issues.
Recurring flash floods across northern and eastern Afghanistan highlight the vulnerabilities faced by the population compounded by the impact of climate change and internal state failure.
The Central Asian water crisis is a product of climate change, inefficient water management, and lack of cooperation and coordination among the five Central Asian Republics.
This paper provides a policymaker's overview of a highly scalable, revolutionary, renewable energy technology, Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), and evaluates it utility within the context of the Indo-US strategic partnership.
The Working Group Report identifies India's key vulnerabilities. Future projections of surface warming over India indicate that the annual mean area averaged surface warming is likely to be between 2 degrees and 3 degrees celcius and 3.5 and 5.5 degrees celcius by the middle and end of 21st century respectively.
This volume presents perspectives on cross-cutting issues of importance to India’s grand strategy in the second decade of the 21st century. The authors in this volume address the following important questions : What might India do to build a cohesive and peaceful domestic order in the coming decades? What should be India's China and Pakistan strategy? How could India foster a consensus on the global commons that serve India’s interests and values? What strategic framework will optimise India’s efforts to foster a stable and peaceful neighbourhood?
