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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Anchal Kashyap |Saurav Sarkar |Phil Pasquini
On February 13 in reply to a question raised in the Parliament (Lok Sabha) the government replied that there are 226 accident prone spots on highways in Himachal Pradesh and there are 200 such spots in Jammu and Kashmir. Himalayan roads and highways need special safety measures as an accident here can lead to much more loss of life when vehicles tumble down steep hillsides.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Anchal Kashyap |William deBuys |Chandra Muzaffar
Himalayan policy should emphasize sustainable livelihoods, environment protection and decentralization based strengthening of communities linked closely to national interestsCivil Society magazine has recently published a series of interviews with eminent persons who are very well-informed regarding the Himalayan region.
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Oct 26, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Srinivas Katherasala |Anchal Kashyap |Elizabeth Henderson
The farming and food system must be based on a very large number of small or reasonably sized farmers (including family farms) and small agro-processing units, producing healthy food in ecologically protective ways. Instead small farmers are being displaced and family farms are disappearing as those who are truly dedicated to farming have to say tearful farewells to their farms, while billionaires and richest corporations acquire millions of acres of farmland.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Arun Mitra |Anchal Kashyap |Maureen Murphy
Conflicts, civil wars and wars have become the single most important cause of extreme distress today. There are about 56 conflicts in the world today. In addition there are several other conflicts too localized to be counted at world level but taken together these too are a significant source of distress.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Andrew Glikson |Countercurrents Collective |Bill Henderson |Anchal Kashyap
“… but they can be sure that they won’t be recorded for their crimes in history — because there won’t be any history” (Noam Chomsky, 2023)The macabre criminality of world’s so-called leaders, coupled with the ignorant compliance of a majority of the victims of global heating and potential nuclear annihilation, belong to the inconceivable.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Subhash Gatade |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Prem Singh |Anchal Kashyap
Introduction1.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Anchal Kashyap |Bharat Dogra |William deBuys |Joshua Frank
Smart cities, a paradigm in urban development, have witnessed remarkable progress across various cities in India. Jaipur, Surat, and Pune serve as exemplars, aligning their initiatives with global standards. However, delving into the impact of smart cities on mountainous regions prompts a closer examination of Urban Shimla, revealing a complex landscape where overpopulation, fragile rock structures, and environmental challenges pose unique hurdles to sustainable urban development.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Bill Henderson |Anchal Kashyap |Robert Hunziker
2023 was the warmest year recorded in 173 years of record-keeping, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (CCCS) , Jan. 9, 2024. The global average temperature for 2023 was 14.98 degrees Celsius (58.96 F). The previous record was 14.81 degrees Celsius (58.66 F) set in 2016. The record-breaking year, wrapped up with another new record. December 2023 was the warmest December on record globally.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Countercurrents Collective |Bill Henderson |Anchal Kashyap |Robert Hunziker
The internationally agreed threshold to prevent the Earth from spiraling into a new superheated era will be “passed for all practical purposes” during 2024, the man known as the godfather of climate science has warned.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bill Henderson |Anchal Kashyap |Robert Hunziker |April M. Short
2023 was the year that global warming went gobsmackingly bananas off the chart. On top of a building major El Niño, warming of both oceans and atmosphere seemed to accelerate far beyond what scientists and the public had been expecting. The science papers of the year – from James Hansen and his co-writers – postulated that climate change was accelerating due to a lessening of aerosol cooling.
