Water crises, heat waves, rapid urbanisation, air pollution, natural disasters — so much of what’s in the news ties back, in some way or the other, to the ongoing climate crisis. Ahead of the upcoming General Elections, we were curious about the climate action plans proposed by the major political parties contesting. We also asked experts who work in these fields for their thoughts: Are these plans sufficient? Do they cover our most pressing climate issues? Are they missing key points that need addressing?
As of the time of this post going live, only the Indian National Congress’ (
@incindia ) manifesto has been published. Scroll through for a summary of points in the manifesto that pertain to climate action, and comments from experts like architects Alan Abraham (
@thealanabraham ) and Samarth Das (
@samarkitekt ); environmental lawyer Meenaz Kakalia (
@meenazk ); Tanmay Takle (
@tanmaytakle ), a board member at Student Energy (
@studentenergy ); Shaunak Modi (pugdandee), co-founder of Coastal Conservation Foundation (
@ccfindia_ ); and Dr Ashwin Mahalingam, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (
@reachiitm ) and co-founder of Okapi Research and Advisory (
@okapiresearch ).
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