Simi Mehta
Natural resource management through a gender lens
posted 3 days 19 hours agoBuilding upon decades of international diplomatic relations and scientific research, the United Nations adopted the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ in 2015.

The invisible face of agriculture
posted 1 week 2 days ago“Female labour participation has been declining across India from 1990 to 2019. It has declined from 31% to 25% from 2005 to 2010 and further to 20% in 2019. This has contributed to employment loss for women.

Climate change: A look through a gender lens
posted 2 weeks 4 days agoClimate change vulnerability is a multi-layered and multi-faceted phenomenon. “It’s a justice issue determined by both biophysical and socio-economic factors.

Should we bet more on historians than engineers to sort flooding?
posted 3 weeks agoRaging floods swarming great expanses have been a common occurrence in the 21st century in South Asia.

Sanitation workers amid the pandemic
posted 3 weeks 6 days agoSanitation workers are out in full force tasked with disinfecting the public spaces as COVID-19 crisis continues to impact the country on top of other serious challenges faced by our WASH sector.

Measures to usher in a low-carbon and equitable future
posted 4 weeks 1 day agoAs the planet plunges towards irreversible climate change, the challenges posed by extreme weather events and environmental degradation pose an existential threat.

Air pollution: Filling the gaps
posted 1 month agoAir pollution killed 16.7 lakh Indians and led to an economic loss of Rs.

What India needs for effective waste management in times of the pandemic
posted 2 months 2 weeks ago

Governance lessons that could keep us prepared for pandemics
posted 3 months 3 weeks agoUnabashed assaults by human beings on the natural ecological system have caused the coronavirus to spread in the first place.
