The air quality crisis in Northern India has led to a significant shift towards electric vehicles. In Delhi and the surrounding states, EVs are seen as a solution to reduce CO₂, NOx and particulate emissions  from vehicles. The city’s draft EV Policy 2.0 has an aggressive target of 95% of new vehicle registrations being electric by 2027 – and even phases out CNG autos and old combustion vehicles to fight smog. Illustration by The Geostrata Delhi has ambitious subsidy plans (e

When the Paris Agreement  was adopted in December 2015, it was seen as a rare moment of global alignment, as for the first time, 197 countries accepted a shared framework  to respond to climate change while still keeping control over how that response would unfold nationally. It was significant for India because climate change had never been an abstract future risk, as it was already becoming evident in longer summers, erratic monsoons, dried-up farmlands, and increasing pre

The relations between India and the European Union (EU) have evolved. In recent years, the two sides have extended through successive climate cooperation initiatives to develop collaborations in energy efficiency, climate mitigation, renewable energy, transport systems and beyond.  Cover by The Geostrata Since the inception of the Clean Energy and Climate Partnership (CECP) in 2016 and the announcement of the EU’s ‘India Strategy’, the two sides, in response to improving the

Two weeks after the conclusion of COP30 in Belém, the distance allows for deeper reflection. As a performative cinephile who also happens to work in the climate arena, it felt almost inevitable that my COP30 reflections would wander through the shadowed corridors of Guillermo Del Toro’s latest sensational adaptation. Illustration by The Geostrata del Toro's reimagining of Frankenstein continues to resonate: a Creature seeking understanding and connection, whose tragedy stems

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The relations between India and the European Union (EU) have evolved. In recent years, the two sides have extended through successive...

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