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Livestock Provide the Primary Climate Risk Adaptation for Indian Farmers
“For climate change, the animal is critical because the only risk mitigation strategy, the true adaptation strategy that a farmer has, is to make sure that the risk is not just in the crop, But also has an ability to keep animals, which then give it meat, which…”
Narain: EV adoption must focus on e-buses over e-cars
“Very much part of the solution has to be a part of the solution, particularly e-buses rather than e-cars.”
Narain: Root environmental crisis stems from creating non-destructible materials
“So actually our biggest problem is coming from the fact that we as human beings are still rewarding something that nature actually tells us should not be rewarded. Nature says that it should be destroyed. It should go back to earth. And yet we are the arroganc…”
Narain: Vegetarianism does not help the planet if crops are grown badly
“It may in the north, where you're eating a lot of bad food, too much meat, growing it badly, but if vegetarianism means that you eat vegetables which are also grown badly, it doesn't help.”
Grassroots Environmentalism in India Is About Survival, Not Just Protecting Trees
“I can never forget those words, because for me, that changed my whole idea of environment. It became from this sort of woolly headed, you know, let's protect trees to, this is about development. This is about the right to development. This is about Poorest wom…”