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Developed Nations Deliver 75% of Global Climate Finance as Loans, Not Grants
“So that's 75% is loans. So it's more or less loans.”
India Averages One Extreme Weather Event Per Day According to Data
“So we do something called extreme weather database. And we put together all the extreme weather events as defined by IMD and then produce a report at the end of each year. It's one extreme weather event a day, as defined by IMD.”
Narain: Michelin and Danone claim credits through tree-planting offsets
“So if you look at the offset programs, if you look at the analysis we did, so Michelin Danone, a lot of the companies that are claiming carbon credits are claiming it on the basis of the trees that they have bought the offsets from, the carbon credits from.”
Ozone-Depleting Chemical Substitutes Turned Out to Have Massive Global Warming Potential
“Yes, the ozone layer has repaired itself to a large extent, but the technology, the chemical which has come after all these variations is now being understood to have major impact on climate change.”
Narain: Most Indian cities lack underground sewage networks
“Most cities of India do not have underground sewage to intercept sewage and to take it to a sewage treatment plant, clean it up, and then take it to a river.”
Narain: Odisha state chose decentralized sanitation over underground sewers
“An entire state of Orissa has decided not to build underground sewage systems. But to take, so it's a very simple thing. You have septic tanks, but nobody cared about those septic tanks. So now you have trucks lifting the sewage, which you had earlier, but now…”
Narain: ICAR research shows wheat and rice lost nutritive value over time
“In fact, our latest issue of Down to Earth has a cover story of, from where ICR scientists have done this amazing work looking at wheat and rice. And shown how they have lost all their nutritive values, ok, over the years.”
Urban Development Turned Indian Freshwater Rivers Into Open Sewage Drains
“Your mithi is declared a drain. Okay, it's declared a drain. It was a river, fresh water river. In Delhi, we have something called the sahibi. It was a river, a fresh water river, which came and joined Yamuna. It's called the Najafkar drain today.”