Building Imaginaries of Hope & Inclusivity in Tackling Climate Change – Workshop Report
The report of the workshop series organised by ESG and Art By Children initiative of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022.
Read moreThe report of the workshop series organised by ESG and Art By Children initiative of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022.
Read moreESG and Art By Children initiative of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022 invite you to interactive, informative, introspective and insightful workshops to help build wellsprings of collective imaginaries and hope to triumph over disempowering anxieties of prevailing climate crises.
Read more27th COP of United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change at the seaside resort city of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt during 6th – 20th November 2022. The main gain, it appears, is the decision to establish and operationalize a ‘loss and damage fund’ which most vulnerable countries have been demanding for decades now
Read moreESG is happy to launch the next workshop for Young climateers on October 6th,7th and 8th.The experiential workshop will introduce children to climate change, its relationship with water, waste, pollution, soil etc. and conclude with a field trip to observe and immerse in nature. Do enroll your child for this exciting workshop which will be conducted through games, activities, interaction and immersion.
Read moreESG conducted the Young Climate Explorers summer workshop for kids, an experiential workshop to sensitise children to climate change through the themes of water, waste, food and forests in an event packed, exciting 5 days summer camp.
Read moreA key strategy promoted to tackle climate change, especially from the North, is to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and shift to renewables. Which, as Thea Riofrancos argues in Foreign Policy, is fraught with serious inconsistencies even if this involves shifting the mining of minerals critical to the renewable energy transition to the Global North. ”Global north onshoring does not repair the forms of environmental harm disproportionally meted out in the global south”, he argues. Besides, this would create new problems which primarily affect oppressed populations within affluent countries.
Read moreThe Make Bengaluru Climate Friendly – A Blueprint for Integrated, Participatory and Inclusive Urban Governance was evolved by the Environment Support Group, with deeply engaged participation from key representatives of multiple sectors: from the governments, academia, media, civil society, trade unions, vulnerable communities, etc.
Read more“In response to the aforesaid notification inviting public comments on the Draft Regulations on Extended Producer Responsibility under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, please find enclosed our detailed comments and objections.
Given the enormous impacts of plastic on public health and the environment, we believe that every last producer in the chain, including petrochemical corporations, should be held accountable under any EPR regime. However, not only have petrochemical corporations been completely let off the hook, the proposed regulations fail to define the very subject of the regulations – “plastic packaging” and “EPR Targets”. This will undoubtedly make efforts to ensure compliance incredibly difficult, if not impossible.”
Read moreLeo Saldhana from ESG joins Tanvi Shukla from Mirrow Now On The Urban Debate.
Read moreThe 26th Conference of Parties (COP) of UN Climate Change Conference, hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy, will take place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, UK. There simply could not have been a more divided world in which such a critical global summit is organised, especially given that decisions taken here have planetary implications. Following the collapse of the 25th COP held in Madrid, and no COP in 2020 due to COVID pandemic, much hope rested on taking forward a global pact to address climate change and its challenges in this year’s effort.
Read moreDownload the Bengaluru’s Climate Action Report by ESG India. Available for download in English & Kannada.
Read moreOn The Urban Debate, Leo Saldhana from ESG and other panellists discuss with Tanvi Shukla the worsening effects of climate
Read moreWeek 9 of “Bengaluru’s Climate Action Plan: Making it Participatory and Inclusive”An initiative of Environment Support Group, Bengaluru Background Earlier
Read moreThe outcome of this final session would include voices from all sector and sections of the city that will assist the city in developing its Climate Action Plan to benefit present and future generations, in an intergenerational perspective, and inspired by Vasudaiva Kutumbakam.
Read moreThe ‘smart city’ projects have skewed relationships between intent and impact, with massive investments being made in gentrified neighborhoods to the neglect of most other areas of the metropolis. Meanwhile, investments in essential social, education and health infrastructure remain stagnant and are even declining. Would turning planning and development into deeply democratic and decentralised processes and promoting self-sufficient neighborhoods be the answer to reducing the carbon footprint of the metropolis and adapting Bengaluru to climate change impacts?
Read moreThank you to those of you who have joined us in the ongoing webinar series “Bengaluru’s Climate Action: Making it Participatory and
Read moreThe series is a process of engaging with multiple thematic issues, concerns and imaginaries of leading officials of various agencies whose functioning impacts the city, with subject matter experts, youth, representatives of various sectors and residents from diverse sections of the city. And it is also a process of collectivising diverse views and solutions with necessary nuance.
Read moreESG’s Leo Saldhana in “Vulnerabilities of Indian Governance: in handling Climate Crisis
Read moreAs part of the Climate Action Month organised by Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group – Chennai, ESG is happy to collaborate in the Climate Action Forum on 29 February 2019 at Music Academy, Chennai
Read moreA clear and strong case was made to promote agroecology to save farmers and advance food security across India by
Read moreNavdanya, Environment Support Group, Centre for Financial Accountability, Focus on the Global South, Delhi Solidarity Group, Peoples Resource Centre in collaboration
Read moreAn enquiry into an unprecedented transformation to natural farming globally.
Read moreTHE SUPREME COURT AND THE MODI GOVERNMENT ARE FAILING INDIA 6 February 2017 ; Time: 4.30 pm to 7 pm
Read moreSeveral States have opposed the proposed Reforms, echoing concerns raised in the Appeal 3 April 2015 Downloads: Endorsed Appeal to
Read moreLeaked report yet to be released by the Government of India 1 December 2014 Downloads: Complete Report of the HLC
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