We need not only ‘text-books’ but also ‘next-books’
Key-board of Sustainable Development Education is a Human right. Out of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Goal 4 is about quality education. It is expected to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. SDG 4 is in focus for two reasons. First, the 10 targets of SDGs4 are far off...
One Plus One is Eleven
New Math of Global Cooperation "Reinvigorating Multilateralism" was the theme of the report, 'Our Common Agenda' released by Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) one year back. UN SG's report had an important message which was kind of a vaccine for multiple crises gripping the world. That vaccine was a blend of multilateralism,...
100 and 0
100 Days to COP 27 0 Days to Begin Action 30th July 2022 marks 100 days to go for the UN global conference of COP27 to be held in Egypt. Are we really going to make any progress in that COP (Conference of Parties) in November 2022? A window of opportunity is cracked open for the humanity that is dangerously balancing on the cliff. To be positive, t...
Game-Changing Birmingham
A Message for City-University Partnership Common Wealth Games is the global multi-sport event of 72 nations. The nations, many of which larger in area, wealth and population were once ruled by one empire, are now liberated from the clutches of that kingdom and coming together to compete in sports events in the same kingdom. A unique twist to histor...
Resilience Triggers Innovation
Adversity is the mother of Invention London was melting. Never before did London see the mercury rising to 40 Deg C. I am sure that 'the empire on which the sun never sets" must have wished that Sun should set much early on July 19th-the hottest day in the history of the island nation. Temp in Spain too reached even 50 deg C. Global warm...
This is how they can never be. More than 90% of the world's economy is now covered by promises by world leaders to reach net zero. One-third of the world's largest publicly-traded companies also now have net zero goals while half of the major cities have pledged to be net zero. Net-zero pledges are now omnipresent among corporations, financial inst...
COVID19 has now new medicine. It's not a vaccine. It's not a tablet. Nor syrup or herbal. Neither is intravenous injection. It need not be consumed. It is not the one sold by any pharmacy. Indeed, health regimes and medical science are undergoing 'disruptive transformation'. It is curative and preventive. And this medicine can cure as well as make ...
Can Universities Counter the Trend? The disastrous convergence of three global crises is an assault on global efforts to achieve SDGs and meet the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement. 3Cs are Conflicts, COVID19 and Climate-Change. In 2015, all the nations in the world agreed to meet the 17 goals called Sustainable Development Goals that ar...
Single Use Plastic Free Campus Pune, 1st July 2022, Carrying forward the spirit of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsava', an activity named "Single Use Plastic Free Campus" was organised by National Service Scheme Unit of Fergusson College (Autonomous), Pune on 1st July, 2022. Aiming on creating the awareness among the people to curb pollution caused by...
We Can Extinguish It! Just a few days to go for World Environmental Day, 5th June, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on May 18 launched a plan to revolutionise the use of renewable energies. The plan comes when the UN's weather agency World Meteorological Organisation, WMO, in Geneva stated in its 2021 report that greenhouse gas conce...
There is a frustrating feeling all around that our race towards keeping the Earth's average rise in temperature below 1.5 deg C, as compared to pre-industrial times, is now almost lost. The latest report from World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated this week that there is a 50-50 chance the world could temporarily exceed 1.5 degrees Cel...
We can Alter Trajectory Universities have immense potential to predict the future when it comes to climate change which undoubtedly is the most fatal threat to our planet. This potential is enhanced and précised by big data and modelling. Smart digital technologies are coming to help in assessing the future under climate change. Two res...
'Technology is Two Edge Sword', that's how the world has coined the phrase after looking back into the history of human development starting with hunting weapons to nuclear fusion. Here comes brand new technology, 'AI - Artificial Intelligence'. Humans can make it not just a double-edged but even a double sharp-edged sword. Here, however, I would l...
Rejuvenation of Adyar river INTRODUCTION: As we peep into the history of life on the Earth for billions of years, we see that water was the origin of life. Life emerged underwater. Thousands of years back, the human settlements and their lifestyles developed and revolved around the rivers. Priority was to fulfil water and food needs. Rivers b...
'Covid-19 pandemic is far from over', is the clear warning given by United Nations a few days back. People must not let their guard down against Covid-19. More than the warnings, I consider, that what is most disturbing is the fallouts from pandemics. That list of fallouts too, is 'far from over. 23 countries have yet to fully re-open educatio...
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