CarbonCopy Logo
HJ

Carbon Copy Contributor

Hridayesh Joshi

Stories by Hridayesh Joshi

Inside India’s Struggle to Build a Reliable Early Warning System

16 September 2025By Hridayesh Joshi

Part one of CarbonCopy’s two-part series on India’s forecasting challenge explores how the IMD is…

Read More

From waste to resource: Can urban India turn the tide on its water crisis?

30 April 2025By Hridayesh Joshi

As taps run dry, experts push for reuse, recharge, and a radical rethink of how…

Read More

Looking inward: Can India pave its own path to self-reliant climate finance?

14 February 2025By Hridayesh Joshi

As global climate finance falling woefully short, India may need to start charting its own…

Read More

India’s dilemma: Global Plastic Treaty summit will push to wrap up use, but at what cost? 

15 November 2024By Hridayesh Joshi

Global negotiations on plastic pollution are set to begin in Busan as soon as COP29…

Read More

Rain and ruin: How climate extremes are fueling Marathwada’s agrarian crisis 

17 September 2024By Hridayesh Joshi

Marathwada’s agrarian crisis, driven by climate change, economic struggles, and unsustainable farming, has caused widespread…

Read More

Is pine the real ‘villain’ in the Uttarakhand forest fire saga?

28 June 2024By Hridayesh Joshi

Even as the Uttarakhand govt blames the rapidly growing presence of pine for the uncontrolled…

Read More

Voter burnout: Is India’s general election process seeing its last summer?

1 May 2024By Hridayesh Joshi

While the Election Commission of India has constituted a ‘task force’ to help voters deal…

Read More

India’s coal gasification plans: More glitter than gold?  

21 March 2024By Hridayesh Joshi

The country has abundant reserves of coal to achieve its 100 MT by 2030 gasification…

Read More

Rising climate refugees in Bangladesh a concern for India as well

20 July 2023By Hridayesh Joshi

The number of climate refugees in Bangladesh is on the rise. At present, there are…

Read More

Why security is not the only concern after US troops leave Afghanistan

9 July 2021By Hridayesh Joshi

As US troops withdraw from Afghanistan, impacts of climate change may bear heavy on the…

Read More

[Obituary] Sunderlal Bahuguna: End of an era for Indian environmentalism

28 May 2021By Hridayesh Joshi

Noted Gandhian Sunderlal Bahuguna, known for leading Chipko in the 1970s and the anti-Tehri dam…

Read More

Uttarakhand floods: “Solutions of yesterday no match for challenges of tomorrow”

19 February 2021By Hridayesh Joshi

Nearly two weeks after disaster struck Uttarakhand’s remote villages in Chamoli district, the search and…

Read More