NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that Dr. Katherine Calvin will serve the agency in dual roles as chief scientist and senior climate advisor effective Monday. Calvin succeeds Jim Green, who retired from his role on Jan...
By AJITA SHASHIDHAR The Covid-19 pandemic took a huge toll on businesses in India, but the private sector didn’t shy away from its philanthropic commitments. According to the Bain & Company and Dasra Indian Philanthropy...
Each year, around 30 background papers are externally commissioned to fill in research gaps in the GEM Report. From contracting to finalizing, their time frame ranges between 6 and 9 months. Over the years,...
United Nations 2021-22 Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is NOW open until 13 Feb. 2022, for nationals from selected countries, in the below domains: 1. Social Affairs/Social Policy and Development: job opening: https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=164785&Lang=en-US 2. Statistics and...
A District-Level Assessment By Abinash Mohanty and Shreya Wadhawan OVERVIEW This study undertakes India’s first-of-its-kind district-level climate vulnerability assessment. It presents a climate vulnerability index (CVI) of states and union territories by mapping exposure,...
