ANIL AGARWAL Dialogue 2025, a conclave of journalists organised by Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), was held on February 26-28. Over 80 journalists attended the event to gain insights on issues of environment and development. A snapshot of the publications released and subjects discussed:
State of India’s Environment 2025: The Dialogue opened on February 26 with the release of State of India’s Environment 2025, an annual publication by CSE and Down To Earth (DTE). The publication, which comprises expert opinions, analyses and reportage, warns: “Generation Alpha—which will comprise an estimated two billion people by 2025, making it the largest generation in history—is enduring a climatologically changed, warmer planet.”
Environmentalism: In a conversation with Richard Mahapatra, managing editor, DTE, historian and author Ramachandra Guha spoke on the philosophy of environmentalism. “Climate change is real and existential. But there is environmentalism before and beyond it. Today, we are trying to imagine a different way of lifting people from poverty without the rapacious destruction of the environment,” he said. Environmentalism is a response to the devastation caused by industrialisation, colonialism and urbanisation, he added.
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