The cost-benefits of rushing local polls View(s):An estimated ten billion rupees (Rs. This hue and cry for “elections” has very little to do with the efficient management of local councils that provide street lighting, maintain byroads and collect citizens’ garbage. The impact of climate change on livestock and agriculture and vice-versa is an ongoing discussion around the world. At the recently concluded COP27 in Egypt, countries agreed to the ‘Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture’, a UN Framework Convention for Climate Change that will explore the potential of agricultural practices to tackle climate change. Agricultural emission reduction is an integral part of the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions to reduce emissions and adapt it to the impacts of global climate change.

Source: Sunday Times December 18, 2022 01:29 UTC