Climate change: How infrastructure can weather the storm

Published 16 March 2021

Riding on its vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat, the government of India recently announced a slew of projects in the budget to reboot the economy, which went slack because of COVID.

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Riding on its vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat, the government of India recently announced a slew of projects in the budget to reboot the economy, which went slack because of COVID. These projects, including the National Infrastructure Pipeline to 7,400 projects, the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), and Smart Cities Mission, offer an opportunity to mainstream climate risks and nature-based solutions (NbS) into infrastructure.

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Date	16 March 2021
Type	Op-eds/Interviews/Press Releases
Contributors	Dr Indu K Murthy
Publisher	The Indian Express
Related Areas	Adaptation and Risk Analysis Sustainable and Secure Future
Tags	Climate change: How infrastructure can weather the storm

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