INTERVIEWS Archives - Rajendra Shende

Acceptance Speech – Honaris Causa

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted February 28, 2020

Rajendra Shende, Chairman TERRE Policy Centre, Former Director UNEP and IIT Alumnus Chief Guest Dr G Madhavan-ji Nair-ji, founder President Dr Vishwanath-ji Karad, Executive Presidents Prof Dr Mangesh-ji Karad, my IIT Bombay colleague Vice Chancellor Sunil-ji Rai, Distinguished Guests, young, successful and jubilant Graduates and Post-graduates, their beaming and proud parents and grandparents, professors and ...

Wuhan deadly Virus and Wuhan informal Spirit – Is there Missing Link?

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted January 31, 2020

By Rajendra Shende, Chairman TERRE Policy Centre, Former Director UNEP, Alumnus of IIT Bombay. This article appeared in Social Asia Monitor ( SAM) & Media India Group on 5th Feb 2020 as : Now that evacuation of Indian students and citizens from Wuhan city and the surrounding area in China has been nearly achieved and ...

World Ozone Day 2019 Celebrating Montreal Protocol- Treaty to save the world

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted September 17, 2019

Every year September 16 is observed as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer across the world. On this day in 1987, 197 nations inked the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The celebrations are also known as World Ozone Day. According to the United Nations, the theme for ...

Invisible but Invincible Link

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted August 1, 2019

Biodiversity , Climate Change and Economic Development One million species of plants and animals face extinction. This is ominous. Biodiversity crisis requires transformative change across economic, social and technological factors and that it is not too late to make a difference. Read : former IPBES Chair Sir Robert Watson.

Lip-Service? Tongue-in-Cheek? Trust-Gap? All in One

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted July 15, 2019

India under the leadership of PM Modi and China under President Xi , gave up their long practiced hard negotiating stand for the benefit of the world community.Where as President Obama lost many opportunities to evoke actions on climate change. After leaving the office, surprisingly, he has not been the torch bearer of climate change

Rajendra Shende Interviewed on Beijing Air Pollution- It is pandemic without vaccine

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted June 18, 2019

France24 -a French TV- interviewed Rajendra Shende on Beijing Air pollution. He said President elect Donal Trump may not be great supporter of climate change. But he understands as businessman understand the Cost-Benefit of taking action on pollution and improving health. Hence narrative for him should be different. Watch

Collapsing Ecosystem : What youth can do?

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted February 20, 2019

Communicating the problem of climate change is tough. Specially , it is harder to get message across to school children. For them , it is not about the understanding the problem but what they can do to solve it. Watch my attempt. I speak in my mother tongue ‘ Marathi’. That in fact is the ...

Climate Crisis is Even More Dire Than the 1.5 C IPCC Report , Says Durwood Zaelke

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted December 3, 2018

So we need President Xi, we need Prime Minister Modi, we need some leadership here. And President Macron in France has stepped up, is becoming the new Obama. And maybe those three can turn the G20 into the action engine that we need. Because the G20, the 20 major countries that are responsible for about ...

Are the leaders made or born ?

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted October 25, 2018

New Oriental Education & Technology Group the largest provider of private educational services in China, invited Rajendra Shende, Chairman of TERRE Policy Centre , former Director UNEP and IIT Alumnus for the inspirational interview to motivate Chinese students. One of the questions: Leader is made or born ? See the response.

Stay Angry, Think Differently and Act Urgently

by Rajendra Shende in INTERVIEWS. Posted July 26, 2018

Interview by Rajendra Shende to New Oriental Education and Technology Group. At the HQ of New Oriental Education Group, Haidian District, Beijing, China

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