National Consultant - Blue Economy and G20 at @UNDP_India.
Honorary Adjunct Fellow at @nmfindia.
2021 #CDRI Fellow.
PhD graduate from @UCSDChemBiochem.
...Dr Pushp Bajaj (@UNDP_India)spoke on enhancing climate resilience of India's port infrastructure and operations. Ms Marion Velut (Counsellor, @FranceinIndia) spoke on best practices in sustainable development....
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In my latest piece for @nmfindia, I advocate the need to mainstream #MarineSpatialPlanning in India’s approach to ocean #governance as India continues to expand its maritime sectors in its endeavour to become a major #BlueEconomy in the world. Read here👇
https://t.co/qvIBpsHlSV
Three intense days of scenario-building, role-playing and interdisciplinary learning at the IPCS Regional Workshop on #ClimateSecurity in the #BayofBengal in Chiang Mai, Thailand, supported by @Clingendaelorg@PlanSecu.
As COP 27 concludes in Egypt, @ngochechimee and @BajajPushp revisites and examines India's Approach and Position on Climate Change governance over the last three decades
Read here 👇https://t.co/lecAn0RnEe
This resilient, fast-growing and #invasive species is bad news for the marine life in the #IndianOcean. Read more on Noctiluca, its impacts on ocean biochemistry, and why it's populations are growing in this 📝 jointly ✍️ with @sugarquoted_ for @nmfindia - https://t.co/Nw5ZoL3aqG
A dense harmful algal bloom of Noctiluca species that causes massive fish mortality spotted by NCCR scientists onboard CRV Sagar Anveshika about 30 nautical miles away from the coast in Gulf of Mannar @moesgoi@MoesNiot@MVR_NCCR@Ravi_MoES
“We need technology, capacity, and capability to be available across countries,” Dr Bajaj said to address the knowledge gap and scientific capacity gap in #OceanGovernance and protection and conservation of marine biodiversity.
.@BajajPushp, Research Fellow, @nmfindia noted that while historically India hasn’t been very successful in bringing stakeholders together, the draft #blueeconomy policy formulated at the national level gives optimism by bringing the blue economy committee stakeholders together.
Dr Pushp Bajaj @BajajPushp, Research Fellow and Head, Blue Economy & Climate Change Cluster, NMF, presented in the third session of the 4th India-EU Track 1.5 Maritime-Security Workshop, on the theme
These yellow and red spots—are regions where extreme rains causing floods have increased threefold since 1950s. The trends hold for northeast India - Bangladesh floods (2022), Maharashtra floods (2021), central Kerala floods (2020, 2019, 2018), and so on.
https://t.co/9XMnhMYbYE
While extreme rain events are on the rise, the total amount of monsoon rainfall over India is decreasing. That means longer dry periods interspersed with short spells of heavy downpour. Hence, the chances of floods and droughts co-occurring have increased.
As we move on to the monsoon season, here is a map of where extreme rainfall events causing floods have increased over India since the 1950s. Yellow-red colors show the rise in widespread extreme rains.
Read more: https://t.co/Z4AJcuOHJL
Study @Nature: https://t.co/9XMnhMYbYE
Excellent interview with @ClimateHuman 👇 getting to the heart of the climate & ecological crisis: our broken relationships with the living world, economics & spirituality.
https://t.co/FYAjsFhH7m
NMF Researchers and 2021-22 #CDRI Fellows, Dr Pushp Bajaj (@BajajPushp) and Dr Chime Youdon (@ngochechimee) participated in the #ICDRI2022 Conference held on 04-06 May 2022, organised by @cdri_world, and shared their experiences of the Fellowship Programme of the CDRI.