This is part of its efforts to popularize science to the general public and students who are pursuing science as their career. TNSF attempt to focus on students on higher science as everyone knows that learning of science at college within the curriculum is not enough to acquire holistic knowledge of science at the appropriate time. Hence, to fill the gap between what students are acquiring through the curriculum and what it is required, TNSF is planning its activities on higher science to students who are pursuing higher education.

Science, Equity, and Climate Action at COP-26
The report of Working Group-I to the 6th Assessment Report of the IPCC was released just a few months before COP-26. The report included important advances in the scientific understanding of climate change and the action needed to restrict temperature rise to the limits agreed to in the Paris Agreement, i.e. 1.5 and 2 deg. C. From 2019 however, a few countries had already begun a campaign to get countries to declare target years for reaching net-zero emissions. The COP Presidency (United Kingdom) had expressed its intention of ensuring that COP-26 was about increasing ambition in climate action and “Keeping 1.5 deg. C Alive” and the narrative before COP-26 was to get as many major countries to make net-zero declarations as possible. In keeping with this goal, COP26 began with major announcements from heads of states from across the world on short- and long-term commitments to mitigate climate change. One of the big announcements was from India. However, as the Conference drew to a close, exceeding its scheduled time by one day, the reactions from across the world and also from within India on what COP26 achieved, not only in terms of mitigation ambition, but also on finance, technology transfer, loss and damage, and other key issues of importance primarily for developing countries, have been varied. This talk will address some of these issues, focusing primarily on the science of “Keeping 1.5 deg. C Alive”, “Net-Zero” declarations, and their implications for finance and technology transfer. It will also discuss some of the issues going forward, in light of the outcomes of COP-26.