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The India Environment Blog is a space for discussing ideas and issues arising out of the current environment and climate change discourse. It will engage with the problems in these areas, highlight new and ongoing research, identify gaps in policy, and recommend interventions. While India will be the context for some of the writing here, it is in the nature of these subjects that the global situation cannot be ignored.

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Parul Kumar graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in humanities and law. She practised law as a dispute resolution and arbitration lawyer for eight years in two of India’s top law firms, and also the office of the Additional Solicitor General of India. She has acted for a wide range of national and international clients from the private sector: banks, multi-national companies, pharmaceutical companies, builder companies, architecture firms, audit firms, etc. She has also represented the State through various ministries, regulatory bodies, and public sector undertakings. A number of national and international peer-reviewed journals have published her work at the intersection of law and policy.

In October 2018, she completed an inter-disciplinary Master’s degree in Law and Economics known as the European Master in Law and Economics, during which she developed a focus on climate change. Her thesis was on a prospective tax on the livestock industry as a regulatory intervention for mitigating climate change.

E-mail: parul86@gmail.com

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