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India to Increase Solar Energy Five-Fold by 2022 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the nod to increasing the country’s solar capacity five-fold, to a goal of 100 gigawatts by 2022.

"We need informed conversations to hammer out the details required to act and move forward on how to develop and share the Himalayan rivers for an equitable and sustainable future. Complexity of transboundary water issues demands learning from other river basins – like the Nile, Jordan, and Danube - and adapting to local situations. Interconnectedness and interdependence of issues as well as competing and conflicting values and priorities for water allocation make the process of charting a path for the future difficult."

A new future for the Himalayan rivers The question of whether and how to harness rivers for irrigation, hydropower generation, urban development and sustainability of ecosystems continues to be an issue of great concern, conflict, and cooperation for this region.

"Ebola, HIV/AIDS, SARS and MERS - All of those were zoonoses—diseases that initially spread from animals to people. In fact, pathogens infecting wildlife are twice as likely to jump over to humans as those without wildlife hosts... Scientists are developing methods for treating animals and preventing viruses from spreading to the point where they become a public health threat."

How Healthcare for Wild Animals Could Stop the Next Pandemic As diseases such as Ebola and MERS jump from creatures to humans, we need to keep a closer eye on wildlife illnesses.