New Delhi, May 1 -- India and China may be politically at odds, and the news headlines may be dominated by the "border tension" and "military standoff", but on the environmental front, there is welcome convergence.

To accelerate the global movement of Net-Zero (carbon-neutral) university campuses, Li Qinglong, the first astronaut of China and the skill-building instructor of China's space heroes, has announced his support for the ambitious Network of Universities established by Green TERRE Foundation of India, called Smart Campus Cloud Network (SCCN). He encouraged Operation Earth, China's not-for-profit Organisation to be the hub of Net-Zero universities in China.

The alliance between two civil society organizations in India and China,...