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Children Are Expensive — Not Just For Parents, But The Environment

People born in the future stand to inherit a planet in the midst of a global ecological crisis. Natural habitats are…

2 months ago
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Can Carbon Capture Help Us Achieve Net Zero?

India’s decarbonisation plans have an Everest to climb. The government aims to reach ‘net zero’ by 2070, and achieving this…

4 months ago
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Decarbonizing The Aviation Sector: The Role Of Hydrogen

The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) that concluded earlier this week saw delegates from across the world fly…

5 months ago
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COP28: We Need Accountability, Not Leadership From Oil Companies

In his masterful polemic, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, the American journalist Anand Giridharadas takes…

6 months ago
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Energy Justice Is Key To Global Net Zero Action

Achieving net zero emissions requires compromise but energy justice for all needs to be at the heart of any decision.…

6 months ago
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Clean Energy Conundrum: Glare Hazard From Airport Solar Panels

Earlier in March, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) announced that it will use 100 percent renewable energy at all…

8 months ago
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Could A Four-Day Workweek Help The Climate?

Source: DW Working five days a week is standard practice in the Western world, but things weren't always that way.…

11 months ago
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Study Looks At Rural Work Guarantee Scheme Through Climate Lens

One of the world’s largest work guarantee programmes, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS), also offers climate co-benefits.…

1 year ago
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Gas Boom Threatens World Climate Goal

(Source: PTI) The war-inspired natural gas boom is undermining already insufficient efforts to limit future warming to just a few…

1 year ago
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Why Batteries Matter For Our Energy Transition

Batteries are ubiquitous in our everyday lives, powering a wide range of common items, from toys to cars. But large-scale…

2 years ago
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Think In Systems To Deliver India’s Long-Term Climate Strategy

The 2015 Paris Agreement required countries to submit their long-term climate action strategies by 2020. At COP26, India made a…

2 years ago
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To Save Forests, India Needs Local Solutions, Not Greenwashing

In the aftermath of COP26 negotiations in Glasgow, the question has been raised as to why India did not sign…

2 years ago
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Kerry Says China Crucial To Handling Climate Crisis

China needs to expand its efforts to reduce carbon emissions to help hold back the rise in global temperatures, US…

3 years ago
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Explainer: The Disappearing Glaciers Of The Himalayas

As the Earth warms, frozen water in its many forms is affected. In mountainous regions like the Hindu Kush Himalayas,…

3 years ago
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Fires Ravage Himalayan Forests, Threatening Health & Biodiversity

Wildfires described as “the worst in a decade” have engulfed Himalayan mountain states in a thick haze and killed at…

3 years ago
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Google Maps To Direct Drivers To ‘Eco-Friendly’ Routes

Google’s Maps app will start directing drivers along routes estimated to generate the lowest carbon emissions based on traffic, slopes…

3 years ago
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Wielding Machetes, Scientists Count Carbon In The Amazon

The machete-wielding scientists ventured into the Amazon, hacking through dense jungle as the mid-morning temperature soared past 100 degrees Fahrenheit…

3 years ago
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‘Planet Is Dying’, 8-Year-Old Climate Crusader Warns

When 8-year-old Indian climate change activist Licypriya Kangujam is older, she wants to launch a solo mission to the moon…

4 years ago
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‘You Have Stolen My Dreams,’ An Angry Thunberg Tells U.N. Climate Summit

Teenage activist Greta Thunberg angrily denounced world leaders on Monday for failing to tackle climate change, unleashing the outrage felt…

5 years ago

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