Climate Change

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MDBs Must Prioritize Clean & Community-Led Energy Projects

Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), governments, and corporations across 160 countries consider or approve more than one investment per day in…

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Commentary: The Heat Is On, From Poll Booths To Weather Stations

Parts of India are facing a heatwave, for which the Kerala heat is a curtain raiser. Kerala experienced its first…

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Eco-anxiety Soars As Planet Health Plummets

Climate anxiety, ecological anxiety, eco-anxiety, or environmental anxiety are umbrella terms used to describe a spectrum of mental and emotional…

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Nature Conservation Works And We’re Getting Better At It

To work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming picture indicates the natural…

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Climate Change Poses Dire Health And Human Rights Risks

Climate change has not traditionally been seen as a health and human rights concern — but that may be changing…

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How Climate Change Is Killing Us, In More Ways Than One

We’ve all heard about climate change’s effect on our planet — but do you know about the many ways it…

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Bengaluru Rings Alarm Bells For Urban Water Concerns

Amidst a water crisis in Bengaluru, experts advocate optimal water use, effective recycling and recharging of water bodies. Smart, synergistic…

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Reaching For Urban Prosperity: A Public Space Opportunity

Cities serve as the engines and drivers of economic growth. They sit at the nexus of infrastructural and human resources,…

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Integrating Climate Diplomacy & Water Mgmt In South Asia

Water in South Asia has always had a complicated history, right from early civilisations to the present day, where rivers…

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Early Warning: Sharing Tech To Combat Climate Change In South Asia

Early in 2023, monsoon rains hit hard in Nepal’s Koshi Province. The cascading nature of the flood damaged hydropower infrastructure…

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Who Are Today’s Climate Activists? Dispelling Three Big Myths

As Earth Month 2024 gets underway, climate activists around the world are planning rallies and other events over the coming…

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Think Global, Act Local To Avoid A Day Zero

In terms of navigating, not solving, a water crisis, South Africa’s 2018 Day Zero is often viewed as a gold…

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Study Launched On Impact Of Heat On Pregnant Women & Babies

In January 2024, researchers at Aga Khan University (AKU) in Pakistan’s Sindh province, launched an ambitious four-year project to measure…

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‘To Find Common Ground In The Himalayas Is In Our Self-Interest’

In June 2023, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) released its latest report on the cryosphere (regions where…

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Western Himalayas More “Risk Prone” Than The East: Study

The index uses the latest framework from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to assess climate risk in the…

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Of India-Pak Cooperation For Water Security

As the Shahpurkandi barrage on the river Ravi in the Indian state of Punjab nears completion, there are fears in…

2 months ago
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Climate Change: Ancient Farmers Teach Us This

In dozens of archaeological discoveries around the world, from the once-successful reservoirs and canals of Angkor Wat in Cambodia to the…

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Differential Vulnerability And Its Importance In Resilience Planning

India is the seventh most climate-vulnerable country in the world, with nine of its states among the top 50 most…

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Here’s Why Disability Inclusion Is Important For Climate Resilience

Many with disability live in poverty, in low-income countries that are vulnerable to climate disasters. Yet climate resilience planning excludes…

2 months ago
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The Kashmir Avalanche & What Is Its Link With Climate Change

At around 1:30 PM on February 22, 2024, Showkat Ahmad Rather, a ski guide in the picturesque Gulmarg resort in…

2 months ago
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How Hindi Cinema Is Embracing Environmental Narratives

The number of Hindi language films that feature environment, wildlife or climate change in their messaging, is seeing an upward…

3 months ago
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4 Ways AI Could Help Us Respond To Climate Change

Advanced AI systems are coming under increasing critcism for how much energy they use. But it’s important to remember that AI could…

3 months ago
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Earth May Have Already Passed The Crucial 1.5°C Warming Limit

Global temperatures have already exceeded 1.5°C warming and may pass 2°C later this decade, according to a world-first study I led. The…

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Depleting Resources Leave Forest Dwellers In MP Struggling

Decline in forest produce in Madhya Pradesh is impacting the livelihood of forest dwellers and tribal communities, who collect and…

3 months ago
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Book Review: Survival At Stake Makes A Case For Veganism

Poorva Joshipura’s heavily-researched book, Survival at Stake, is a devastating catalogue of both human cruelty towards animals, and also how…

3 months ago

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