Climate Change

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Legislation Eroding Forest Rights Could Affect India’s Carbon Sinks

Legislation passed earlier this year fundamentally restructures how India’s forests are governed, legal experts and activists have told The Third…

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Report Card 2022: Arctic Is Getting Rainier And Seasons Are Shifting

In the Arctic, the freedom to travel, hunt and make day-to-day decisions is profoundly tied to cold and frozen conditions…

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COP15: Over 3M Sign Petition To Protect 50% Of World’s Biodiversity

(Source: PTI) As countries iron out a deal to protect nature at the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal, Canada, a…

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Could Sending Fewer Emails Really Help Fight Climate Change?

The massive carbon footprint left behind by emails has been widely discussed by the media, but most of the time…

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Climate Adaptation Must Be Transformational, Not Just Fighting Fires

There was significant progress on finance for climate adaptation at COP27 last month. Governments agreed to move forward on the…

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‘What Would Our Cattle Say On Human Rights?’

(Source: PTI) Climate change is knocking on our doors and people in poorer nations are going to pay a "heavier…

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Using Art And Song To Bring Sundarbans Back From The Brink

Located in the low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans straddle the border between India and Bangladesh and…

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Shrinking Glaciers Threaten Energy Transitions

As glaciers shrink and monsoon rainfall becomes more unpredictable due to climate change, uncertainty around the viability of hydropower projects…

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Wastelands Or Grasslands? India’s History With Defining Open Ecosystems

“Policymakers and planners think that open lands hardly contribute anything and can be used for some development pathway,” said Vivek…

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First Dataset On Tree-Moss Dwelling Diatoms From Mizoram

When diatom hunter Karthick Balasubramanian was invited to a research expedition on the Blue Mountains of Mizoram, little did he…

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Studying The Impact Of Aerosols On Rainfall In Western Ghats

Off the tourist trail and away from the resorts that crowd Munnar’s lush hills in the Western Ghats is a…

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Chipko 50 Years On: U’khand Villagers Describe How Life Has Changed

In July 1970, devastating floods swept through the Alaknanda Valley, in northern India. Sudden, intense rainfall had caused a violent…

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Opinion: Energy Transition In India Will Likely Be Bottom-Up

In an ironic comment on the COP27 process in Egypt, one of this year’s most significant climate initiatives was not…

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Planting Tomatoes & Its Link To Climate Change

There’s a piece of gardening lore in my hometown which has been passed down for generations: never plant your tomatoes…

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Climate Change: Floods Now Common In Cold, Dry Mongolia

Oyunchimeg Dechinlhundev lives in the outskirts of Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar. She makes a living from raising chickens and geese, and…

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Indian Biologist Gets UN’s Highest Honour For Saving World’s Rarest Storks

(Source: IANS) Purnima Devi Barman, a conservation biologist known for initiating an all-female grassroots conservation movement from Assam for saving…

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COP27: Loss And Damage Fund Sole Success

The disconnect between the reality of climate change and the artificial bubble in which global climate negotiations take place became…

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UN Climate Summit Fails The World

The disconnect between the reality of climate change and the artificial bubble in which global climate negotiations take place became…

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Blue Jeans Is Costing The Planet Dearly

Eternally current and always fashionable, blue jeans are among the most-worn articles of clothing on Earth, transcending time, trends, and…

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COP27 Draft Text Omits Proposal On Phasing Out All Fossil Fuels

(Source: PTI) The United Nations published a first draft of the climate deal on Thursday and it doesn’t mention a…

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COP27: Nations Pledge New Funding To Tackle Climate Crisis

(Source: IANS) In an important injection of support to countries facing the worst effects of climate change, seven donor governments…

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Many Nations Join India’s Call To Phase Down All Fossil Fuels

After India suggested a faster phase-down of all fossil fuels and not just coal, the proposal found support from other…

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Planet Earth Welcomes Its 8 Billionth Inhabitant

(Source: PTI) Planet Earth welcomed its 8 billionth inhabitant on Tuesday, a remarkable milestone for humanity that is set to…

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The 10 Big Climate Insights Of 2022

Experts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have distilled this year’s main findings from climate science, in the…

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Silos Holding Back The Energy Transition

When leaders of the G20 nations meet in Bali next week, it’s expected they will commit to the ‘Bali Compact’…

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