Climate Change

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Climate Change Talks Do Not Consider Nature In Its Economics

The issue of climate finance and loss and damage funds are taking centre stage at the ongoing climate conference in…

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Conflict, Peace & Palestine Make An Impression At COP28

Several world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have used COP28 as a platform to appeal for peace in Palestine…

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‘Catastrophic Loss’ To Himalayan Glaciers Even At 2C: Report

Mountainous regions such as the Hindu Kush Himalayas are facing severe consequences from climate change. Scientists are calling for more…

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COP28 Puts Food On High Table For First Time, India Stays Away

A landmark declaration on agriculture, food and climate action was signed by 134 countries for the first time in global…

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Coal Power Plant Pollution Causes Many More Deaths Than Believed

Air pollution particles from coal-fired power plants are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and it’s more…

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Kashmir: Loss Of Forest Cover Pits Porcupines Against Saffron Fields

The Indian crested porcupine, a protected species, is entering saffron fields in Jammu and Kashmir and damaging the crop. Experts…

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COP28: Pledges Are A Drop In The Ocean

The first day of COP28 climate conference reached a consensus to operationalise the Loss and Damage Fund, a crucial milestone.…

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The Path To Net-Zero Emissions Runs Through Industry

As government leaders and climate negotiators gather in Dubai for the COP28 United Nations climate conference, an enormous challenge looms…

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It’s All About Money At COP28

A former head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) used to describe the annual climate summit as…

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Oil, Gas, Coal Are Destabilizing All 9 Planetary Boundaries

It’s well known that the fossil fuel industry made the industrial age possible and raised much of humanity’s living standard,…

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Is Water Sector’s ‘Uncomfortable Knowledge’ Missing At COP28?

A year ago, in the final declaration from COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, the global climate community finally started to…

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The Disinformation Deluge Targeting Women And Gender-Diverse People

Gendered disinformation weaponises fake news and manipulated photos against the vulnerable. What can be done to stop it? The world…

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As World Resources Deplete, How Do We Best Conserve Biodiversity?

The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP, that starts on Nov. 30 in the United Arab…

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Opinion: Effective Climate Adaptation Must Be Locally-Led

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Sixth Assessment Report, released in 2021, stated that South Asia will face intensified…

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COP28: Poor Countries Eye Disappointment At Dubai Summit

At the COP27 summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, an agreement to establish a loss and damage fund was hailed as…

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Why We Delayed Climate Action For So Long…

We now have a very narrow window to significantly and rapidly slash greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most disastrous…

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IPCC Vice-Chair Vows To Give Himalayas The Attention They Deserve

In July this year, Nepali atmospheric scientist Maheswar Rupakheti was elected to the 34-member bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on…

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Report Says More Action Is Needed To Protect Freshwater Ecosystems

The COP28 U.N. climate summit, which begins in just a couple of weeks, aims to make water more of a priority…

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How Global Warming Shakes The Earth

As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic…

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Research Highlights Tenacious Pastoralists Of The Himalayas

The Gaddis are the largest pastoral community in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, with a population of 178,000 recorded…

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The Global Biofuels Alliance: An Aspiration That Needs Careful Direction

The Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA), formally launched at the G20 Summit in Delhi in September, has intensified the discussion on…

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Book Review: Madhav Gadgil On His Life Spent For India’s Biodiversity

I have never met Madhav Gadgil but kept hearing and reading about his pioneering work as an ecologist, his campaigns…

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In Saleemul Huq’s Death, Climate Justice Loses A Champion

Saleemul Huq, who brought to global attention the need to adapt to climate change impacts and to pay for the…

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Six Years Later, Cyclone Ockhi Survivors Battle Mental Health Impacts

November 30, 2017. The deep-sea fishermen of Kanyakumari, a coastal district in India’s southern tip, found themselves confronting an unforeseen…

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Our Choice Of Clothes And The Climate Crisis

When people move to the country from the city, they need to change their wardrobes, my research on tree-changers in…

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