Climate
Youth urged upon to lead conservation efforts
The 3rd Odisha River Conference in India identified youth as one of the major stakeholders to carry forward this year’s theme – Promoting the […]
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Biodiversity
Experts underline community participation to protect forests, rivers in India river conference
The Water Initiatives, Gram Swaraj and Vasundhara along with 35 partner organisations launched the 3rd Odisha River Conference with the theme – Promoting the […]
Climate
From the Himalayas to the Arctic, traditional herders are sharing knowledge to cope with a changing climate
Gloria Dickie Yak, reindeer and entire ways of life in the “Third Pole” and Scandinavia face new threats in a warming world. Changlin Xu […]
Climate
Weathermen: Listen to the fishers, it works
MM Paniyil A new system of marine forecasts is helping fishers in Kerala to better plan their fishing trips in the Arabian Sea, which […]
Climate
Arctic winter temperatures will increase 3-5°C by 2050
Even if Paris Agreement goals met, Arctic winter temperatures will increase 3-5°C by 2050 compared to 1986-2005 levels. Thawing permafrost could wake ‘sleeping giant’ […]
Cities
Climate’s ‘time bomb’ for world’s groundwater has some serious lessons for Indian cities
Extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy precipitation days are two of the major impacts of global warming. These events, whose frequency and […]
Biodiversity
Mangroves destruction in Maldives-islands’ biggest ecocide
Save Maldives The decision to build a domestic airport in Kulhudhuffushi wetland and mangroves and the subsequent reclamation of a significant part of the […]
Climate
Climate Crisis: We only have 12 years to save ourselves, let’s act fast!
The year 2018 can be termed historic in terms of realisation of the ‘catastrophic’ climate crisis we are in. Never in the past had we been warned of...
Biodiversity
Watch: Destruction of the Environment as a Consequence of Overpopulation
As of December 31, 2018, at midnight CET the population on our planet was exactly 8,953,851,418 or almost 9 billion!
Biodiversity
#MvTreeGrab: Removal of trees continues for landscaping of resorts in Maldives
Mohamed Junayd A local company wants to remove 582 coconut palms from Badidhoo island. The Badidhoo island in Dhaal atoll is the latest flashpoint […]
Climate
How climate change caused the world’s first ever empire to collapse
Vasile Ersek, Northumbria University, Newcastle Akkadia was the world’s first empire. It was established in Mesopotamia around 4,300 years ago after its ruler, Sargon […]
Aid
Weak workplan wounds Paris Agreement
Joydeep Gupta, Soumya Sarkar, Chris Davy, Fermin Koop, Yao Zhe, Tom Baxter The Paris Agreement, itself a compromise that is not enough to combat […]