Cities
Time for an airshed approach in Delhi NCR
Polash Mukerjee Air pollution knows no political boundaries, and this severe problem in the national capital region needs a coordinated airshed approach by all […]
Category: Environment
Aid
COP-25 reminder: Where is the Compensation for the Climate Vulnerable
Industrialized countries pledged to compensate the vulnerable and the least developed countries in Copenhagen, in Paris, in various COPs and even in SDGs; but […]
Climate
Kiwis way ahead of Aussies on climate policies
An analysis by the Pacific wing of the Global climate campaign NGO 350.org of Trans-Tasman rivals show that Kiwis are indeed more forward thinking […]
Biodiversity
Kuno, India’s second home for the Asiatic lion, is ready
Anup Dutta After more than two decades of roadblocks, the Kuno Palpur wildlife sanctuary is ready as the new home for Asiatic lions, starting […]
Climate
New records of Greenhouse gas concentrations in atmosphere: WMO
Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological Organization. This continuing long-term trend […]
Biodiversity
Watch: Australian Flora & Fauna changing due to climate change
The Climate Zine A short documentary detailing the changes that are occurring to the living flora and fauna of Australia’s parks and marine reserves […]
Cities
A global ‘toilet revolution’ is underway – but it’s polluting water and ignoring the urban poor
Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester; Purva Dewoolkar, University of Manchester, and Youcao Ren, University of Manchester It’s great that countries are backing the global […]
Cities
A slum after the storm!
How prepared are urban poor to face climate change induced disasters? On the 10th of November, the morning after cyclone Bulbul passed through Odisha […]
Disasters
Colonial Hangover: Engineering a season of floods
Insurgent South Asian rivers breached embankments repeatedly, turning engineered floodplains into hydrological dystopias, but dams kept getting built, and embankments kept getting longer and […]
Aid
Despite size, Congo Basin attracts less funding than other major forest areas
RICHARD EBA’A ATYI Stronger capacities and governance needed to boost international support for Central African forests The Congo Basin is home to the second […]
Biodiversity
Indian scraps “dangerous” forest law after outcry
The Indian government has scrapped a plan to militarize its forests and open them up for commercial exploitation, after a national and international outcry The government’s […]
Aid
World’s largest public lending bank withdrawing from fossil fuel
EU Bank launches ambitious new climate strategy and Energy Lending Policy that will end financing for fossil fuel energy projects from the end of […]