Climate crisis has exposed millions of people to acute food and water insecurity, especially in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, on Small Islands and in the Arctic. Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the… Continue reading Latest IPCC report says human induced climate catastrophe is destroying both humans and nature
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Climate Finance, a ‘Committed Injustice’; will COP 26 listen?
Situation demands to go beyond the business-as-usual actions, but the global leaders and corporates are still moving with myopic economic and political system. “The current climate situation shows a pathway of at least 2.7-degree Celsius heating above preindustrial levels, and that’s obviously a one-way ticket for disaster. The carbon pollution of a handful of countries… Continue reading Climate Finance, a ‘Committed Injustice’; will COP 26 listen?
Climate crisis is fuelling an unprecedented food and hunger crisis
The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns ahead of World Food Day, on 16 October. A WFP analysis shows that a 2°C rise in average global… Continue reading Climate crisis is fuelling an unprecedented food and hunger crisis
Droughts and late monsoon floods batter South Asia
Joydeep Gupta, Ramesh Bhushal Intensifying climate change means that opposite disasters are manifesting at the same time across the region, making emergency responses harder than ever As many parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh face floods, drought continues to affect large swathes of Pakistan and some areas of India. In a cruel irony, parts of India… Continue reading Droughts and late monsoon floods batter South Asia
Watch: Kokoli-Love during climate emergency
Snehasis Das Kokoli recounts the love story of the protagonist by the titular name and her fisherman lover in Nalia Sai slum. The story has a backdrop of global sea level rise and captures the critical issue of global climate change. The fishing hamlet Penthakata in Puri, which is the heart and soul of ‘’Kokoli’,… Continue reading Watch: Kokoli-Love during climate emergency
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