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Build capacities, listen to indigenous people to achieve climate resilience: Prof SB Roy

He was speaking in conversation with Supreme Court advocate Sanjay Upadhyay and senior journalist and author Kaveree Bamzai at The New Indian Express' webcast series e-expressions

Published on 10th December 2021
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We have to be carbon net-zero but also nature positive: UK's Natural History Museum Director

Dr Douglas Burr spoke about his experience at COP26, what he feels we need to do to avoid a planetary emergency and why do we need advocates

Published on 19th November 2021
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I deserved to be there: Climate activist Disha Ravi after she couldn't attend COP26 as passport was withheld 

"We don't need reforms to the system because reforms don't play out in real life. We need abolition of the carceral state," she wrote in her piece

Published on 15th November 2021
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IIT Bombay team wins million dollar grant at COP26 for tech to reduce CO2 emission

According to a report, four students and two teachers from IIT Bombay have won a grant of US$250,000 for the new-age technology at the Sustainable Innovation Forum at COP26 in Glasgow

Published on 12th November 2021
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What The FAQ: Why has India refused to sign COP's agenda for sustainable agriculture?

India claims that it already has a policy in place for sustainable agriculture practices. But what is this policy exactly?

Published on 10th November 2021
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Introduce students to climate science in school: Activists demand at COP26 Summit

Article 6 and 12 of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement state the importance of climate education to combat climate change

Published on 8th November 2021
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Microsoft plans to remove all the carbon it's emitted from the environment by 2050. Here's why the UN is awarding them

The awards recognise innovative and transformative solutions that address both climate change and wider economic, social and environmental challenges

Published on 8th November 2021
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg calls COP26 'greenwash', 'PR campaign' 

She said that the summit has become a venue for world leaders and business executives to pretend they are taking action on climate change without following through

Published on 6th November 2021
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Going green at COP26: This iron box made by Tamil Nadu teenager Vinisha Umashankar runs on solar power. How cool is that?

She has now taken her innovation to the UN COP26 in Glasgow and received a standing ovation for her speech

Published on 5th November 2021
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What The FAQ: What were the Panchamrit announcements by PM Modi at the COP26 summit?

The Prime Minister said that India is setting a goal of reducing its emissions by one billion-tonne by 2030. India, for the first time, set a zero-emission target for 2070

Published on 2nd November 2021
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COP26: School principals raise concerns over environmental education in schools. What are the kids not learning?

The issue being resonated is that environmental issues seldom get traction beyond mere posters on Earth and Environment days in a year

Published on 1st November 2021
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What the FAQ: What is COP26 and what does it mean for India and other countries?

With India's participation in COP 26, we hope that strict measures will be taken to reverse the impact of climate change

Published on 18th October 2021
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Hydropower is not clean energy, must not get climate finance, says 'Rivers for Climate' declaration

One amongst those who endorsed the Global Declaration from India is Himanshu Thakkar of the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People

Published on 23rd September 2021

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