Climate Justice
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Why SC’s recognition of right to be free from climate change impact is cause for cautious optimism
It is a commendable declaration, but how courts deal with subsequent cases will be the real test.
Apoorva
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Supreme Court says climate crisis threatens right to life
The right against ‘adverse effects of climate change’ is part of constitutional guarantees, the court said.
Scroll Staff
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Interview: ‘You can’t brush aside people affected by climate change as Bangladeshi illegal migrants’
An Assam MP explains why he introduced the Climate Migrants (Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill in Lok Sabha.
Arunabh Saikia
Trending
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The personal toll of political vitriol: A decade under Modi has torn apart families, friendships
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How Rukmini Devi Arundale modernised the Kalakshetra sari and made ‘Ahimsa silk’ fashionable
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Harsh Mander: The dark clouds of 1935 Nuremberg have gathered over Indian skies
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Modi pulled bahujan voters to the BJP. Many are now drifting away
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Fiction: In her forties and divorced, Maya is enjoying a halcyon spell in Bombay, the city she loves
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How the fossil fuel lobby crowded out calls for climate justice at COP27
The United Arab Emirates, which has some of the world’s largest reserves of both oil and gas, registered the largest delegation with more than 1,000 people.
Alix Dietzel, The Conversation
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COP27 is likely to end in a stalemate, with wealthy nations once again letting down poor countries
It is unlikely any concrete action will be delivered on ‘loss and damage’.
Jacqueline Peel, The Conversation
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Why environmentalists in Nepal are protesting against a ‘climate loan’ from the World Bank
The Himalayan country should receive climate finance in the form of grants, not loans, given its minimal contribution to global climate change, argue activists.
Diwakar Pyakurel
Video
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Watch: ‘The Garfield Movie’ screened specially for cats and their owners in Dubai cinema hall
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Cyclone Remal: Scenes of damage as heavy rain and storms batter parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal
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Watch: When the ‘All We Imagine As Light’ team danced on the red carpet before the Cannes screening
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Eco India: Is traditional building the path to eco-harmony in the Himalayas?
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Eco India, Episode 261: Can ancient know-how revive sustainable mountain ecosystems?
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A tiny Pacific island nation could end up opening the floodgates to international climate litigation
Sixteen states led by Vanuatu want the International Court of Justice to the obligations of states in relation to the adverse effects of climate change.
Emily Wilkinson, The Conversation, Matt Bishop, The Conversation & Nadia Sánchez Castillo-Winckels, The Conversation
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COP27: Small island nations want India, China to pay for climate compensation fund
Top polluters must pay for the damage to the climate, said Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda.
Scroll Staff
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Can rich nations be held accountable for the pain caused to Maharashtra’s farmers by climate change?
At the coming COP27, India is pushing for a finance facility that could cover monetary losses caused by climate change.
Flavia Lopes, IndiaSpend.com & Nushaiba Iqbal, IndiaSpend.com
The Reel
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Io Capitano’, a gripping tale of flight and fight
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The miraculous resurrection of Nirad Mohapatra’s Odia classic ‘Maya Miriga’
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Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix shows why free expression is vital for FTII and other institutions
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Cannes Film Festival: Payal Kapadia is first Indian to win Grand Prix for ‘All We Imagine As Light’
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Watch: A young man is possessed by an obsessive spirit in ‘Munjya’
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In Uttarakhand, climate change mitigation efforts should not overlook the regional realities
There is an entangled web of issues related to caste, class and religion that defines disparate land imaginaries in the state.
Ritodhi Chakraborty
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India’s climate policies are failing its women and children
Despite global evidence that climate change-induced extreme weather events affect women disproportionately, the country’s policies are not gender-sensitive.
Azera Parveen Rahman
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Climate action: India needs local solutions to save its forests, not greenwashing
Forest lands managed by local communities are often far more useful in dealing with climate change than compensatory afforestation programmes.
Kanta Marathe & Souparna Lahiri
The Field
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Tennis, French Open: Sumit Nagal bows out with first-round loss to Karen Khachanov
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Watch, French Open 2024: Rafael Nadal after exit – ‘If this was the last time, I have enjoyed it’
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Boxing, World Olympic Qualifier: Ankushita Boro advances into second round; Abhimanyu Loura exits
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IPL 2024: Virat Kohli’s sweep to the million dollar babies – Here’s a look at the season’s takeaways
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Tennis, French Open: ‘My body isn’t what it was’ – Andy Murray as his Roland Garrors career ends