Climate Conundrum
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Producing wine, chips and chocolate takes litres and litres of water. How water-wise is your diet?
The food system accounts for around 70% of global freshwater use.
Brad Ridoutt, The Conversation
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India’s seas are gasping for oxygen – causing marine life to shrink
Low oxygen levels can kill fish or reduce their growth and reproductive abilities.
Neha Jain
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A business-as-usual attitude to climate change could threaten $2.5 trillion in assets globally
The world could lose 1.8% of all its financial assets only from the direct impacts of climate change. The indirect fallouts will cost a lot more.
Nayantara Narayanan
Trending
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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Should the Supreme Court have done more to ensure free and fair elections?
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Why builder-driven ‘slum redevelopment’ won’t change the lives of Mumbai’s poorest residents
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Opinion: At the end of a vitriolic campaign, what price will India’s Muslims pay?
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33,000 trees to be felled for proposed Kanwar pilgrimage route: Uttar Pradesh government tells NGT
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Eyes down: how setting our sights on soil could help save the climate
A new bid to boost the amount of carbon stored in the world's soils has been launched at the Paris climate summit.
Budiman Minasny, Alex McBratney, Brendan Malone and Uta Stockmann, The Conversation
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New 'vulnerable nations' bloc looks set to redraw the climate politics map
A new bloc has emerged at the Paris climate talks – perhaps heralding the end of the old rich-poor geopolitical divide.
Matt McDonald, The Conversation
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Religious groups make unprecedented push for climate action
Leaders of several faiths have put their weight behind the Paris discussions.
Martin Palmer
Video
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Watch: US police wrestle cricket fan to the ground after pitch invasion to meet Rohit Sharma
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Eco India: How locally grown food is capturing the imagination of urban Indians
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Eco India, Episode 262: What are some great ways of knowing your greens
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Watch: This stray cat kept bringing flowers to a woman’s doorstep until she was adopted
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Watch: Care home residents recreate Taylor Swift’s album covers for singer’s UK Eras Tour concert
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India may need a whopping $1 trillion by 2030 to adapt to climate change, says new report
As climate risks grow worse, the dynamic adaptation gap for India could grow to $360 billion in finance and much more in technology.
Nayantara Narayanan
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How climate change has sparked political and social unrest in Punjab this year
And what that tells us about how agriculture is faring in Punjab.
M Rajshekhar
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An Udupi village shows why sea walls do more harm than good (and are no answer to climate change)
Pressures of development are leading to rise in sea level and the resulting erosion of land on the west coast and the government is acting against the advice of environment experts.
Nayantara Narayanan
The Reel
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Start the week with a film: ‘Godzilla Minus One’ has thrills plus heart
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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The delightful days and sleepless nights that went into Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’
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‘Maharaja’ trailer: Tamil star Vijay Sethupathi’s 50th film is a vengeance drama
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‘Mr and Mrs Mahi’ review: A partnership between equals is a solo show