Climate Justice
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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
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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
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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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
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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
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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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
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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
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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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
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How colonialism has left countries poor and dependent on fossil fuels
Non-renewable energy sources are among the cheapest ways to power economic growth, making them hard for developing nations to ignore.
Patrick Greiner, The Conversation
The Field
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate