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

· Dec 20, 2022 · 07:30 am

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

· Nov 22, 2022 · 11:30 pm

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

· Nov 17, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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

· Nov 11, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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

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Matt Bishop, The Conversation

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Nadia Sánchez Castillo-Winckels, The Conversation

· Nov 09, 2022 · 09:30 pm

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

· Nov 09, 2022 · 08:19 pm

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

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Nushaiba Iqbal, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 04, 2022 · 01:30 pm

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

· Mar 28, 2022 · 06:30 am

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

· Mar 03, 2022 · 11:30 pm

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

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Souparna Lahiri

· Nov 24, 2021 · 03:32 pm

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

· Jun 30, 2021 · 11:30 pm

In Pakistan, judicial activism on environmental challenges has had some successes

As climate change litigations grow, judges are modifying their approach in deciding these issues.

Qamar-uz-Zaman

· Feb 28, 2021 · 07:30 pm