Where do Indian banks stand in the global fight against climate change?

The country’s financial institutions need to move away from funding fossil fuel projects and prioritise lending to renewable energy.

Flavia Lopes, IndiaSpend.com

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Gokulananda Nandan, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 10, 2021 · 01:30 pm

In South India, minor rain fluctuations (and not extreme weather) caused famines under British rule

An average rainfall deficit of 13% to 17% triggered the Great Famine of 1875 to 1878 that killed crores, research shows.

Sahana Ghosh

· Sep 18, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Greenland has received unpecedented rainfall this month. What does this mean for the planet?

Rainfall makes the ice sheet more prone to surface melt that can threaten to significantly hamper humanity’s efforts to mitigate climate change.

Willow Hallgren, The Conversation

· Aug 28, 2021 · 11:30 pm

India skips key meet on climate change months ahead of UN conference

According to Bloomberg, India was the only one of 51 invited countries that failed to attend the meeting.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 28, 2021 · 05:15 pm

I personally welcome activism of Disha Ravi, says US climate envoy John Kerry

He added that human rights have always been a ‘critical issue’ for the United States.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 09, 2021 · 11:29 am

Uttarakhand flood: Scientists highlight the need to improve monitoring of glaciers

Gathering baseline data will help in understanding the hydrology, geology and climate change response of Himalayan glaciers.

Sahana Ghosh

· Feb 16, 2021 · 09:30 pm

The world’s wettest place in North East India is witnessing a decline in rainfall

The phenomenon is driven by changes in the Indian Ocean temperature and conversion of forestlands and vegetation cover to croplands in the last two decades.

Sahana Ghosh

· Feb 15, 2021 · 01:30 pm

In 2020, India was hit by two of the world’s 10 most costly climate disasters

Super cyclone Amphan ranked fourth in the year’s global list of climate disasters that resulted in widespread financial damages.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 02, 2021 · 09:30 pm

India’s heatwaves will intensify four-fold by 2100, says its first climate assessment report

The report also warns of increased stress on the country’s natural resources.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Jun 23, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Climate change policies will continue to fall short unless we hand the mic to those most hurt by it

A People’s Climate Report tells stories of traditional forest dwellers in Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Sundarbans.

The People’s Climate Network

· Feb 14, 2020 · 06:30 am

Environmentalists in India are trying to map peatlands. How will this help combat climate change?

Peatlands are found across India but there has been no effort to systematically map them.

Kartik Chandramouli

· Dec 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Sydney’s Delhi moment: It’s time for Australia to wake up to the climate change challenge

Even as people are taking note of the escalating climate emergency, research tells us hardly anyone talks about it.

Blanche Verlie, The Conversation

· Dec 12, 2019 · 09:30 pm