Will climate fiction change 21st century literature the way that modernism did in the 20th century?

The third and final of a three-part exploration of the relationship between climate change and literature.

Rajat Chaudhuri

· Oct 20, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Dystopia or utopia? Politics or aesthetics? What are the challenges of writing climate fiction?

The second of a three-part exploration of the relationship between climate change and literature.

Rajat Chaudhuri

· Oct 13, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Arvind Kejriwal addresses Denmark climate event via video link, signs clean air declaration

The Centre had denied Kejriwal permission to travel for the event.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 11, 2019 · 10:38 pm

Google donates large amount of money to climate crisis deniers in US: The Guardian

The company supports these conservative groups in order to protect itself from a law that shields it from libel suits for content carried on its platform.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 11, 2019 · 02:42 pm

Why contemporary fiction can no longer evade an ethical obligation to engage with the climate crisis

The first of a three-part exploration of the relationship between climate change and literature.

Rajat Chaudhuri

· Oct 06, 2019 · 07:30 am

‘Modern world is complex, I don’t share the excitement about Greta Thunberg speech’: Vladimir Putin

The Russian president said Thunberg should explain to people in developing countries that their children should live another 20 to 30 years in poverty.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 03, 2019 · 05:38 pm

Can literature save the planet? Reading ‘Gun Island’ during an impending climate crisis

Or, as Amitav Ghosh’s novel seems to be asking: ‘Can climate fiction influence positive action away from unsustainable lifestyles?’

Rajat Chaudhuri

· Aug 18, 2019 · 07:30 am

While Adani gets set for Carmichael project, Australian insurers are refusing to touch coal mines

As communities and governments hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate-related damage, coal insurers increasingly face the risk of litigation.

John Quiggin, The Conversation

· Aug 14, 2019 · 08:30 pm

UN asks India to update and enhance plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Change Luis Alfonso de Alba met Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 24, 2019 · 02:21 pm

After the hottest June on record, Europe will have to change its behaviour to cope with heatwaves

Europeans will have to change how they build their homes, schools and hospitals to protect the people who are most vulnerable.

Hannah Cloke, The Conversation

· Jul 06, 2019 · 11:30 pm

UN expert warns of ‘climate apartheid’, says change will exacerbate existing poverty

Developing countries will bear an estimated 75% to 80% of the costs of climate change, UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston said.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 25, 2019 · 08:38 pm

Not smart cities, India needs climate-smart cities to protect its urban poor from heat waves

Even at night, people living in densely-built, low-income urban neighbourhoods get no respite.

Sahana Ghosh

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Mayank Aggarwal

· Jun 20, 2019 · 08:30 pm