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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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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YouTuber, booked for posting ‘fake videos’ of ‘attacks’ on Bihari migrants in Tamil Nadu, joins BJP
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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: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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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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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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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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’