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Smitha Verma
Smitha Verma is the Head of Editorial at LetMeBreathe. A journalist with two decades of experience in writing and reporting on diverse subjects ranging from youth to politics and gender to cinema, she has worked with major print publications such as Telegraph, Hindustan Times, Financial Express and The New Indian Express, to name a few.
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IPCC report sounds alarm; humanity on “thin ice”
The IPCC report warned that the world is on track to pass a critical temperature threshold believed to be essential to combat climate change by the early 2030s. Scientists have resounded the alarm for drastic cuts to greenhouse gas emissions that they say are necessary to prevent catastrophic droughts, heat waves and sea-level rise. The […]
By Smitha Verma
21 Mar 2023
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Clean tech path to India’s energy independence by 2047: Study
India is the world’s third largest energy consumer, and its energy demand will quadruple in the coming decades. Currently, the country imports 90 percent of its oil and 80 percent of its industrial coal. However, according to a new study by the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, India can become energy independent […]
By Smitha Verma
15 Mar 2023
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Mission LiFE at the heart of climate change at Raisina Dialogue 2023
When India talks about LiFE, the world listens. At the Raisina Dialogue 2023, in a panel ‘Heart of the Matter: LiFE for our Common Future’, the G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant minced no words when he spoke of how India has taken a lead in its commitment to industrialisation without carbonising. Riding on the power of […]
By Smitha Verma
04 Mar 2023
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2022 the fifth warmest year: NASA
Earth’s average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet’s long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.89 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period (1951-1980), scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) […]
By Smitha Verma
19 Jan 2023
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Davos 2023 and what’s on offer for the climate crisis
On Monday, close to 2,700 business honchos and policy leaders from as many as 130 countries will get together for the 53rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The annual meet which will also have close to 52 heads of various countries will be watched with key interest from all over, especially by […]
By Smitha Verma
13 Jan 2023
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Delhi’s noteworthy EV push
Delhi’s electric vehicle (EV)  policy has been hailed by one and all. The state has shown remarkable progress in its drive toward creating an EV ecosystem.  In this episode of Driving Green, Sohinder Singh Gill, Director General, SMEV (Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles) and CEO, of Hero Electric, shares his thoughts on Delhi’s strong […]
By Smitha Verma
13 Jan 2023
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What is AQI and how to protect yourself from air pollution
It’s that time of the year again when poor air quality, respiratory diseases, and a rise in hospitalisation increases in most parts of Northern India. While an air quality tracker report by NCAP put India’s capital Delhi as the most polluted city of 2022, poor air is not just restricted to one country. Two days […]
By Smitha Verma
12 Jan 2023
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#WeForNature Agriculture Forest & Biodiversity sustainability Written Stories
Brazil announces landmark measures around Indigenous people and deforestation
In an unprecedented move, Brazil created the country’s first Ministry of Indigenous Peoples with a mandate to oversee policies ranging from land demarcation to healthcare and initiated a host of pro-environment measures. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued six decrees around anti-government and indigenous measures including mining in Indigenous lands and protected areas, plans […]
By Smitha Verma
06 Jan 2023
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The year of climate storytelling
Climate Change looks like small words but the impact it has on the planet is unmissable. In 2022, we saw the worst of wildfires and flash floods, landslides and heatwaves. We heard people asking “What can I do about climate change?” Let Me Breathe told you what we can do together. The need to act […]
By Smitha Verma
28 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change COP27 Highlights Now Not Tomorrow Video
An appeal for climate finance
From rising sea levels to natural disasters and coastal erosion, climate change has hit many small islands severely and St. Kitts and Nevis hasn’t been spared either. The twin-island federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, set in the Lesser Antilles, is threatened both by the sea level rise and the region’s increasingly frequent and severe […]
By Smitha Verma
16 Dec 2022
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Inside COP27: The hits and many misses
Evelyn Acham from Uganda had a clear cut goal when she was headed for COP27. She wanted developed nations to pay for the climate change disasters that had rocked her country. The annual UN climate conference for the first time added loss and damage in its official agenda this year. “We want loss and damage […]
By Smitha Verma
25 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy COP27 Now Not Tomorrow Written Stories
What’s in the draft text and how it’s interpreted at COP27
The United Nations published a first draft of the climate deal on Thursday and there are several contentious issues that have been overlooked. More importantly some do not find mention in this first draft and as COP27 heads to a close, negotiations are going on in full swing. Over the weekend it will be clear […]
By Smitha Verma
18 Nov 2022
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Forests come 'first' in the Western Ghats
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24 Mar 2023
Hidden costs of brick kilns
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22 Mar 2023
Positive climate news that rides on innovation
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20 Mar 2023
The tale of patience and perseverance
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16 Mar 2023
Water scarcity is affecting women in Kenya
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By LMB Staff
15 Mar 2023
Mud and the path to sustainable buildings
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10 Mar 2023
The urgency of young voices in climate storytelling
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07 Mar 2023
Why throw it away when you can dry it?
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