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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
Why indigenous people need to be at the centre of climate action
Meet Daphne Kay, who belongs to an indigenous community that is currently bearing the brunt of climate change and they are the first to suffer directly from the effects of climate change. In a conversation with LetMeBreathe Daphne says, “Indigenous people have always been disproportionately impacted by climate change. We are at the forefront of […]
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By LMB Staff
20 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Air Pollution Building A Clean Future
South Asia forms 90% of world’s total polluted cities, says World Bank
Ambient air pollution is a public health crisis for South Asia, not only imposing high economic costs but also causing an estimated two million premature deaths each year, according to the World Bank report. The report released last week cites how nine out of ten most polluted cities are from South Asia.  Countries like India, […]
By Bhadra Mahapatra
19 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
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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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
Breakthrough in energy optimisation using ocean waves at IIT Madras
In 2020, Sai Karthik Sunkara, a student of NIT- Srinagar, started working with the Ocean Engineering Department of IIT-Madras, as the institution was researching the same idea of generating electricity from sea waves. Together they developed a device called, ‘Ocean Wave Energy Converter’, or Sindhuja-1, to generate power from the waves. In November 2022, they […]
By Bhadra Mahapatra
15 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
Students demand protection of Aravalli forests in India’s National Capital Region
As India’s National Capital Region remains gripped in severe air pollution,750 school students from Gurgaon and Faridabad got together on December 13, 2022, to celebrate ‘Aravalli Day’. The young ones were joined by their teachers, Dr Rajendra Singh popularly known as the Waterman of India, Diwan Singh from the Ridge Bachao Andolan, Haji Ibrahim from […]
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By LMB Staff
14 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Air Pollution Building A Clean Future
Connecting the dots with climate data
Meet 16-year-old Maya Anandan, who has come up with an innovative idea of providing hyperlocal air pollution data to the people impacted by its effects. Delhi will remain one of the top three polluted cities in the world and population exposures to PM 2.5 are likely to increase by over 40 percent by 2050. “With […]
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By LMB Staff
13 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
Indigenous community seeks stronger action at COP15
People from the Indigenous community braced the harsh cold winter of Canada, to represent their voice and rights of their communities at the ongoing COP15 in Montreal. Indigenous peoples are among the most affected by biodiversity loss and other environmental harm because of their close relationship with and reliance on nature, states the United Nations […]
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By LMB Staff
12 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
The key issues at stake at COP15 
As COP15 enters into its third day, a coalition has called upon the world leaders to protect primary forests as part of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The Primary Forest Alliance (PFA) demanded a moratorium on industrial development in primary forests  The day also saw 46 countries signing a statement that said “collaborate and conclude […]
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By LMB Staff
09 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Written Stories
Rice, coffee production to be hit by climate change in Indonesia
Carbon emission is posing a threat to the rice and coffee production in Indonesia and will significantly impact the agro economy, according to a recent study published by scientists. Indonesia is the third largest producer of rice, fourth largest in coffee production.  As per the study, Indonesia’s rice production would be reduced to millions of […]
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By LMB Staff
08 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Written Stories
Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction: UN chief at COP15
As COP15 gets underway in Montreal, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not minced any words for urgent climate action. “With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction,” he said at the ceremonial opening on Tuesday. He slammed multinational corporations for turning the world’s ecosystems […]
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By LMB Staff
07 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Agriculture Building A Clean Future
Why does COP15 in Montreal matter?
The stage is all set for the 15th conference of UN conventions on biological diversity or COP15 on December 7 in Montreal, Canada. The agenda of the convention is going to be around taking a call post-2020 global biodiversity.Representatives from 192 countries will be framing guidelines for the next decade. The focus will remain on […]
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By LMB Staff
06 Dec 2022
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Air Pollution Building A Clean Future Climate Change
India takes over G20 presidency; PM pitches for harmony and mindset shift
India formally took over the G20 presidency, which rotates annually between members, of the Group of Twenty countries on Thursday. Indonesian President Joko Widodo had officially handed it over to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the end of the G20 summit in November. “The previous 17 Presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results—for ensuring macro-economic […]
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By LMB Staff
02 Dec 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
The wrath of untamed water
Climate disasters seem to have ‘hit the freeway, with an unfortunate break failure’, and they won’t stop. Floods have repeatedly hit Nigeria so bad that almost all the states are submerged in water or crippled by it, the situation is dire and there’s been so much loss of lives and property.  The Nigerian Emergency services […]
By Halima
29 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Air Pollution Building A Clean Future
Air pollution is a global challenge; needs global solutions
Air pollution travels around the globe and crosses national borders in various forms that are both unseen and seen. Vehicular emissions, air pollution from coal-fired power plants and from factories circle the earth together with vaporised mercury, methane and sulphate aerosols and other airborne toxic chemicals and pesticides. From a health perspective, deaths from toxins […]
By Padu S Padmanabhan
28 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
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 COP27
The loss and damage clock is ticking!
Yurshell Rodríguez of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina is a climate activist, who is a plaintiff in the first climate change and future generations lawsuit in Latin America. She has seen the first-hand impacts that have worsened with climate change after the Providence island was largely destroyed by Category 5 hurricane Iota. […]
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By LMB Staff
25 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
India in top 5 countries on Climate Change Performance Index
India has been ranked amongst the top five countries in the world, and the best among the G20 countries, based on its climate change performance. India jumps two spots higher, and is now ranked 8th as per Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI, 2023) published by German Watch, New Climate Institute and Climate Action Network International […]
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By LMB Staff
24 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
Tanzania’s young voice is on a mitigation mission
“The dream of our country and our people cannot be realised if we are divided and in the presence of the dreadful monster climate change,” says Sharon Ringo, a young climate activist. The 12-year-old is the Trade & Tourism Ambassador of East African community, Ambassador for African Tourism Board as well as Ambassador for Tanzania. […]
By Sharon Ringo
22 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
All you need to know about  the Implementation Plan of COP27
The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 closed on Sunday with a breakthrough agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. “This outcome moves us forward,” said Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary. It was a hard battle to get a separate fund to help vulnerable countries […]
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By LMB Staff
21 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
Four key initiatives launched during COP27’s last thematic day
The Egypt COP27 Presidency launched four solution centered initiatives on the last day of COP27s’ thematic day. The initiatives launched in relation to climate solutions, provide complimentary pathways to enhance global climate action and ensure that countries are able to fulfill their NDCs and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.  Friends of Greening National […]
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By LMB Staff
18 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
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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#WeForNature Air Pollution Building A Clean Future
Biodiversity Day at COP27 focuses on nature-based solutions, coral reefs
The COP27 Presidency connected climate and biodiversity on Wednesday, marking the opening of Biodiversity Day at COP27. The day kicked off with a high-level opening on “Connecting Climate and Biodiversity” that set the agenda to address the urgent need for integrated responses at scale. The day also saw the launch of the ENACT initiative for […]
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By LMB Staff
17 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
Power-packed voices shine at a panel on climate storytelling at COP27
When Kato Ewekia Taomia first walked out of the airport to attend COP26 in Glasgow, he was dressed in shorts and flip-flops. The timid fellow, whose looks may say otherwise, wasn’t even aware of the cold weather of the country, let alone how the annual climate conference is going to change his life. A year […]
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By Payel Sen
17 Nov 2022
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Building A Clean Future Climate Change Future city story
Transforming waste to resource
Waste management is a global issue that affects everyone, and garbage mountains are being formed continuously in Mumbai. Later, these garbage mountains burn, which results in serious health problems. In this episode, we will give you a sneak peek at how you can turn your garbage into a resource.
By Roshan Kedar
17 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
Mapping solutions to prevent Mumbai floods
Urban flooding in India has been majorly affecting mega and metropolitan cities almost every year. Mumbai was inundated by heavy rainfall between October 1 and October 11 in 2022 and If we don’t act now, Mumbai will see a 25 percent increase in flash flood intensity by 2050. In this episode, we take you through a […]
By Kartiki Naik
17 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
Half of India’s energy demands to be met through renewables by 2030: Modi at G20
As the leaders of 20 largest economies gathered in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday for the G20 summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country is on track to achieve its target of generating 50 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. The Prime Minister ruled out “any restrictions” on energy supply […]
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By LMB Staff
16 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
Global shield against climate risks launched at COP27
As the negotiations on direct funding for ‘loss and damage’ continues, the much-awaited ‘Global Shield Against Climate Risks’ initiative was formally launched at the Vulnerable 20 (V20) pavilion at COP27, on Monday. It is a collaboration between the V20 group of finance ministers representing 58 climate-vulnerable countries and the G7. The initiative has been launched […]
By Smitha Verma
16 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
Indonesia launches ETM to accelerate just and affordable energy transition
The Government of Indonesia today officially launched its Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) Country Platform, a key coordination and delivery vehicle to drive forward the country’s just and affordable transition in the energy sector.  The announcement was made by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati at the G20 Side Event joined by Asian Development Bank (ADB) […]
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By LMB Staff
15 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Clean Energy
Driving green through 175 stories of electric mobility 
One of the first concerns that Meenu Agrawal, a corporate professional from Delhi, had when she thought of buying an electric vehicle (EV) was around charging. It was a year back and there were still fewer people talking about it around her. After over a year’s research, she finally purchased one this year and hasn’t […]
By Smitha Verma
15 Nov 2022
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#WeForNature Building A Clean Future Climate Change
A youth-led movement at COP27
For the first time ever, children and youth who have been disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change have an official space at a UN climate change conference. Community leader, climate activist and plastic surgery resident Dr. Omnia El Omrani is the first-ever Youth Envoy at COP27. Omrani is promoting the Conference’s inclusion of […]
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By LMB Staff
15 Nov 2022