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Air Pollution Climate Change Health
Preterm babies at risk due to air pollution, climate change
A recent report by UN agencies reveals that although high-income countries contribute the most to climate change, the ones bearing the brunt of its impacts are those who have contributed the least. The report, titled ’Born Too Soon: Decade of Action on Preterm Birth’, released by World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and Partnership for Maternal […]
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By LMB Staff
24 May 2023
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Climate Change Health Highlights
Climate change led to 2 million deaths in 50 years: UN 
A comprehensive report released by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has highlighted the staggering consequences of extreme weather events over the past 50 years. The study unveils a distressing reality, with 2 million lives lost and a staggering $4.3 trillion in economic damages caused by weather-related disasters. These figures underline the urgent need […]
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By LMB Staff
22 May 2023
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Animals & Wildlife Climate Change Highlights
Replenishing the depleting biodiversity 
Climate change has emerged as a key factor in the global decline of biodiversity, adversely affecting marine, terrestrial, and freshwater ecosystems. The consequences include the loss of local species, increased prevalence of diseases, and alarming rates of plant and animal mortality, leading to the emergence of climate-driven extinctions. According to the 2022 State of the […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
19 May 2023
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Agriculture Climate Change Highlights
The burden of climate change on women in farming sector
Climate change has a disproportionate impact on women farmers, who despite playing crucial roles in the rural economy, face numerous challenges and inequalities that limit their access to opportunities and productivity. According to UN data, around 68 percent of working women in extreme poverty are employed in the agricultural sector. Apart from this, women farmers […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
15 May 2023
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Climate change and its impact on women’s health
According to a UN report, communities are more successful in resilience and capacity-building strategies when women are part of the planning process. But women make up 80% of people displaced by climate change. They are more vulnerable to displacement due to their limited access to resources and their caretaking responsibilities such as water collection and […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
05 May 2023
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India’s cost of adapting to climate change pegged at $1 trillion by 2030
India will spend an estimated 85.6 lakh crore rupees ($1.05 trillion) by 2030 to adapt its various industries to be compliant with climate change norms. These figures are part of ‘Report on Currency & Finance 2022-23’ by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Department of Economic and Policy Research (DEPR). “India has embarked on a […]
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By LMB Staff
04 May 2023
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Escalating effects of climate change paint a bleak picture for the future
As the world was busy celebrating Earth Day on April 22, a new report was released which paints a rather grim picture of the year that went by and the path where we are headed. The World Meteorological Department released its annual report, State of the Global Climate 2022, which showed that from mountain peaks […]
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By Smitha Verma
25 Apr 2023
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Climate Change Heath Highlights
An urgent call for prioritising investments in adolescents’ and young peoples’ well-being
Despite having contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions, adolescents, young people and future generations will disproportionately shoulder the burden of climate change (Figure 1). Almost every young person in the world is exposed to at least one climate and environmental hazard, shock, or stress such as heatwaves, cyclones, air pollution, flooding, and water scarcity. […]
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By Omnia El Omrani
22 Apr 2023
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Invest in planetary boundaries and take global responsibility for addressing climate change
In 2009, Johan Rockström and several other scientists from institutions across the world came up with the planetary boundaries’ framework. The framework defined the safe operating space within which humanity could exist without putting themselves at risk. It also cautioned that breaching these environmental limits would be catastrophic for human life on earth. Even back […]
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By Seema Mundoli
20 Apr 2023
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The solution to climate change is just an investment away
In light of the indifference we seem to be showing for our environment, the theme for Earth Day 2023 was declared to be “Invest in Our Planet.” While we have made significant strides in science and technology, the environmental cost has been high; air and oceans are now severely polluted, trees are being chopped down […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
18 Apr 2023
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Animals & Wildlife Climate Change Forest & Biodiversity
Trekking through the Great Himalayas
According to a World Wildlife Foundation report, the Arctic is warming twice as fast as anywhere on earth, and the sea ice is declining by more than 10% every 10 years. The snow sheets in the Poles are melting, and this is affecting the hibernation pattern of animals like brown bears, says Debasish Banerjee, a […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
17 Apr 2023
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How climate migration will affect lives of 50 million South Asians annually
As much as 55 percent of the developing world’s population resides in South Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. And from these three regions, over 143 million people making up 2.8 percent of the region’s population, will be rendered climate refugees by 2050, predicts a World Bank report. Explaining the problem of climate refugees, Mahika […]
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By Danish Alam
13 Apr 2023
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There’s a strong link between women and climate action
In this episode of For Her Future, Inches, an environmental activist and writer, Susan Inches, sheds light on the unequal impact of climate change on women and the necessity of women’s involvement in climate action. “Women are the driving force behind Maine’s environmental movement,” says Inches. The four main environmental organizations in Maine are led […]
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By Danish Alam
13 Apr 2023
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Climate Change Heat Highlights
Europe’s tryst with the drought season
Europe is facing one of the worst water scarcity in years, and this is having a massive impact on the tourism industry. From Italy to the snow-covered nation Switzerland, Europe is having water shortages and is on the brink of facing the worst drought of recent times. Over the past few years, scientists have been […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
05 Apr 2023
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An urgent call for reforestation
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s ‘Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report’ released in March has categorically stated that 3.3 billion people’s lives across the world are vulnerable to climate change but as IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee conveyed, “effective and equitable climate action will not only reduce losses and damages for nature and people, it […]
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By Pradip Shah
04 Apr 2023
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UN ropes in International Court of Justice in climate fight
In a historic resolution, at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, governments approved a resolution, recognising the huge challenge of climate change and calling on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide an advisory opinion on how it intersects with international law. The landmark resolution seeks clarity on nations’ legal and human […]
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By LMB Staff
31 Mar 2023
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Climate Change Forest & Biodiversity Highlights
Creating climate awareness through birdwatching
According to a UN report, the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world. Climate change has become one of the biggest threats to the population of various species as it impacts their habitat, behaviour pattern, and migration. In this episode, we have Dipin Sreepadmam, a wildlife photographer based […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
27 Mar 2023
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World Water Day puts the spotlight on water conservation
Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. This classic poem is slowly turning into a dark reality. And we are heading towards a future where even the abundance of water is not guaranteed anymore. Every year, since 1993 on March 22, we have been observing ‘World Water Day’ to highlight the depleting sources […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
22 Mar 2023
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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 […]
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By Smitha Verma
21 Mar 2023
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Agriculture Climate Change Highlights
Climate change hasn’t spared your cup of coffee too 
The world of 2050 isn’t only going to alter our landscapes drastically, but it’s also going to attack the world’s most beloved beverage, all thanks to climate change. A new study published in the PLOS One journal predicts that, by 2050, the land most suitable for coffee plantations will reduce by 50 percent. The study […]
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By Danish Alam
17 Mar 2023
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Climate Change Health Highlights
Water scarcity is affecting women in Kenya
In this episode of For Her Future, we take a closer look at the hardships women in Kenya face due to climate change. Mana Omar, Founder of Spring of the arid and semi-arid lands, gives us a glimpse of the daily struggles these women are facing while collecting water for their families. Climate change has […]
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By LMB Staff
15 Mar 2023
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UN report set to highlight how slow response to climate crisis risks catastrophic consequences 
All action on the ‘Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report’ to be released on March 20, will start this Monday, when the approval session begins for the new climate science report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The panel will be headed by scientists and government representatives that will highlight the devastating reality and […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
10 Mar 2023
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Climate Change Health Highlights
Pollen allergy is getting worse due to climate change
It’s that time of the year again, when the pollen allergies come back and this time it has gotten worse for the people in the US.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data,  millions of Americans suffer from seasonal allergies each year, and climate change is making it worse. About one-quarter of […]
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By LMB Staff
09 Mar 2023
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Meat, dairy and rice production threaten to push 1.5C target
Food is the most essential to our survival, and over the years it has become one of largest contributors to the greenhouse effect, a new study has found. According to the data, global food consumption alone could add nearly 1 °C to warming by 2100. The study, which was published in the journal Nature Climate Change, […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
07 Mar 2023
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The urgency of young voices in climate storytelling
In this episode, we have Sofia Gutiérrez from Columbia and Enrique from Rapa Nui, highlighting the impact of growing climate change on gender roles and ecology respectively. And how storytelling can be a powerful tool in telling the stories of climate. “Storytelling is a very important resource for young people. It’s the most impactful way […]
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By LMB Staff
07 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 […]
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By Smitha Verma
04 Mar 2023
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Climate Change Forest & Biodiversity Highlights
Climate change aggravating human-wildlife conflict, says study
The human-wildlife relationship has become strenuous over the decades. With growing human population, rapid development and shrinkage of natural habitat, the encounter between wild animals in man dominated areas has become inevitable.  Now adding to the woes, scientists at the University of Washington have published research in the journal  Nature Climate Change that states warming […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
02 Mar 2023
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BCG Launches Center for Climate & Sustainability Policy & Regulation
Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world’s leading management consulting firms, today announced the formation of its global Center for Climate & Sustainability Policy & Regulation to support clients as they navigate and shape the global transition to a net-zero, nature-positive world. Bringing together an international team of experts with deep knowledge of sector– […]
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By LMB Staff
02 Mar 2023
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Animals & Wildlife Climate Change Forest & Biodiversity
Learning from the wild
In this episode of Eco Lens, we look at the vast trench of wildlife and how it has been changing over these years, through the eyes of National award-winning filmmaker Akanksha Sood Singh. We get a glimpse into her life, work and key learnings from her craft. ‘So, somewhere down the line, I saw the […]
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By LMB Staff
23 Feb 2023
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Climate Change Heat Highlights
New study warns of global destruction to built environment by climate change 
Melting roads are a common occurrence in India’s northern region during heatwaves, highlighting the risk to human-made structures such as roads, bridges, houses, and workspaces. In response to this risk, Cross Dependency Initiative (XDI) conducted a first-of-its-kind study to measure and quantify the scale of physical destruction that extreme weather and climate change could cause […]
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By Danish Alam
22 Feb 2023