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Animals & Wildlife Climate Change Forest & Biodiversity
Butterflies, Do Not Fly Away
Butterflies aren’t just pretty creatures, they play a vital role in our ecosystem and food production. After bees, they are the second most important pollinators in the insect world. Unfortunately, this is changing as the vast urbanisation, deforestation, forest fires, excessive use of pesticides is acting as deterrent to the population of butterflies and moths. […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
20 Sep 2023
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Electric Vehicles Highlights Mobility
EV Challenges: Electric Trucks, Tractors and Mini-Grids
Description : Exploring the current challenges in India’s EV space, in this episode of #EVOKPlease, we explore the least electrified sector on the transport sector – trucks and tractors. Will we see electric trucks first or will the infrastructure need to be developed first? How can reverse charging make electric tractors an additional source of […]
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By Danish Alam
17 Aug 2023
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Electric Vehicles Highlights Premium Stories
The Future Of Public Transport With Electric Buses
#EVOKPlease takes a deep dive into the world of electric buses in the public transportation systems of Delhi and Pune. These bustling cities have implemented e-buses as a means of reducing carbon emissions and improving air quality. The episode explores the innovative features of these e-buses, including their quiet, clean, and connected design. Also watch […]
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By Danish Alam
10 Aug 2023
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New Research Predicts Climate Change More Accurately
Climate change is an urgent global challenge that demands effective policy responses. However, the uncertainty regarding the degree of global change hinders our ability to address this critical issue efficiently. The University of East Anglia (UEA) has recently led a research that aims to reduce the uncertainty in future climate change based upon the presence […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
28 Jun 2023
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Marine Pollution Premium Stories Uncategorized
Explainer: The importance of World Oceans Day
“The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet’s greatest reservoir of biodiversity. Its resources sustain communities, prosperity and human health around the world. Humanity counts on the ocean. But can the ocean count on us?”, […]
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By Bhadra Mahapatra
07 Jun 2023
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Highlights Plastic & Waste Plastic Pollution
Incentivise plastic credits for the industry to combat plastic pollution
Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, threatening ecosystems, marine life, and human health. Globally, the staggering statistics reveal a concerning reality: an estimated one million plastic bottles are purchased every minute, and approximately five trillion plastic bags are utilised annually. Shockingly, half of the total plastic […]
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By Manish Dabkara
03 Jun 2023
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Climate Change Highlights Premium Stories
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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Climate Change Highlights Premium Stories
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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Climate Change Highlights Premium Stories
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 COP27 Project 1.5
Your guidebook to Loss and Damage
Have you been hearing about Loss and Damage often these days? Ever  wondered why we need to talk more about it? In its most simple terms it refers to the immediate and long-lasting impacts of climate change which can neither be avoided nor can be adjusted to. It normally refers to the destructive impacts of […]
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By Smitha Verma
14 Oct 2022
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Climate Change COP27 Project 1.5
Why climate conference COP27 matters
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP27 will be held in Egypt later this year. Egypt assumes the presidency of COP27 with a clear recognition of the gravity of the global climate challenge and appreciation of the value of multilateral, collective and concerted action as the only means to address this truly global […]
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By LMB Staff
11 Oct 2022
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Clean Energy Climate Change Uncategorized
Nigeria’s ambitious energy transition plan set into motion
In preparation for COP 27, Nigeria’s government recently launched its Energy Transition Plan (ETP), which aims to provide 340,000 jobs to the people in Nigeria by 2030. The plan further aims for net zero emissions by 2060. ETP is a home-grown, data-backed, multipronged strategy developed for the achievement of net-zero emissions in terms of the […]
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By LMB Staff
07 Oct 2022
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Campaign City Sessions (Live) Climate Change
Multi-city solution driven design jam kicks off in Delhi
“I came here because I want to make my city a better place to live in,” said an enthusiastic participant as the first edition of three-city design jam ‘City Sessions: The Future’ kicked off in Delhi over the weekend. The event was organised by LetMeBreathe, a global storytelling platform on climate change, pollution and sustainability […]
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By Smitha Verma
04 Oct 2022
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Climate Change COP26 Uncategorized
Egypt’s COP presidency set into motion
As Egpyt prepares to host the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27), it has set out a vision for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP27 will be taking place in Egypt’s coastal city of Sharm El-Sheikh from November 7th to 18th, 2022. According to a media release by Egypt’s COP27 […]
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By LMB Staff
30 Sep 2022
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Climate Change Forest & Biodiversity Uncategorized
Lumpy Skin Disease hits several states of India
A little-known disease,  till about a month back, has now taken gigantic proportions in India. The lumpy skin disease (LSD) that affects cows especially has spread across 15 states in India from July to September 2022. According to the data from The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, over 20 lakh animals, and 97,435 […]
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By Smitha Verma
28 Sep 2022
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Climate Change Uncategorized Urban Landscapes
Getting indigenous communities into climate conversations
The two communities of Kolis (fishers) and Warlis (tribals/Adivasis), residing on the edges of Versova Creek (Madh Koliwada, Versova Koliwada, Dharavli village) in Mumbai share a unique relationship with the city and its coasts. To celebrate this local culture and the unique fabric of the city that is home to generations of indigenous communities, a […]
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By Smitha Verma
23 Sep 2022
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Air Pollution Uncategorized Written Stories
A breath of awareness
Working with a think tank’s air pollution and climate change projects as a communication and policy engagement, I learnt two things. One, the impending environmental crisis has greater impacts than I thought. And two, it’s not too late to curb the issue with the right policies and control measures. Anyone with a regular school education […]
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By pranoti a
31 Jul 2022
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Agriculture Uncategorized Video
A drought-free village of India
In the arid and dry landscape of Rajasthan, a village in Northern India, which is two hours away from the state capital Jaipur has proven to be completely drought-proof. Village Lapodiya stands out as a lush green oasis. Reason being small structures called ‘chaukas’ (a method for harvesting rainwater, typically used in arid areas that […]
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By Nikita Bishnoi
25 May 2022
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Uncategorized Written Stories
Delhi’s electric buses a hit with German Embassy representatives
When Sebastian Fuchs decided to hop on to the newly-launched air-conditioned electric bus in Delhi, the idea was to have a fun ride and spread awareness around the initiative. Sebastian, the German Embassy spokesperson in Delhi, along with press officer Zainab went on a ride in the newly-launched electric bus in Delhi and shared their […]
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By LMB Staff
25 May 2022
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Climate Change Premium Stories sustainability
Hope for a planet in peril
“[…] hope is not like a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. I say it because hope is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency.”   (Rebecca Solnit, “Hope in the Dark”)  Across the globe we are witnessing debilitating heat waves, unusually cold days in summer, and […]
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By Seema Mundoli
17 May 2022
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Uncategorized Waste & Recycling Written Stories
Sustainable living initiative – Art Installation, made out of e-waste
If the world goes on with business as usual with their high tech lives and polluting lifestyles. Eventually we will have to face adverse consequences. In next 10–20 years, the world may have to face catastrophic results wherein on our planet there would not be any place left to dump e-waste. Considering the current scenario, […]
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By vishwanath
12 May 2022
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Climate Change News Report Uncategorized
Unprecedented heat wave grips India
For the past one week, India, and especially the northern region of the country, has been reeling under a scorching heatwave. India’s weather department has issued a severe heatwave warning as temperatures soar, throwing millions of lives and livelihoods out of gear. While heatwaves are common in India, especially in May and June, summer began […]
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By LMB Staff
29 Apr 2022
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Climate Change News Report Uncategorized
Climate change to wipe out 4% Global GDP by 2050
A new study of 135 countries estimates that climate change could see 4% of global annual economic output lost by 2050 and hit many poorer parts of the world disproportionately hard. The study was conducted by ratings firm S&P Global, which gives countries credit scores based on the health of their economies. They published a […]
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By LMB Staff
28 Apr 2022
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#WeForNature Marine Pollution Plastic & Waste
The Environment is the Economy
When we reached Pangong Tso in Leh, Ladakh, I screamed with all my heart—THIS IS HEAVEN ON EARTH! I wondered if heaven is already on Earth, where we all hope to end up, why are we destroying the paradise we already have? Everything we have in our world today is derived from our planet. The […]
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By Garvita Gulhati
22 Apr 2022
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Air Pollution Climate Change Pollution Stories
Let’s start climate conversations
Time has come for us to move from being unconscious to conscious humanbeings about Climate Change. The most urgent threat that every species on this planet is facing is climate change.It’s sad that some of us are more aware about new movies and album releases but not about the impact of climate change despite it […]
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By sai
12 Apr 2022
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India accounts for top 35 of 50 worst air quality cities in the world; Delhi most polluted capital
According to the World Air Quality Report 2021, prepared by Swiss organisation IQAir, released last week, as many as 35 of the 50 cities with the worst air quality were in India. New Delhi continues to be the world’s most polluted capital city for the fourth consecutive year in 2021. Delhi’s air pollution, ranked at number 4 globally, […]
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By Sahil Sharma
22 Mar 2022
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Climate Change Uncategorized
A letter to the Indian Prime Minister for introducing climate change in the academic curriculum for the year 2022-23
Climate change is a daunting danger not only for humankind but also for the flora, fauna and animal kingdom. The need to act on protecting our ecosystem is felt not only by the activists or the communities affected by climate change, but also by aware citizens which include students, parents and even scientists supporting to […]
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By Aditya Dubey
27 Jan 2022
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Here is a catalogue of emissions inventory reports to quantify pollutants in the air we breathe
Where does air pollution come from? Does transport, industries, residences, agriculture waste, and other sectors contribute to poor air quality around us? Here is an interesting way to know. The Emissions Inventory report is here to quantify what specific pollutants are in the air we breathe and where they come from.  The catalogue of Emissions […]
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By LMB Staff
15 Jan 2022
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Plastic & Waste Plastic Pollution Uncategorized
Ganga Mashal Yatra: A flame to connect people with the Ganges and the need to beat plastic pollution
Journeying across the Gangetic belt UNEP’s CounterMEASURE project and National Mission for Clean Ganga in India collaborate with local development partners to celebrate India’s rivers and highlight solutions for plastic pollution in a series of offline events. Let’s choose #BetterThanPlastic #PlasticSeBehtar. Scroll through this photo story to see the highlights.
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By LMB Staff
03 Jan 2022
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Black Day For Democracy
26 citizens in Gurgaon, the millennium city of India were picked up by the police on 10th Dec 2021, huddled into a bus and taken away to a far off police station. “Why are we being treated like Criminals! For what?? All we were doing was standing quietly with a sheet of paper registering a […]
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By Aravalli Bachao
10 Dec 2021