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Sandeep Chachra is a social anthropologist and a human rights and justice defender. With over three decades of experience in social development, he is currently the Executive Director of ActionAid Association in India. Sandeep is the Managing Editor of Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, a founding member of Global …

Lucknow. A three-day conclave on Climate Change, Impacts & Challenges, jointly organized by ActionAid Association, Vigyan Foundation, and Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, took place from March 13 to 15, 2024, in Lucknow. The aim was to amplify the voices of marginalized urban communities and integrate them into the …

Dr. Seema Javed The world is in the midst of a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste. The global economy is consuming ever more natural resources, while the world is not on track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. Extraction of the Earth’s natural …

Dr. Seema Javed UNEP seeks seven young people implementing ground-breaking ideas and solutions that showcase nature’s potential in addressing the triple planetary crisis climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution.   UNEP Young Champions of the Earth Young Champions of the Earth is the flagship youth engagement initiative of …

Dr. Seema Javed India is exceptionally vulnerable to the adverse consequences of climate change, given its diverse geo-climatic features and socioeconomic conditions. These adverse consequences are already affecting the country’s economy and livelihoods and could undermine progress made on development and poverty alleviation. Heat exposure in 2021 led to approximate …

Dr. Seema Javed Recently it was widely published that our planet earth will cross the global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius within 10 to 15 years. Even with low emissions, we could see 2 C of warming. But a future with less warming remains within reach.   Artificial intelligence …

Dr. Semma Javed Rising temperatures in India are projected to reduce crops yields, as food price inflation touches 11.51% in 2023 In a new analysis titled ‘Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture in India’ Climate Trends compiles evidence to showcase the extent of India’s agricultural vulnerability amidst changing summer monsoon …

Dr. Seema Javed Recently a cloudburst over the glacial South Lhonak Lake caused it to breach its embankment. Water initially breached the Chungthang dam, resulting in flash floods in multiple areas . According to meteorologists, the weather conditions were conducive for very heavy precipitation over the region on account of …

The G20 Leaders’ Summit has started today in Delhi. Indian officials confirm that climate change will feature in the agenda. But due to geopolitical frictions caused by the Russia-Ukraine war and Putin and Xi Jinping giving a miss to the Summit, it will be very difficult to reach to a …

Attribution analysis of temperatures in 180 countries finds the hottest northern hemisphere summer in recorded history would have been almost impossible without the influence of carbon pollution . Not one of 180 countries and 22 territories in a Climate Central attribution analysis of global temperatures escaped the influence of climate …