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At a time when Kashmir’s forests face the axe and the government looks to demarcate land for investors from elsewhere …
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Environment
Kashmir’s Forests Face The Axe
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The former Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir was very busy in September …
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No Appetite To Pay To Stop Global Warming
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The annual summit of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) starts just a few weeks before the 2015 …
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A Report Claims More Than 5 Lakh People Died Prematurely In India Due To Outdoor Air Pollution
More than five lakh people died prematurely in India in 2016 due to dangerous levels of outdoor air pollution and …
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Patna Drowns As Climate Change Meets Corruption
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They found him stranded inside his waterlogged home. Dressed in shorts and slippers and with a few bags by his …
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Trapped Between Melting Glaciers And A Rising Sea: UN
Rapid sea level rise and accelerated melting of glaciers due to global warming will increasingly disrupt lives of more than …
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As Glaciers Disappear, Can We Be Far Behind?
Due to climate change, mountain glaciers worldwide lost mass at an average rate of 220 gigatons (Gt) per year between …
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Climate Change Resilience Needs Investment Now
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In coastal Odisha, flash floods often devastate the paddy crop, leading to severe distress among farmers, who have to suffer …
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One Law To Rule India’s Rivers
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In possibly the most ambitious change to India’s water governance since the founding of the country in 1947, the central …
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Save Land To fight Climate Change
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The biennial summit organized by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and hosted by India said at the …
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