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Last weekend, 10 Himalayan states in India voiced a unique demand — payment for the clean water that flows down …
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Environment
With Floods And Droughts, Millions At The Mercy Of The Rains
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Nearly a thousand people have been killed by floods in Nepal, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam in India, and in …
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G20 Stalls On Fossil Fuel Subsidies
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As G20 countries met for the group’s annual summit in Osaka, the dirty secret was that the world’s leading economies …
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Nearly A Third Of India’s Land Needs Restoration
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India has just declared that it will restore 21 million hectares of degraded land, including wasteland, forest and agricultural land. …
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Global Biodiversity Is Collapsing, Warn Scientists
Of the estimated eight million species on earth, around a million face extinction, according to biodiversity specialists from around the …
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First Ever Global Scientific Eating Plan Forgets The World’s Poor
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A team of 37 world-leading scientists from 16 countries have just released the world’s first ever scientific eating plan. The …
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Air Pollution Wrecks Havoc In India Says A Report , Claims 1.2 Million Lives In 2017
A global report on air pollution has come out with some worrying figures. According to the report, Over 1.2 million …
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Himalayan Hydro Developers Wilfully Ignore Climate Risks
With growing warnings of the cascading impacts of climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas, the region’s hydropower sector ought …
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Biodiversity Of Hindu Kush Himalayas Will Plummet By 2100
It’s not just the snow and ice that’s disappearing on the roof of the world. Animals and plant species, crop …
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2018 Was The Fourth Hottest Year Ever Recorded – Report By NOAA And NASA
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, 2018 was the fourth-hottest year ever recorded which means that …
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