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Dubbed by some the “other COP”, UN negotiations over revised biodiversity targets and a new international framework for nature restoration …
Read More »Five Takeaways From The UN’s Proposals To Protect Biodiversity
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Environment
What Now For J&K’s State Animal And Bird?
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Before August 5, 2019, when the former state of Jammu & Kashmir was converted into the union territories of Ladakh …
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Himalayan Cold Wave, Avalanches, Kill Hundreds In South Asia
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In a video gone viral among some circles, an old man lies curled up in the snow, frozen to death. …
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Report To National Green Tribunal Raises Spirits In Kashmir
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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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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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