Eco-anxiety and India’s young
1 year, 8 months ago

Eco-anxiety and India’s young

The Hindu  

It was December 21, 2012, and 14-year-old Shaarvari Shreenath was convinced that the world was ending. “It’s a lazy response to the climate crisis; it doesn’t allow a deeper engagement with the here and now,” he says. Holding up a mirror to people’s anxieties “Apocalyptic content has always existed in comic books and video games,” says Aniruddho Chakroborty, a film critic with entertainment platform Film Companion. Though it differs from film to film, she has also noticed that a lot of apocalyptic films tend to have a positive ending: “In a highly fraught time, they give you something to hold on to.” Defining and tackling the problem Sarah Jaquette Ray, a teacher of environmental studies in California, called Generation Z ‘The Climate Generation’ in a 2020 article for business magazine, Fortune. “Every time you introduce kids to a problem, propose a solution,” she says, adding that in this way, children won’t feel like the problem is unsolvable.

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CCPI 2025: Teaching students about India's climate policies and challenges
3 days, 19 hours ago

CCPI 2025: Teaching students about India's climate policies and challenges

India Today  

India's climate change progress has earned it the 10th position on the Climate Change Performance Index 2025, a tool widely used by researchers and educators to evaluate nations' environmental efforts. Here's how to approach it: INDIA'S ACHIEVEMENTS: A CASE STUDY FOR STUDENTS India's strong performance in greenhouse gas emissions and energy use categories highlights its dedication to sustainable practices, particularly …

Women and Children: The Forgotten Victims of the Climate Crisis in India
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Women and Children: The Forgotten Victims of the Climate Crisis in India

Hindustan Times  

India's climate crisis disproportionately impacts women and children, highlighting the need for inclusive policies that center their needs. The article emphasizes the importance of empowering women and children to lead climate action, as their voices are crucial for crafting solutions that are both effective and equitable. By addressing the gendered impacts of the crisis, India can ensure a sustainable future …

Climate change is terrifying. These young people won’t give up fighting it.
3 months, 1 week ago

Climate change is terrifying. These young people won’t give up fighting it.

LA Times  

It’s Friday, Sept. 13. Their anxieties — and their commitment to solutions — inspired my colleagues to fan out across our beats to better understand how young people were grappling with climate change and extreme weather. While many will say that climate change is a “young person’s problem,” I spoke with a group of activists over the age of 60 …

Climate debate: Criticism of the Economic Survey misses the forest for the trees
4 months, 1 week ago

Climate debate: Criticism of the Economic Survey misses the forest for the trees

Live Mint  

Edward Said recounted how, when he critiqued Western scholars for biased depictions of the East, a prominent scholar dismissed his arguments by attacking his credibility rather than engaging with their substance. On 6 August, an oped in Mint argued that India’s Economic Survey “has wide gaps and odd arguments" on climate change. First, the charge that the survey adopts a …

Time to climate-proof lives and livelihoods - The Hindu
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Time to climate-proof lives and livelihoods - The Hindu

The Hindu  

With his sweat-drenched T-shirt stuck to his body, Anup Majhi, 37, pauses for a moment beneath the AC blowers in the bus parked in Kolkata’s Esplanade area. “They were insistent that I should not go out in this heat.” From March 1 to June 18 this year, 110 people died due to heatstroke in India, according to data from the …

A brewing storm
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A brewing storm

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: In the summer that went by, the city of Bengaluru was trending on social media; this time not for its famed cool clime but for the deadly heat wave as temperatures touched 39°C, a number unheard of in namma ooru. I have never experienced such heat before,” shares Sargam Parashar, who found it extremely hard to concentrate on anything, …

‘Scared as hell’: Climate scientists risk jobs, jail to save dying planet
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Scared as hell’: Climate scientists risk jobs, jail to save dying planet

Al Jazeera  

“I was scared as hell. Abramoff was jarred by the data: “I remember feeling the enormity of all of the Earth systems that were already being affected by climate change and how little time we had to avert more catastrophic effects.” Overwhelmed by the severity of the climate impacts and the resulting human suffering, Abramoff, who was completing her postdoctorate …

Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue
7 months ago

Climate change impacts millions in India. But as the country votes, some politicians skirt the issue

Associated Press  

BEED, India — Almost 970 million Indians are voting in general elections amid sweltering heat and unpredictable weather extremes exacerbated by human-caused climate change, leading to loss of livelihood, forced migration and increasingly difficult living conditions for millions across the country. Issues related to religion, caste and employment still determine most Indians’ political preferences, but Koll said that at local …

Climate change a top priority for India's Gen Z voters. Are parties listening?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change a top priority for India's Gen Z voters. Are parties listening?

India Today  

The ongoing general election in India has a distinct dimension to it: hotter weather. India Today has analysed the election manifestos of two major national parties – the Bhartiya Janata Party and Congress – to assess their policies concerning climate change. The word “climate” in the context of environmental degradation features 10 times in the Congress manifesto while it appears …

Empowering students: Innovative approaches to climate change education
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Empowering students: Innovative approaches to climate change education

India Today  

Introducing students to the complex and urgent issue of climate change is not just an educational imperative but a moral and practical necessity in today's world. By fostering climate literacy, critical thinking, and a sense of agency, we empower students to become informed stewards of the planet and active participants in efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Field …

Climate anxiety affecting Gen Z’s well-being
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate anxiety affecting Gen Z’s well-being

Live Mint  

Devastating consequences of worsening climate change are increasing concerns across the world. For the study, researchers from Curtin University surveyed Australian university students belonging to Generation Z and found that climate change was their topmost environmental concern. The findings, published in Sustainable Earth Reviews, climate anxiety is contributing to Gen Z’s overall sense of unease towards the future, which could …

Thinning out, not cooling off: Climate crisis and the dip in global population
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Thinning out, not cooling off: Climate crisis and the dip in global population

Hindustan Times  

For over two centuries, the spectre of overpopulation has haunted global debates about food security, sustainability and the environment. A 2023 study by researchers at the University of Texas in Austin makes a convincing case that “contemporaneous fertility rates are, essentially, quantitatively irrelevant to our climate future.” According to the study’s findings, the difference in long-run temperature rise between population …

View From India | Facing climate risks
1 year ago

View From India | Facing climate risks

The Hindu  

As the ongoing UN COP-28 climate summit comes to a close in Dubai on December 12, 2023, a draft of the Global Goal on Adaptation said all countries must have in place a detailed plan by 2025, to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change in their countries, and must demonstrate progress in implementing such a plan …

Include indigenous communities in mental health and climate change discourse: Experts
1 year, 3 months ago

Include indigenous communities in mental health and climate change discourse: Experts

The Hindu  

Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, wildfires, pandemics. “Both the mental health discourse and the climate change discourse are Eurocentric, reflecting very privileged narratives that then promote individual solutions,” said Raj Mariwala, director at Mariwala Health Initiative. “We need to critically engage with and question some of the existing structures, look at how to do psychosocial justice, and question neoliberalism and …

Many young people are devastated by climate change. But from despair springs action, study suggests
1 year, 3 months ago

Many young people are devastated by climate change. But from despair springs action, study suggests

Salon  

When speaking with Salon in 2021, twenty-six-year-old climate activist Kidus Girma expressed anxiety about the future of the planet — but, at the same time, some hope that he might be able to play a tiny part in making things better. "Even in the absence of direct climate-related experiences, distress about climate change is affecting young people's aspirations." They added, …

India’s climate crisis susceptibility and the way forward
1 year, 6 months ago

India’s climate crisis susceptibility and the way forward

Hindustan Times  

The climate crisis poses an increasingly complex challenge worldwide, with profound implications for ecosystems, economies, and societies. India's vulnerability to climate crisis necessitates a long-term approach to build resilience and adapt to the changing climate. By adopting measures that enhance resilience in sectors such as agriculture, water management, and infrastructure, India can mitigate the adverse impacts of the climate crisis …

World Earth Month 2023: Indian Individuals Who Are Trying To Make The World A Better Place Through Their Sustainable Beliefs And Work
1 year, 8 months ago

World Earth Month 2023: Indian Individuals Who Are Trying To Make The World A Better Place Through Their Sustainable Beliefs And Work

News 18  

It is an absolute no-brainer that all of us will soon be facing the brunt of the damages that we have caused in the form of global warming. Samriddh Burman View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Burlap People As a young tennis player playing in the junior circuit, Samriddh had the opportunity to travel far and …

Pradeep S. Mehta | Global summits to mass movements: Creating G-20 that reaches all
1 year, 9 months ago

Pradeep S. Mehta | Global summits to mass movements: Creating G-20 that reaches all

Deccan Chronicle  

The world is facing many challenges, including a global debt crisis, the impact of climate change on livelihoods, global supply chain disruptions, and increasing conflicts between countries. “Jan Bhagidari”, an Indian term which loosely translates to “People’s Partnership”, could offer a solution for many of our challenges. As the government rightly pitches for a reorientation of the policy architecture, it …

The age of ‘climate fiction’: how Indian novels and cinema have spotlighted stark realities with more nuance than the West
1 year, 9 months ago

The age of ‘climate fiction’: how Indian novels and cinema have spotlighted stark realities with more nuance than the West

The Hindu  

In Janice Pariat’s latest novel, Shai’s story begins with a declaration — “to go back to where I came from — the wettest place on Earth”. No genre switch, this Works like Pariat’s, Amitav Ghosh’s The Living Mountain, and Kartiki Gonsalves’s film The Elephant Whisperers are constructing climate realities where the environment exists as a backdrop, a protagonist, but also …

Life in the in-between: the stories in Tomorrow’s Parties offer a glimpse of what living with climate change may look like
1 year, 9 months ago

Life in the in-between: the stories in Tomorrow’s Parties offer a glimpse of what living with climate change may look like

The Hindu  

This year is when the United Nations will do a “global stocktake” of the climate, “when countries will review progress towards the Paris Agreement goals, including the goal of keeping global warming to well below 2°C”. Similar stories of improbable wisdom and wild truths find space in Tomorrow’s Parties: Life in the Anthropocene brought out by MIT Press as part …

Climate-proofing India’s socio-economic trajectory
1 year, 10 months ago

Climate-proofing India’s socio-economic trajectory

Live Mint  

With existing socio-economic challenges, India needs a people-first development paradigm to move towards a climate-secure future, and become a leading voice on climate action for the Global South. With programmes around green fuel, climate-friendly farming, green buildings, low-carbon mobility, and policies for efficient energy use across various economic sectors, the 2023-24 Budget lays a strong foundation for green growth – …

How youth can helm climate agenda in 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

How youth can helm climate agenda in 2023

Firstpost  

On National Youth Day, here are five recommended ways in which the young people can serve the environment The enormous impact of young activists like Greta Thunberg on the conversation around climate change is undeniable. There are many young change makers in India who are also working towards the 2030 agenda for sustainable development put forward by the United Nations …

National Youth Day 2023: Vidisha Srivastava, Kamna Pathak, More Talk About Inspiring Indian Youth Icons
1 year, 11 months ago

National Youth Day 2023: Vidisha Srivastava, Kamna Pathak, More Talk About Inspiring Indian Youth Icons

News 18  

National Youth Day commemorates the Indian thinker, philosopher, and social leader, Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary. On this day, TV actors Anita Pradhan, Kamna Pathak, and Vidisha Srivastava, honour some young talents in their fields for their contributions. On this National Youth Day, I appreciate young voices from India who inspire the world through their actions and words,” she concludes. For …

India fighting climate change despite accounting for less than 4% of total emissions: Environment Minister
2 years, 1 month ago

India fighting climate change despite accounting for less than 4% of total emissions: Environment Minister

The Hindu  

India is undertaking an arduous effort to fight climate change despite accounting for less than four per cent of the world's cumulative emissions so far, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday. "India, home to 1.3 billion people, is undertaking this arduous effort despite the reality that our contribution to the world's cumulative emissions so far is less than 4 …

We are in denial of climate change, people in power not doing enough: Bhumi Pednekar
2 years, 1 month ago

We are in denial of climate change, people in power not doing enough: Bhumi Pednekar

India Today  

Despite the world reeling under the impact of floods, droughts and wildfires, urban green crusaders said that we, as a society, still remain in denial of climate change. Actor and climate activist Bhumi Pednekar said that people do not believe climate change is real. Pednekar, along with urban planner & climate campaigner Berjis Driver, Neha Naikwade, Lead, Climate Data Programme, …

A documentary series of 16 stories of resilience shot in five of India’s most climate-vulnerable states
2 years, 1 month ago

A documentary series of 16 stories of resilience shot in five of India’s most climate-vulnerable states

The Hindu  

Women from 10 self-help groups from Tandahara village in Odisha’s Puri district have been nurturing a forest, which will provide a measure of protection from the water, especially seawater intrusion, that destroys their fields. Elsewhere, at Kalu village in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, a ‘community facility centre’ helps pastoralists build climate resilience by storing water for cattle in the drought-hit region …

Why fighting climate change is a laughing matter (sometimes)
2 years, 4 months ago

Why fighting climate change is a laughing matter (sometimes)

Live Mint  

We don’t laugh enough. But also, scientific research shows the way the media covers climate change — which is often summed up plainly as “doom and gloom” — has the unintended effect of making people feel more disengaged. In 2009, Peruvian citizen Eduardo Gold splashed Andean mountains where glaciers had melted with white paint, arguing it could help replicate the …

India’s climate imperative
2 years, 5 months ago

India’s climate imperative

The Hindu  

In the absence of COVID-19, climate change-induced disasters would have been India’s biggest red alert in recent years. The heatwave that scorched Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and New Delhi this year; torrential downpours in south India in 2021; and the super cyclone Amphan that battered West Bengal and Odisha in 2020 are symbols of man-made climate change. Labour losses from …

India’s Borders & Climate Change: Tensions With Pak & Bangladesh Set to Grow?
2 years, 6 months ago

India’s Borders & Climate Change: Tensions With Pak & Bangladesh Set to Grow?

The Quint  

Peace and conflict in South Asia have traditionally been underpinned by three regional realities: internal issues of civil war and ethno-religious violence and separatism, military conflict between India and Pakistan, and political conflicts between India and the smaller states of Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, writes researcher and policy analyst MS Huda. South Asia is one of the most critically …

Climate change experts say India's heatwave offers the world a terrifying glimpse into the future
2 years, 7 months ago

Climate change experts say India's heatwave offers the world a terrifying glimpse into the future

ABC  

Every year, more than a billion people sweat their way through India and Pakistan's dreaded heatwaves, which usually begin in late May. "There is overwhelming evidence in the scientific community that climate change is playing a role in causing temperature extremes to be more frequent, more intense and more elongated," Professor Mondal said. Power grid overloaded amid sweltering heat The …

Rich countries can’t wash their hands off with net-zero targets
2 years, 9 months ago

Rich countries can’t wash their hands off with net-zero targets

Live Mint  

The sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change comes in four parts, three of them by three different working groups, while the fourth integrates the findings of the three working group reports into a synthesis. If the developed countries carry out the expenditure on sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere the expensive way and on carrying …

JLF2022: Climate Change, Energy Conservation And Clean Energy To Be Major Topics Of Discussion
2 years, 9 months ago

JLF2022: Climate Change, Energy Conservation And Clean Energy To Be Major Topics Of Discussion

News 18  

Scheduled from 5th-14th March 2022, the Jaipur Literature Festival will bring a brilliant line-up of sessions on climate change and environment. In conversation with former diplomat and author Navtej Sarna, Maçães will discuss book Geopolitics for the End Time: From the Pandemic to the Climate Crisis. https://www.instagram.com/p/CaopdRfBpKj/ Urgency of Borrowed Time will also bring Lakshmi Puri, former Assistant Secretary-General of …

The climate crisis worsens
2 years, 9 months ago

The climate crisis worsens

Hindustan Times  

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, released on Monday, is an unvarnished account of the expanding footprint of the climate crisis on the world. Mass mortality events on land and ocean; first climate-driven extinctions; loss of hundreds of local species; death and disease due to extreme heat are some of the …

Aakar Patel | Are we ready to believe things are not going well with India?
2 years, 11 months ago

Aakar Patel | Are we ready to believe things are not going well with India?

Deccan Chronicle  

Some changes come up on us so slowly that the present generation does not take on the responsibility of the consequences. And, of course, these two are also the major source of carbon dioxide emissions, which we know is a primary cause of climate change. A little warming here and a little colder weather there is not sufficient cause for …

Catch them young: School climate education key for sustainable development
3 years ago

Catch them young: School climate education key for sustainable development

Hindustan Times  

With COP26 a wrap, young influencers across the world sharing their views through social media and reports galore, climate change and its impact has never been more top of mind for so many people. In India, we are seeing a rise in youth climate organisations demanding greater climate action, climate change education and climate justice. There is an active argument …

The numbers game: The Hindu Editorial on COP26 United Nations climate meeting at Glasgow
3 years, 1 month ago

The numbers game: The Hindu Editorial on COP26 United Nations climate meeting at Glasgow

The Hindu  

The 26th United Nations Conference of Parties in Glasgow, Scotland may not have a significant outcome as yet in sight. Prior to the summit, there was a frantic attempt by leaders of western countries, particularly the United States and summit host the United Kingdom, to have most countries agree on a mid-century net zero goal, or when emissions dip to …

Young climate activists warn their elders: Stop destroying the planet
3 years, 1 month ago

Young climate activists warn their elders: Stop destroying the planet

LA Times  

After the cops showed up in an urban forest and detained Manisha Dhinde, one of them asked her: “What is this fashion of protesting for the environment?” “It isn’t fashion,” Dhinde snapped back on that day two years ago. “The planet is warming, the animals are disappearing, the rivers are dying, and our plants don’t flower like they did before,” …

One or two disasters won't wake up India: Amitav Ghosh on climate crisis
3 years, 1 month ago

One or two disasters won't wake up India: Amitav Ghosh on climate crisis

India Today  

As COP26, or this year’s United Nations climate summit, began in Scotland’s Glasgow, India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai spoke to author Amitav Ghosh, who has worked extensively on environmental issues, on the Indian situation. I wish I could say that one or two disasters would wake the country up but it’s clear that it’s not going to happen. …

Climate migration predicted to rise in India amid extreme weather
3 years, 1 month ago

Climate migration predicted to rise in India amid extreme weather

Al Jazeera  

Study says droughts, floods and heatwaves are fuelling climate migration as nation’s poorest are forced to abandon their homes. A rise in extreme weather events in India – from droughts and floods to heatwaves and hailstorms – is fuelling climate migration as the nation’s poorest are forced to abandon their homes, land and livelihoods, researchers say. “We cannot afford to …

Mitigating a crisis: The Hindu Editorial on COP26 Glasgow climate meet
3 years, 1 month ago

Mitigating a crisis: The Hindu Editorial on COP26 Glasgow climate meet

The Hindu  

In a week, heads of state from at least 120 countries are expected to convene in Glasgow for the 26th meeting of the United Nations Conference of the Parties. The year 2020 was to have been an important year in the COP calendar as most of the major economies were expected to review the actions undertaken so far in meeting …

Climate crisis: Why India must focus on adaptation
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate crisis: Why India must focus on adaptation

Hindustan Times  

Two recent publications point out pathways for India to meet the challenges posed by the climate crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s Sixth Assessment Report, released in August, acknowledged India’s efforts towards pledges on emission, but advocated a net-zero deadline. The message for India, therefore, is not so much mitigation, but to go for a quicker, broader, and …

UN India's 'We The Change' campaign showcase climate solutions pioneered by young Indians
3 years, 2 months ago

UN India's 'We The Change' campaign showcase climate solutions pioneered by young Indians

Firstpost  

17 young Indians have developed climate-based solutions that are “innovative, sustainable and equitable” with the focus being on strengthening engagement with governments and society. “We need enabling spaces for co-learning and collaboration for effective climate action,” says Archana Soreng, young climate campaigner and member of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change. The group of 17 will develop …

Climate strikes: Why are young people across the world taking to the streets?
3 years, 2 months ago

Climate strikes: Why are young people across the world taking to the streets?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Watch live as Greta Thunberg joins the Fridays for Future climate strike in Berlin A study published in the …

UN's New Climate Change Report: Why It's Important & What It Means for India
3 years, 4 months ago

UN's New Climate Change Report: Why It's Important & What It Means for India

The Quint  

"For India, the predictions in this report mean people labouring in longer and more frequent heat waves, warmer nights for our winter crops, erratic monsoon rains for our summer crops, destructive floods and storms that disrupt power supply for drinking water or medical oxygen production," said Ulka Kelkar, director, climate program, World Resources Institute India. Other climate experts spoke about …

Experiencing Climate Change Anxiety? This Futuristic Computer Game Helps You Make Sustainable Choices
3 years, 7 months ago

Experiencing Climate Change Anxiety? This Futuristic Computer Game Helps You Make Sustainable Choices

News 18  

It is the year 2050, the planet is warming up, meals come from nutritional food packs and dozens of new zoonotic viruses are spreading. “This is a game for everyone, but particularly for climate nihilistic Gen Z’s who know about climate change and feel hopeless and frustrated at the inaction they are seeing,” said Samantha Beckbessinger, an author and game …

India's climate ambitions to grow, but not under global pressure, environment minister Javadekar says
3 years, 8 months ago

India's climate ambitions to grow, but not under global pressure, environment minister Javadekar says

Firstpost  

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said India will raise its climate ambitions but not under pressure, and that it will not allow anybody to forget their historical responsibility. He also said that India is suffering because of the mistakes of others and “is not responsible for climate change that is happening”. The minister said the collaboration between India …

Climate Change Tracker: 10 things we learned about climate change in 2020
3 years, 11 months ago

Climate Change Tracker: 10 things we learned about climate change in 2020

Live Mint  

Reporting on climate change can be detrimental to your mental health. We’re inching ever closer to the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold, beyond which climate change impacts will begin to approach extremely dangerous levels. If that wasn’t bad enough, a new, independent report in mid-December stated that the world’s annual mean global temperature may hit the 1.5 degree Celsius mark faster …

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