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Almost all poor people in South Asia exposed to one or more climate shocks
Climate Change

Almost all poor people in South Asia exposed to one or more climate shocks

Richard Mahapatra
3 min read
Climate change will drive more to poverty, and make poverty persistent, says latest Multidimensional Poverty Index
Smaller sectors such as pulp and paper and chlor-alkali had been given more ambitious targets than cement and aluminium, which are much larger and have a greater impact on the country’s GHG emissions.
Climate Change

India notifies GHG emission intensity targets for four sectors: Delay derails ambition further

Parth Kumar
4 min read
Months-long gap in notification cuts emission reduction potential by over 2 million tonnes
Upholding injustice in Hasdeo – a blow to tribal survival, biodiversity, and the greater good
Governance

Upholding injustice in Hasdeo — a blow to tribal survival, biodiversity, and the greater good

Chitta Ranjan Pani
6 min read
The October 8 verdict threatens indigenous survival, dismantles ecological safeguards & hands victory to coal interests
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