Climate anxiety deters 61% youth in Egypt from having children

Some 85% people globally agree that poor people will suffer the most from the impact of climate change

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Here's all about a book on war and environment during the Mughals, a documentary on people forced to migrate due to climate change and a wildlife …

Climate change can force 216 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050

Decisive collective action can reduce climate migration by as much as 80%

Odisha’s climate refugees: Last man standing at Satabhaya

Prafulla Lenka, a 47-year-old resident of Odisha’s Satabhaya village, is tenaciously holding on even as his village has almost disappeared …

How the warming world could turn many plants and animals into climate refugees

Almost unprecedented rate of global temperature increase means that species need to migrate at rapid rates

Monsoon stretching longer, displacing more people in south Asia: Report

Disasters displaced some 61.4 million people in south Asia in 2010-2021, according to IDMC and ADB report

How climate-induced disasters are creating a new dynamic of migration

Over time, countries would not be in a position to absorb so much migration in their limited urban centres and people will move to other countries,…

First casualty

Rising sea levels force Tuvaluans to find new homes

Environmental disasters and climate change force people to cross borders, but they’re not recognised as refugees — they should be

People displaced by adverse weather developments should be given more than temporary protection

Suketu Mehta on immigration

In 'This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto', the veteran author tackles the thorniest issue of our times

Nearly every child will face frequent heatwaves by 2050: UNICEF 

1 in 4 children lives in areas where the average heatwave event lasts 4.7 days or longer

Climate change will displace millions in coming decades; nations should prepare now to help them

By the middle of this century, experts estimate that climate change is likely to displace between 150 and 300 million people

Kolkata and Sundarbans: climate change rhetorics

The Indian Sundarbans, covering an area of nearly 10,000 sq km and having a population of 4.5 million, is facing a serious threat

Climate finance: Donors give less than they claim; and not for mitigation to needy countries

Mitigation finance primarily went to middle-income countries such as Brazil, India, Mexico and Indonesia

Migration out of climate change

Disaster-induced migration outstrips that due to conflicts

Climate shocks, conflicts worsen displacement in Mozambique: UNHCR

Mozambique dealing with climate-induced migration in south, conflict-induced migration in north

Is ‘climate anxiety’ a clinical diagnosis? Should it be?

In the absence of official diagnoses or recognised treatments, collective action against climate change may therefore be an effective solution to …

As told to Parliament (February 8, 2022): India’s per capita expenditure on health has increased  

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Climate doomism is bad storytelling — hope is much more effective at triggering action

 Looking at individual solutions can seem trivial, but it is a great way to tap into the power of self-efficacy

By 2050, climate change may threaten human existence

Report flags that scientific predictions till now have underestimated the severity of the crisis, and says the world is on path to 3 degree …

Climate communication: Why it is so important in today’s world

Climate communication can demystify climate change and create awareness in a language that can be understood, empathised with and acted upon

Trump must confront climate challenge, but will he?

People in the US must turn up the heat on Donald Trump so that he doesn’t water down Obama's environmental agenda

Nearly 80 mln displaced globally by 2019-end, half of them children: UNHCR

Fewer displaced people have been able to return to their homes in 2019

Aila prompts exodus