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School of change

India, Nov. 14 -- EVERY SUNDAY at 9 am, about 100 children gather under a large tree in Vivekananda Ward, a tribal settlement in Panagar town, Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. These children come fr... Read More


Don't blame the farmer

India, Nov. 14 -- INDIA'S groundwater crisis is often narrated through familiar images: a failed borewell, a falling water table, a tanker arriving in summer, or a farmer borrowing again to drill deep... Read More


Beyond decibels: India's DJ processions expose gaps in noise pollution monitoring

India, Nov. 14 -- The rise of DJ processions in India underscores the limitations of existing noise pollution regulations, which fail to account for moving sound sources and their health impacts. Stu... Read More


The Himalayas can no longer afford to wait for disasters: lessons in preparedness from Norway

India, Nov. 14 -- Just two weeks ago, on October 29, an outburst from Sintaphu Tsho, a moraine-dammed glacial lake in Bhutan's Laya area, triggered flooding. The resulting glacial lake outburst flood ... Read More


COP31: Priorities on Just Transition take shape at the end of week 1

India, Nov. 14 -- Developing countries at COP31 are pushing for a two-tier Just Transition Mechanism that provides finance, technology transfer and capacity-building support. Finance remains a major ... Read More


Even cacti face severe habitat loss as climate change intensifies droughts, study finds

India, Nov. 13 -- More than a quarter of nearly 1,000 cactus species could lose over 80% of their climatically suitable habitat by 2100, a new Nature study warns. Climate models that account for seve... Read More


Siang hydropower project and the challenge of local consent

India, Nov. 13 -- On October 23, Pasighat, the oldest town of Arunachal Pradesh, on the western bank of the Siang river, witnessed an un-precedented escalation in a four-decade-long resistance movemen... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Snowfall forecast in Himalayas; Delhi's air quality turns severe

India, Nov. 13 -- Western disturbances bring rain, snowfall, thunderstorms and strong winds across Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Ladakh. Delhi-NCR struggles with severe air pol... Read More


India's 178 major reservoirs lose 5 billion cubic metres of water in a week

India, Nov. 13 -- India's 178 major reservoirs recorded a decline of 5.07 billion cubic metres (BCM) in water storage in a week, leaving them at 63.25% of their total usable capacity. Nationwide rese... Read More


Nearly 240 million adolescents worldwide report no active days in a week: WHO

India, Nov. 13 -- Nearly one in four adolescents aged 11-17 worldwide, or about 240 million teenagers, reported no days with at least an hour of physical activity in the previous week, according to re... Read More