India, Aug. 2 -- The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat. Yet Governments continue to sacrifice forests - the planet's most effective carbon sink - at the altar of short-term political gain and development. In Telangana, the large-scale misuse of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) has led to rampant deforestation gutting vital ecosystems

Catastrophic flooding in central Texas on July 4 killed 88 people and 41 still remained unaccounted on the fifth day of rescue and relief has been the deadliest in hundred years of US history. The flooding begun when months' worth of rain fell in matter of hours, causing Guadalupe river to rise by eight meters in 45 minutes. Back home in India, cloud bursts in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have caus...