At the Edge of Apocalypse
Biblical flooding, scorching heat, collapsing grid system, animals crumbling, waters rising, crops wilting, economy on the brink, and millions displaced. Welcome to the future of climate change… Pakistan.
Where’s the Water?
Climate change is clobbering water resources and testing the nerves of the world, especially megacities.
“A Moment of Truth”: The U.N. Secretary-General’s Clarion Call on Climate
“We are at a moment of truth. The truth is … almost ten years since the Paris Agreement was adopted, the target of limiting long-term global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is hanging by a thread”, says the Secretary-General.
Heat Stress Exposes Dangerous Trends in India’s Biggest Cities
Amid ongoing scorching summer, six mega cities across India are facing an unprecedented heat wave that is worsening the urban heat island effect. This has been revealed by a latest study done by the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment.
Worsening Global Warming: Amazon Rainforest on Verge of Collapse; Deadly Heat
It may seem absurd to consider collapse of the Amazon rainforest (65-million-years-old), but, sorry to say, it is already happening in early stages, as explained herein in some detail, with facts. Also: World heat is worse than ever; the entire planet is sweating.
Along the Mighty Indus, Stories of a Changing River and Evolving Relationships
Dams and barrages with hydropower and irrigation projects are affecting the natural flow of the river, which remains central to the lives of people.
Press Release: Guarantee Check – BJP’s Betrayal on the Environment
PUCL, Fridays for Future and Bahutva Karnataka have jointly released a report analysing the claims made by the BJP and PM Modi on domestic and international platforms, and the ground realities.
View from the Margins: Why Mumbai’s Indigenous Kolis are Angry with Unchecked Coastal ‘Development’
Maharashtra’s fishing community is angry with the BJP for prioritising development at the cost of destruction of the Konkan coast.
What Is the Sixth Schedule? Why Is Ladakh Demanding to be Brought Under It?
The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution aims to protect tribal populations and their interests through autonomous governance. It establishes autonomous institutional mechanisms which have legislative, judicial and executive powers for governance.
‘Devastating Impact’: Why the Road to the Amarnath Shrine has Triggered Outrage
The construction of a road to the Amarnath cave shrine in the Himalayas has triggered a political storm in Jammu and Kashmir with the opposition parties and some Kashmiri Pandits terming the move as a “catastrophe in the making”.