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					<title>Heat plans must account for age and gender, says UN Women paper</title>
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					<pubDate>21 Jul 2026 12:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Sharmila Vaidyanathan]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Arathimenon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[extreme heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat impacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat stroke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat wave]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Environment and Her]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Extreme Weather Events, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Health impacts, Human Rights, Impacts of Climate Change, People, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[India witnessed yet another record-breaking summer this year. As scorching temperatures become the new norm, a new technical paper calls for a more granular understanding of gender and age-specific risks of heat stress. The paper, Gender-differentiated and age-specific risks of heat stress in a warming world: Implications for equality and resilience, by Venge Nyirongo, Deputy [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India witnessed yet another record-breaking summer this year. As scorching temperatures become the new norm, a new technical paper calls for a more granular understanding of gender and age-specific risks of heat stress. The paper, Gender-differentiated and age-specific risks of heat stress in a warming world: Implications for equality and resilience, by Venge Nyirongo, Deputy Chief of Economic Empowerment and Policy Advisor for Sustainable Development at United Nations (UN) Women, highlights that heat stress affects men, women, children, adults and older people differently. Nyirongo explains that biological responses vary between men and women. While men have higher sweat rates than women, mortality from heat stroke and heat-related cardiac events is significantly higher among men. Heat impacts also emerge from the interaction of biological differences and gendered social roles, notes the paper. Strenuous physical work performed outdoors, primarily by men, raises internal body temperatures, placing them at greater risk of heat-related illnesses. For women, the paper notes, the impacts of passive heat exposure experienced indoors during heatwaves are a significant concern. It also points out that much of the agricultural work undertaken by women, such as transporting water or watering seedlings, is carried out during the hottest parts of the day, often without sufficient knowledge about heat impacts or access to cooling measures. “These patterns likely reflect both biology and social behaviour,” writes Nyirongo. He stresses the need for more data collection, monitoring and research to develop targeted heat adaptation measures across different demographic groups. “The paper underscores that a significant&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/heat-plans-must-account-for-age-and-gender-says-un-women-paper/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Biosphere reserves are pockets of hope for a changing planet [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/01/biosphere-reserves-are-pockets-of-hope-for-a-changing-planet-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>02 Jan 2026 13:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Benno BöerNeha MidhaSrishti Kumar]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biosphere reserves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Biosphere reserves, Climate Change, Ecology, Industry, Natural Resources, United Nations, Wildlife, and Wildlife Sanctuary]]>
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							<![CDATA[The world is facing a Triple Planetary Crisis, where climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss converge. Around the world and especially in India and other South Asian countries, the pressures of unbridled resource extraction and rapid population growth have pushed ecosystems to their limits. In a situation like this, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves stand as rare [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The world is facing a Triple Planetary Crisis, where climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss converge. Around the world and especially in India and other South Asian countries, the pressures of unbridled resource extraction and rapid population growth have pushed ecosystems to their limits. In a situation like this, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves stand as rare “pockets of hope”. These designated protected ecosystems, whether terrestrial, marine or coastal, are living landscapes that prove it is still possible to protect nature while supporting human wellbeing. In these reserves, sustainability is a scientific challenge as well as a cultural, ethical, and community-driven way of life. Every UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is shaped by the people who live within and around it. The forests, rivers, coastlines, and farmlands are not abstract conservation zones. These ecosystems are their homes, livelihood and identity. They are where memories reside. When these communities participate meaningfully in decision-making, and their rights and knowledge are respected, conservation stops being a top-down imposition and becomes a shared responsibility. Empowering communities is essential in South Asia where millions depend directly on natural ecosystems for survival. A well-informed, aware, and motivated community is the strongest force for conservation, and the primary agent that transforms a reserve from protected land into a living “pocket of hope”. The authors emphasise on the importance of ethical, science-based journalism, sharing the example of reporting on dugongs from the southeastern coast in the late 2010s, which helped shift public awareness and foster scientific collaboration stronger coastal protections. Image by&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/01/biosphere-reserves-are-pockets-of-hope-for-a-changing-planet-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Vivek Menon becomes the first Asian chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission [Interview]</title>
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					<pubDate>18 Dec 2025 11:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Nikhil Sreekandan]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Divya Kilikar]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[COP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endemic species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global south]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IUCN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species loss]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Eco Hope]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Interviews, People, United Nations, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[By the late 1970s, rapid urbanisation and government construction plans for the national capital had put parts of the Delhi Ridge under threat. The northern extension of the Aravalli range, the Delhi Ridge, was the last reserve forest in the city. However, the Delhi Development Authority sought to develop it in the blueprint of Hyde [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[By the late 1970s, rapid urbanisation and government construction plans for the national capital had put parts of the Delhi Ridge under threat. The northern extension of the Aravalli range, the Delhi Ridge, was the last reserve forest in the city. However, the Delhi Development Authority sought to develop it in the blueprint of Hyde Park in London and Central Park in New York. “I remember leading a group of students from Delhi University and picketing the Delhi Development Authority building,” said Vivek Menon, co-founder of the Wildlife Trust of India, who was 20 years old when he, along with activists, students, and conservation groups mobilised to oppose deforestation of the ridge in 1987. Menon founded the NGO Shrishti in the same year, which helped formalise and sustain advocacy for the Delhi Ridge, and contributed to the notification of some sections of the ridge as protected forests. In the years that followed, over a career spanning nearly four decades, Menon earned the reputation of being one of India’s foremost wildlife conservationists. On October 15, 2025, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., Menon was elected as the new Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission for 2025-2029, becoming the first Asian person to lead the commission in its 75-year history. On October 15, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., Vivek Menon was elected as the new Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission for 2025-2029, becoming the first Asian person to lead the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/vivek-menon-becomes-the-first-asian-chair-of-the-iucn-species-survival-commission-interview/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India announces a unified climate finance mechanism to implement its climate action strategy</title>
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					<pubDate>25 Nov 2025 14:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[adaptation finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP30]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Climate Finance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Impacts of Climate Change, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[Fourteen developing countries and regions have announced plans to establish new country-level platforms to strengthen national climate finance. The initiative, launched at COP30, marks a coordinated shift toward country-led investment planning. The platforms, supported by the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Readiness Programme, are designed to translate national priorities into investable pipelines and strengthen coordination among [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Fourteen developing countries and regions have announced plans to establish new country-level platforms to strengthen national climate finance. The initiative, launched at COP30, marks a coordinated shift toward country-led investment planning. The platforms, supported by the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Readiness Programme, are designed to translate national priorities into investable pipelines and strengthen coordination among government agencies, the private sector, and development partners. The new platforms will build on the existing Brazil country platform and Caribbean regional platform, making it a total for 16 platforms for this purpose. India is one of the countries that has announced a country platform. The others include the African Islands States Climate Commission (AISCC), Cambodia, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Mongolia, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Rwanda, the Dominican Republic, Togo and South Africa. GCF Executive Director Mafalda Duarte said the growing network reflects a shift from fragmented project-based approaches toward systemic planning. “Country platforms represent a strategic opportunity for countries to bring the whole of government, the private sector, and development partners around one process,” she said. “What began with Brazil’s platform is now expanding into a network of nearly 20 GCF-supported platforms worldwide.” Countries are expected to use these platforms to harmonise public and private finance, coordinate investment priorities, and speed up the design and implementation of climate projects. Alongside the 14 new platforms, a Country Platform Hub was also launched to support developing nations and advance tangible, country-led solutions to scale climate finance. The Hub will provide technical connections, learning exchanges, and access to partners,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/india-announces-a-unified-climate-finance-mechanism-to-implement-its-climate-action-strategy/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Soaring expectations met with sinking outcomes at climate summit</title>
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					<pubDate>24 Nov 2025 15:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Soumya Sarkar]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP30]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Climate Science, Energy, Environmental Politics, Fossil Fuels, Politics, Technology, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[The disappointment at the end of the Brazil climate summit, COP30, was palpable. As negotiators filed out of the humid makeshift halls along the Guajará Bay after two tense weeks, many admitted privately what others said aloud — the world had arrived in the gateway city of the Amazon hoping for a decisive push on [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The disappointment at the end of the Brazil climate summit, COP30, was palpable. As negotiators filed out of the humid makeshift halls along the Guajará Bay after two tense weeks, many admitted privately what others said aloud — the world had arrived in the gateway city of the Amazon hoping for a decisive push on climate action, but COP30 ended with more caution than courage. Nearly 200 participating countries agreed on new work programmes, fresh roadmaps and long-delayed financial goals, yet the central expectation of a clear global plan to curb fossil fuels dissolved in the final hours despite running into overtime. What remained was a set of incremental steps which, taken together, still fell far short of the pace required to avert dangerous planetary warming. The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, captured that mood in blunt terms. He welcomed the signals of progress in Belém but warned that the outcome “is still far from where the science says we should be.” COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago conceded in the closing plenary that “some of you had greater ambitions,” acknowledging that several important discussions “are not reflected in these texts we just approved.” Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), echoed the same fear, urging governments to follow through because the gap between promises and real-world action was widening. “In this new era, we must bring our process closer to the real economy, to deliver concrete results faster,” Stiell said in the closing&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/soaring-expectations-met-with-sinking-outcomes-at-climate-summit/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India sharpens equity and finance demands as COP30 draft text raises new concerns</title>
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					<pubDate>21 Nov 2025 12:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[CBAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[COP31]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon Finance, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Environment, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[With negotiations at the 30th United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) entering the final phase, India intensified its messaging on equity, finance and national circumstances on November 20, using two high-level platforms to highlight what it considers essential for implementing the Paris Agreement. These interventions came as negotiators began examining the COP30 Presidency’s draft “Global Mutirão” text. Several [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[With negotiations at the 30th United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) entering the final phase, India intensified its messaging on equity, finance and national circumstances on November 20, using two high-level platforms to highlight what it considers essential for implementing the Paris Agreement. These interventions came as negotiators began examining the COP30 Presidency’s draft “Global Mutirão” text. Several observers say parts of the document risk weakening the climate justice principles that India has been emphasising in Belém. The draft retains several options for unilateral trade measures, adaptation finance, and the execution of the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (NCQG), which was agreed upon in Baku, for parties to iron out and agree upon. For example, it proposes four options to address unilateral trade measures, such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which has been a concern for many countries, including India. One option is to organise technical workshops on trade-climate linkages, in coordination with the COP31 Presidency. Other options include convening a dialogue or establishing a platform to examine the nature, scope and cross-border impacts of such measures. The draft also suggests launching an annual dialogue to facilitate discussions among Party and non-Party stakeholders. However, during the Third Ministerial Roundtable on the UAE Just Transition Work Programme, India&#8217;s environment minister Bhupender Yadav emphasised that climate-related unilateral trade measures by developed economies are damaging the trust within the UN climate process. Unilateral trade measures are discussed within the UNFCCC&#8217;s Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP). He further said that a just transition&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/india-sharpens-equity-and-finance-demands-as-cop30-draft-text-raises-new-concerns/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India, China step into leadership vacuum at climate meet as the West retreats</title>
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					<pubDate>21 Nov 2025 11:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Soumya Sarkar]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[The room had barely settled when an Indian negotiator joked that the tense climate-finance session felt like “mandatory therapy.” A Chinese delegate quickly added, “Not just therapy. We need yoga and a massage.” According to a delegate present at the meeting, the light-hearted exchange drew laughter and softened the mood. It also revealed something deeper. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The room had barely settled when an Indian negotiator joked that the tense climate-finance session felt like “mandatory therapy.” A Chinese delegate quickly added, “Not just therapy. We need yoga and a massage.” According to a delegate present at the meeting, the light-hearted exchange drew laughter and softened the mood. It also revealed something deeper. India and China often coordinate at climate summits, but their easy camaraderie at the climate talks in Brazil (COP30) carries new weight because the world’s traditional climate leaders are no longer steering the process. With the United States again pulling back from the Paris Agreement under the second Donald Trump administration, and the European Union distracted by the economic and political pressures of the war in Ukraine, the leadership vacuum has made India and China’s familiar alignment unusually influential in Belém this year. What was once a routine partnership has become a central force in holding together a summit that feels unanchored. Old partnership in a new world Inside the negotiating rooms, India and China have been echoing each other’s positions with a smoothness that even veteran observers did not expect. For years, both countries have pushed for the same broad demands that hinged on more reliable financial support from wealthy nations, fewer trade barriers that hurt developing economies, and fairer expectations for poorer countries trying to cut emissions. None of that is new. What is new is the context. With Washington now outside the UN climate process and Brussels struggling to maintain diplomatic momentum,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/india-china-step-into-leadership-vacuum-at-climate-meet-as-the-west-retreats/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India falls in climate performance rankings</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/india-slips-to-23rd-place-in-the-global-climate-performance-index/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Nov 2025 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate action]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Clean Energy]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Energy, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[India has slipped from the 10th to 23rd place in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2026, shifting from the group of high performers to the medium performing countries category. The index, which compares climate performance of countries, was released by Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network on the sidelines of the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India has slipped from the 10th to 23rd place in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2026, shifting from the group of high performers to the medium performing countries category. The index, which compares climate performance of countries, was released by Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network on the sidelines of the ongoing UN climate conference (COP30) in Belém. India has remained among the top 10 countries in the CCPI for six years since 2019. The index assesses the climate performance of 63 countries and the EU across four categories: greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), renewable energy, energy use and climate policy. In the latest edition, India received a medium rating in GHG emissions, climate policy and energy use, and a low rating in renewable energy. CCPI lists several policy actions taken by India on the climate front. It notes that India is signalling long-term intent through a formal climate strategy, ambitious renewable energy targets and established efficiency programmes, including appliance labelling under the Bureau of Energy Efficiency and the Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) mechanism. The report also highlights recent policy developments, such as the green finance taxonomy and the national carbon market framework. It notes that renewable energy deployment continues to expand through auctions and fiscal tools, supported by falling tariffs and strong participation. India also reported achieving 50% of its installed power capacity from non-fossil sources in 2025, well ahead of its 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target. A farmer at work, against the backdrop&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/india-slips-to-23rd-place-in-the-global-climate-performance-index/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Belém’s streets turn red, black and green as people march for climate justice</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/belems-streets-turn-red-black-and-forest-green-as-amazon-peoples-march-for-climate-justice/</link>
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					<pubDate>18 Nov 2025 14:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change impacts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Conserving Agro-biodiversity]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Impacts of Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[Family farmers, traditional communities and Indigenous peoples led the People’s Summit Unified March, a climate justice protest, on November 15, bringing colour and movement to the streets of Belém. Delegations to what was called the “Great People’s March” arrived in bright, feathered head-dresses, beaded chest pieces, painted faces, woven skirts, and body art created with [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Family farmers, traditional communities and Indigenous peoples led the People’s Summit Unified March, a climate justice protest, on November 15, bringing colour and movement to the streets of Belém. Delegations to what was called the “Great People’s March” arrived in bright, feathered head-dresses, beaded chest pieces, painted faces, woven skirts, and body art created with natural dyes like jenipapo and urucum, traditional Amazonian plant-based colourants. Their presence turned the avenues into a moving tapestry of forest cultures calling for climate justice and stronger protection of Amazonian territories. The march drew thousands, just days after two Indigenous-led protests, on November 12 and 14, interrupted official COP30 proceedings. These earlier actions set the tone for a week in which Indigenous peoples, family farmers and local communities placed territorial struggles at the centre of the climate debate. Farmers’ unions stated that despite being among the groups most vulnerable to extreme weather, they remain key contributors to climate solutions through agroecology, a farming approach that works in harmony with natural systems and local knowledge. Two days before the march, 5,000 people travelled in 200 boats to Guajará Bay in a symbolic act highlighting Amazonian rivers as lifelines and political corridors. Image © Hermes Caruzo/COP30 via Flickr. Farmers highlight unequal climate impacts The march, at the end of the first week of the climate conference, went 4.5 km through Belém. Rural organisations walked alongside Indigenous peoples and the traditional Quilombola community. Together, they demanded land rights, agrarian reform, agroecological support, and protection from the expansion&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/belems-streets-turn-red-black-and-forest-green-as-amazon-peoples-march-for-climate-justice/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India tops global rise in emissions, finds UNEP</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/india-recorded-worlds-largest-absolute-rise-in-emissions-finds-unep/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Nov 2025 15:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate resilience]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation, Environment, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[Just days before world leaders gathered in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 climate conference, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a warning that global climate action remains far too weak to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Emissions Gap Report 2025, launched on November 4 this year, finds that even if all [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Just days before world leaders gathered in Belém, Brazil, for the COP30 climate conference, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a warning that global climate action remains far too weak to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Emissions Gap Report 2025, launched on November 4 this year, finds that even if all current national climate pledges are fulfilled, global temperatures are still on track to rise between 2.3°C and 2.5°C this century. Under existing policies, the planet is heading for 2.8 degrees of warming, slightly better than last year’s projection of 3.1 degrees but still far beyond safe limits. The report says the apparent improvement of 0.3 degrees includes a 0.1-degree correction due to methodological updates in emissions data. If the United States follows through with its planned withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, that would cancel another 0.1 degree of progress. The report warns that global temperatures will temporarily exceed the aspirational target of 1.5°C under the Paris Agreement. The best-case scenario would involve a temporary overshoot of approximately 0.3°C before cooling later this century, but this depends on rapid and deep emissions cuts commencing immediately. The report examines the necessary steps to limit overshoot to approximately 0.3°C, with a 66% chance, and return to 1.5°C by 2100, under the &#8220;rapid mitigation action from 2025” scenario. This scenario would require cutting 2030 emissions by 26% and 2035 emissions by 46%, compared to 2019 levels. Nations have had three attempts to deliver promises made under the Paris Agreement,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/india-recorded-worlds-largest-absolute-rise-in-emissions-finds-unep/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Amazon calls the world to account at 30th UN climate summit in Belém</title>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2025 16:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Soumya Sarkar]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Environomy]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Environment, Forests, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nature-based Climate Solutions, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[As the Amazon’s rains return after another season of drought and wildfires, the city of Belém prepares for a different kind of storm. From November 10, the world’s attention turns to this riverine capital in northern Brazil as it hosts the 30th United Nations climate summit, also known as COP30. In the weeks before the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[As the Amazon’s rains return after another season of drought and wildfires, the city of Belém prepares for a different kind of storm. From November 10, the world’s attention turns to this riverine capital in northern Brazil as it hosts the 30th United Nations climate summit, also known as COP30. In the weeks before the conference, the city’s humid air has been thick with anticipation. Banners hang from colonial-era balconies, boats on the Guamá, a tributary of the Amazon River, carry the green and blue COP30 flags, and indigenous delegations arrive by canoe and motor launch. Belém, on the edge of the world’s largest rainforest, is a fitting but uneasy stage. The Amazon, long described as the planet’s lungs, has already lost more than 17% of its forest cover. Its ecosystems are under pressure from mining, agriculture, fire, and encroachment. Holding the world’s most important climate negotiations here is a reminder that the health of forests, oceans, and biodiversity will determine the planet’s stability far more than any paragraph agreed in a negotiation room. Forest as a climate ledger The UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2025 shows that despite rising ambition, the world’s greenhouse gas emissions are still climbing, heating the planet further. They are now 7% higher than in 2020 and show no sign of peaking. “Implementing only current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, compared to 3.1°C last year,&#8221; the UNEP warns. It means every hectare of forest lost widens the deficit that separates global pledges&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/amazon-calls-the-world-to-account-at-30th-un-climate-summit-in-belem/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>COP30 will start the phase of implementation, says Brazil&#8217;s ambassador to India [Interview]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/cop30-will-be-remembered-for-starting-a-phase-of-implementation-says-brazil-ambassador-to-india-interview/</link>
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					<pubDate>10 Nov 2025 13:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
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						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate negotiations]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Finance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Mitigation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Impacts of Climate Change, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[The United Nations’ annual climate summit, COP30, began on November 10 in Belém, Brazil. For the host country, it is more than just another global meeting. It is a symbolic return to where the world’s modern climate journey began. Thirty-three years ago, Brazil hosted the landmark 1992 Rio Earth Summit, where nations signed the UN [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The United Nations’ annual climate summit, COP30, began on November 10 in Belém, Brazil. For the host country, it is more than just another global meeting. It is a symbolic return to where the world’s modern climate journey began. Thirty-three years ago, Brazil hosted the landmark 1992 Rio Earth Summit, where nations signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), laying the foundation for international cooperation on climate action. As leaders gather again on Brazilian soil, the world finds itself at another turning point. It has been nearly a decade since the Paris Agreement set voluntary emission reduction goals for all countries, and COP30 offers a moment to take stock of the effort made so far. The signs are troubling. A recent United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report warns that the planet is on course to breach the 1.5°C threshold above pre-industrial levels, the upper limit scientists consider safe. Against this backdrop, Mongabay-India spoke to Brazil’s Ambassador to India, Kenneth Félix Haczynski da Nóbrega, about how his country hopes to steer global discussions and build consensus on the climate pathway ahead. Mongabay: What are Brazil’s top priorities for COP30, and how does it plan to shape the agenda differently from previous COPs to achieve tangible outcomes? Ambassador Kenneth Félix Haczynski da Nóbrega: The Brazilian presidency of COP30 is taking place at a time of climate emergency. Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent around the world. With a sense of urgency, we are focusing on implementation and action, such&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2025/11/cop30-will-be-remembered-for-starting-a-phase-of-implementation-says-brazil-ambassador-to-india-interview/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Is the UN carbon neutral? No, finds an investigation.</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2023/09/is-the-un-carbon-neutral-no-finds-an-investigation/</link>
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					<pubDate>19 Sep 2023 16:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jacob GoldbergLeopold SalzensteinSarah BrownShaz Syed]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Nandithachandraprakash]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[carbon]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Carbon Offset, Carbon Trading, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Environment, Environmental Politics, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[The UN takes pride in being &#8220;almost entirely climate neutral,&#8221; but experts beg to differ on that claim. In a year-long investigation, The New Humanitarian and Mongabay found that the UN&#8217;s climate neutrality is based on buying millions of carbon offset credits that experts say do little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The UN claims [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The UN takes pride in being &#8220;almost entirely climate neutral,&#8221; but experts beg to differ on that claim. In a year-long investigation, The New Humanitarian and Mongabay found that the UN&#8217;s climate neutrality is based on buying millions of carbon offset credits that experts say do little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The UN claims to be almost entirely climate neutral, yet that claim is based on buying millions of carbon offset credits that experts say do little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, The New Humanitarian and Mongabay found in a year-long investigation. More than 2.7 million UN carbon credits — 40% of those reporters were able to analyse — were issued by hydropower and wind projects, which climate experts say shouldn’t be used to offset emissions as the schemes don’t need income from credits to be viable. In addition, at least 13 carbon offsetting projects that received UN funds have been linked to reports of environmental damage, displacement, or health problems — all issues the UN routinely works to prevent or mitigate. One such project, the Teles Pires hydropower plant in Brazil, has drawn regular protests by communities and environmental groups who say the dam’s construction destroyed rainforests and Indigenous lands. “It looks like there is little credibility in the UN’s [climate neutrality] claim based on the carbon credits that they have used,” said Gilles Dufrasne, of Carbon Market Watch, a watchdog group, referring to the high number of large-scale wind and hydropower credits in the UN portfolio. “I&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/09/is-the-un-carbon-neutral-no-finds-an-investigation/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Climate action not on track to meet Paris Agreement goals, says Global Stocktake report</title>
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					<pubDate>13 Sep 2023 16:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
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						<![CDATA[Simrinsirur]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP28]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Stocktake]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Just Transitions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon emissions, Climate Change, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[The synthesis report of the Global Stocktake – considered a “report card” of the Paris Agreement’s progress – has said collective action to address the effects of climate change is “not on track” and that emissions reductions were not at the scale required to meet the Agreement’s long-term goals. The Global Stocktake (GST), released on [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The synthesis report of the Global Stocktake – considered a “report card” of the Paris Agreement’s progress – has said collective action to address the effects of climate change is “not on track” and that emissions reductions were not at the scale required to meet the Agreement’s long-term goals. The Global Stocktake (GST), released on September 8, is the first exercise of its kind to assess the implementation of the landmark Paris Agreement, which binds countries to take collective action and ensure global warming remains “well below” 2 degrees, and preferably below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Global warming has already reached 1.1 degrees Celsius, according to the latest sixth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Apart from providing an assessment of the Paris Agreement, the synthesis report, which is the outcome of a series of technical dialogues on the Global Stocktake, also informs Parties about the “potential areas for updating and enhancing their action and support, as well as for enhancing international cooperation for climate action,” it says. Negotiations at the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai later this year will directly be influenced by the GST. In a brief, the World Resources Institute explains that through the COP, country delegates will discuss the technical findings from the synthesis report and identify best practices going forward, concluding with an outcome document that includes “a summary of key political messages” on climate action. “In their July letter, the COP28 Presidency signaled their vision for paradigm shifts they intend&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/09/climate-action-not-on-track-to-meet-paris-agreement-goals-says-global-stocktake-report/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>The world agrees on treaty to end plastic pollution</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2022/03/the-world-agrees-on-treaty-to-end-plastic-pollution/</link>
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					<pubDate>21 Mar 2022 10:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Charles Pekow]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[microplastics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pollution]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Plastic, Pollution, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[At the beginning of March, the world agreed to move forward on a landmark international agreement to control plastic pollution. Now the real work begins on vigorously turning that consensus into reality. Peru, Rwanda, Norway and the European Union (EU) led the fight for a comprehensive plastics treaty, with all 175 countries participating in the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[At the beginning of March, the world agreed to move forward on a landmark international agreement to control plastic pollution. Now the real work begins on vigorously turning that consensus into reality. Peru, Rwanda, Norway and the European Union (EU) led the fight for a comprehensive plastics treaty, with all 175 countries participating in the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, voting on March 2 to approve a resolution called End plastic pollution: Towards an international legally binding instrument. In the end, even Japan and India — nations that offered watered-down treaty alternatives that dealt only with ocean pollution — accepted the final accord. Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Japan&#8217;s environment minister, concluded that “the resolution will clearly take us towards a future with no plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.… United, we can make it happen. Together, let us go forward as we start the negotiations towards a better future with no plastic pollution.” India initially held firm against restrictions on production, but was persuaded to go along, likely because the final agreement four times references “voluntary” approaches on matters that include ocean pollution prevention and dealing with the entire plastic “lifecycle.” The framework calls for global rules, financing and enforcement mechanisms aimed at regulating plastics from manufacture through disposal, all to hopefully be hammered out by the end of 2024, with the final treaty language negotiated before 2025. The final resolution, however, calls the end of 2024 timeframe “an ambition,” not a deadline. A landfill inundated with&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2022/03/the-world-agrees-on-treaty-to-end-plastic-pollution/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>India’s climate mitigation potential in forests overestimated, finds study</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2022/02/indias-climate-mitigation-potential-in-forests-overestimated-finds-study/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Feb 2022 09:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sahana Ghosh]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northeast India]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Connections and Nature-based Solutions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, and Tripura]]>
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							<![CDATA[Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation, Forests, Nature-based Climate Solutions, Trees, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate mitigation, by creating additional carbon sinks through forest restoration and agroforestry, would meet less than a quarter of India&#8217;s Paris Agreement 2015 goals in the land-use, land-use change and forestry category (LULUCF), says a new study. India&#8217;s Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement targets creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate mitigation, by creating additional carbon sinks through forest restoration and agroforestry, would meet less than a quarter of India&#8217;s Paris Agreement 2015 goals in the land-use, land-use change and forestry category (LULUCF), says a new study. India&#8217;s Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement targets creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent through additional forest and tree cover. India aims to bring 33% of its geographical area under forest cover by 2030 to fulfill its international commitments. Scientists at the University of Oxford, University of Exeter, University of Hyderabad and Jawaharlal Nehru University used a machine learning framework with over 11,000 GPS points of forests across India, to map where natural forests can be sustained based on climate, soil and topographic factors (bioclimatic envelope) to avoid identifying areas that do not support the growth of natural forests, such as grasslands, savannahs and woodlands. “This area mapped also includes current forest cover. After mapping this suitable area, we excluded all current natural forest areas (and other exclusions like wetlands, grasslands, savannahs etc.) and the remaining area which exists outside the current forest area is the opportunity that can act as carbon sinks if allowed to naturally regenerate,” study co-author Trisha Gopalakrishna, a D.Phil. candidate at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, told Mongabay-India. India&#8217;s commitments &#8220;overestimate the area available and the mitigation potential of forest restoration&#8221; and that forest restoration and agroforestry can only be &#8220;one of many strategies&#8221; fundamental&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2022/02/indias-climate-mitigation-potential-in-forests-overestimated-finds-study/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Women and feminist groups demand gender equality and inclusion of diverse voices at COP26</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2021/11/women-and-feminist-groups-demand-gender-equality-and-inclusion-of-diverse-voices-at-cop26/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Nov 2021 12:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[COP 26]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Environment and Her]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global and India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Impacts of Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[“Two degrees is a death sentence for island nations…We&#8217;ve come here to say – try harder!” said the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, making one of the most powerful statements in the opening ceremony of the climate conference COP26 that recently concluded in Glasgow. It was very clear from that moment, that the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[“Two degrees is a death sentence for island nations…We&#8217;ve come here to say – try harder!” said the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, making one of the most powerful statements in the opening ceremony of the climate conference COP26 that recently concluded in Glasgow. It was very clear from that moment, that the voices of women in the UN climate conference was going to be loud and strong. At the start of the second week of the two-week conference, the day of November 9 was dedicated to the subject of gender, for the role of women to be advanced in addressing climate change. International leaders signed the Glasgow Women&#8217;s Leadership Statement, a joint statement published by the Scottish Government and UN Women, that calls for climate action to recognise differentiated impacts based on gender and to ensure women’s and girls’ leadership in decision-making. The statement which is open until March 2022, called on all leaders to commit to greater and ongoing support for women&#8217;s and girls&#8217; climate change programmes at the national and global levels. India is yet to sign the statement. Despite the recognition of distinct vulnerability of women and girls to climate change, women who are at the forefront of climate change, especially the women from climate-vulnerable countries and indigenous women were not present at the decision-making levels of COP26. Climate activists have claimed that COP26 is one of the most exclusionary climate conferences. Women are disproportionately affected by climate change. Photo by Varsha Deshpande/Wikimedia Commons.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2021/11/women-and-feminist-groups-demand-gender-equality-and-inclusion-of-diverse-voices-at-cop26/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>[Commentary] Nature-based solutions hold the key to transform our cities into resilient spaces</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2021/07/commentary-nature-based-solutions-hold-the-key-to-transform-our-cities-into-resilient-spaces/</link>
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					<pubDate>30 Jul 2021 14:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Saurav ChowdhurySuchismita Mukhopadhyay]]>
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						<![CDATA[Sahana]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[Air Pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forests]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Eco Hope and Nature-based Solutions]]>
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							<![CDATA[Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal]]>
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							<![CDATA[Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Environment, Forests, Nature-based Climate Solutions, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[Delhi recently launched its draft Master Plan 2041&#8211; a vision document for the city’s development over the next two decades.The draft plan envisages making Delhi environmentally sustainable, liveable, and economically and culturally strong, with an enhanced focus on environment protection. While seeking to address the issues of air and water pollution, and overall disharmony with the [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Delhi recently launched its draft Master Plan 2041&#8211; a vision document for the city’s development over the next two decades.The draft plan envisages making Delhi environmentally sustainable, liveable, and economically and culturally strong, with an enhanced focus on environment protection. While seeking to address the issues of air and water pollution, and overall disharmony with the natural environment, consequences of rapid and unplanned urbanisation, the new Master Plan aims at the redevelopment of city’s green and blue assets, which means increasing the forest and green cover, and protecting and conserving the water bodies. In recent times, the increased intensity and frequency of climate related hazards have often disrupted urban economies and infrastructure. Further, rapid urbanisation leading to higher demand for energy and water, higher carbon emissions, air pollution, and adverse health impacts, makes it imperative for cities to adopt climate resilient and low carbon development plans. Several cities are harnessing the power of nature to address the impacts of climate change, and adapting urban planning approaches towards a deeper focus on blue (like rivers, lakes, and wetlands) and green (such as trees, parks, gardens, playgrounds and forests) spaces. Nature-based solutions can augment the efforts to reduce urban greenhouse gas emissions and help us adapt to the impacts of climate change. Besides addressing climate-related impacts, such solutions provide multiple co-benefits in terms of improving air and water quality, enhancing green cover and biodiversity, while creating healthy and sustainable living spaces. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are defined by the International Union for Conservation of&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2021/07/commentary-nature-based-solutions-hold-the-key-to-transform-our-cities-into-resilient-spaces/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>[Commentary] CBD: Can the cure kill?</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2018/07/commentary-cbd-can-the-cure-kill/</link>
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					<pubDate>17 Jul 2018 13:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Balakrishna Pisupati]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[S. Gopikrishna Warrier]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Environmental Law, Environmental Politics, Forests, Plants, and United Nations]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) celebrated 25 years of coming into force this year. &#8220;Celebrating 25 years of action for biodiversity&#8221; was the theme for the International Day of Biological Diversity on May 22. Yes, it is the silver jubilee year and for majority of conservationists it is the time for celebration! On June [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) celebrated 25 years of coming into force this year. &#8220;Celebrating 25 years of action for biodiversity&#8221; was the theme for the International Day of Biological Diversity on May 22. Yes, it is the silver jubilee year and for majority of conservationists it is the time for celebration! On June 29 2018 an interesting paper appeared in the journal Science titled When the cure kills – CBD limits biodiversity research authored by more than 175 experts, including several from India that elaborate how the Convention curtails research and collaboration in biodiversity. Interesting indeed, but needs a reflection. As someone who has been associated with the CBD processes in various capacities, including as the chief of Biodiversity Programme at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with a focus on the Convention (the CBD is a UNEP Convention), I have followed the negotiations and discussions on implementation very intimately for almost 25 years now. The Convention and its Protocols, namely the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, have all matured during the last 25 years in terms of both their focus and implementation, supported by the Parties to the CBD. Like in any international, multilateral environment agreement, discussions and decisions at the level of the Convention are a set of broad intentions to deal with&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2018/07/commentary-cbd-can-the-cure-kill/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>[Interview] Land degradation is affecting two-fifths of humanity</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2018/04/interview-land-degradation-is-affecting-two-fifths-of-humanity/</link>
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					<pubDate>11 Apr 2018 07:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Padmaparna Ghosh]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Sandhya Sekar]]>
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							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Biodiversity, Biomes, Cities and Towns, Climate Change, Earth Science, Ecosystem services, Forests, Global Warming, Interviews, Mountains, Rivers, United Nations, Villages, and Wetlands]]>
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							<![CDATA[Land use change is one of those terms that we read about frequently and gloss over it. We read about lakes being converted to high rises, forests being turned farmland or grazing land, ponds being made into fisheries – all of this and more. It happens all the time, everywhere. Since we learnt how to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Land use change is one of those terms that we read about frequently and gloss over it. We read about lakes being converted to high rises, forests being turned farmland or grazing land, ponds being made into fisheries – all of this and more. It happens all the time, everywhere. Since we learnt how to grow food, we have been changing this planet’s surface. And over thousands of years, we have extracted, pulled, transformed and moulded land to our needs and benefits. All of this has led to the wide extent of land degradation that we are facing today – that is undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity (i.e. 3.2 billion people), driving species extinctions and intensifying climate change. Vegetation loss, forest clearance, wetland drainage, grassland conversion, urban sprawl and pollution, are together leaving a deep impact on human health and happiness. We have substantially transformed 75% of our land surface, which will rise to 90% by 2050. In the first such evidence-based assessment of land degradation and restoration released on March 26 in Medellin, Colombia, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has concluded that land degradation has reached the point where it has become a major contributor to mass human migration and increased conflict. The three-year assessment report by IPBES, which is termed as the IPCC for biodiversity, was led by more than 100 leading experts from 45 countries, and distilled information from 3,000 scientific, governmental, indigenous and local knowledge sources. But all&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2018/04/interview-land-degradation-is-affecting-two-fifths-of-humanity/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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