Picture Credit: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As we leave COP 26 behind, we see both progress against climate change and frustration about the strength and likely effectiveness of the agreement reached. Over the past two decades, climate change has moved from the fringe to the center of the political agenda in many nations. That is …
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The poor and the marginalised sections of the society often bear the brunt of poor sanitation and hygiene. Access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are crucial to public health of any country. In India lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation is a major concern as a large part of …
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Changing eating habits holds the potential to undo damage from unsustainable food production Picture Credit: KALLIOPÉ ANVAR MCCALL/THE VARSITY Food production systems on earth are struggling to feed its 7.7 billion inhabitants. This is likely to continue: the United Nations projects food production would have to increase by 70 per cent, compared to 2009, in …
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Humans do not capitalize nearly enough on our most significant evolutionary advantage: a unique ability to take forward-looking actions that influence the future for the better. Exhibit A: Climate change is here, and things are changing quickly for the worse. However, even as dangerous and costly weather events grow more frequent and severe, we still don’t do …
Since June, hundreds of people have died in a heat wave that broke Canadian heat records. Picture Credit: A doctor in Canada’s British Columbia province has diagnosed a patient who came in with breathing trouble as suffering from “climate change”, possibly the first such case recorded till date. (Representational image) A doctor in Canada’s British Columbia …
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