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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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Topic: Climate change

Kashmir to Uttarakhand, women farmers are on the frontlines of India’s climate change war

Farmers from across India shared their sustainability stories at a day-long event in Delhi, ‘The Unjust Climate – A Focus on India’, organised by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization.

Air pollution killed 16 lakh Indians in 2021, says Lancet report. India second-highest PM2.5 emitter

In 2023, Indians faced moderate/higher risk of heat stress for 100 days/yr during light activities, finds Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change's 8th annual indicator report. 

Commonwealth selects Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey as new secretary-general

Botchwey, a supporter of reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism, takes over from Britain’s Patricia Scotland, who has been in the job since 2016.

India solves one problem, adds another while using AI for climate crisis. Clean up data first

New Delhi: The promise of artificial intelligence is empty if India doesn’t clean up its vast databases. Merely digitising records is not enough. It’s a...

Why is climate change not on Indian military’s radar? It’s national security threat multiplier

A comprehensive Climate Strategy is needed to include climate risk in military decision-making. This would promote collaboration with ministries and organisations like NDRF and DRDO.

Climate action is the hot new career. Consultancy, communications, colleges are all in

According to LinkedIn’s ‘Jobs On The Rise 2024’ report, ‘Sustainability Manager’ is one of the top 25 most sought-after roles in India.

China, India, US facing severe water scarcity. It must be part of the climate conversation

From 1900 to 2024, annual water use rose by around 3,500 billion m3 globally – about the same as adding the requirement of an Olympic-sized pool every 2.79 seconds.

Warmer than usual Octobers? Meteorologists blame climate change and changing weather patterns

An IMD forecast for October shows above-normal temperatures over most parts of the country. Despite being a transitionary month, it is warming at a worrying rate, scientists say.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

2.7 bn people exposed to risk of flooding globally, Indians most vulnerable to inland flooding

Nearly one-third of the world's population is vulnerable to flooding & this risk is expected to rise between 2024 & 2030 for all regions except Europe & north Asia, says Moody's report.

On Camera

Takaichi channels Abe & wins over Trump

Trump calls Takaichi 'one of the greatest prime ministers' & offers her 'anything you want'.

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.