Climate change
- Agriculture, Climate change, Drought, Environment, Farming, Global development, India, Science, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
Purple revolution: India’s farmers turn to lavender to beat drought
Faced with climate change, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are switching from maize to essential oilsIt’s late Ju…
- Cattle, Climate change, Environment, Farming, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, World news
Best served chilled: green tech keeps the cool on India’s dairy farms – photo essay
Photographer Prashanth Vishwanathan captured a network of community dairies providing a lifeline to off-grid f…
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Japan’s cherry blossom bloom – in pictures
Japan’s famous cherry blossoms have reached their flowery peak in many places earlier this year than at any ti…
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Climate crisis ‘likely cause’ of early cherry blossom in Japan
Peak bloom reached on 26 March in Kyoto and experts say impact of global warming is to blameJapan’s famous che…
- Bangladesh, Cities, Climate change, Environment, Global development, Inequality, Inequality and development, South and Central Asia, Urbanisation, World news
‘Bangladesh has come a long way’: people of Dhaka on half a century of independence
A rickshaw rider, a domestic worker, a student and a photographer on how their lives have changedThe making of…
- Animals, Biodiversity, Birds, Climate change, Conservation, Environment, India, Indigenous peoples, Mammals, National parks, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Leaf blowers and beating branches: the fight to stop India’s forest fires
Thousands of blazes in Similipal national park threaten indigenous peoples and wildlife such as tigers, elepha…
- Africa, Americas, Biodiversity, Brazil, Climate change, Conservation, Coronavirus, Environment, India, Russia, South and Central Asia, US news, Wildlife, World news
Budget cuts and collapse in tourism revenue pose ‘severe’ threat to nature
Reduced environmental protections and conservation job losses could hit vital progress on climate and biodiver…
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Charge more for flights to deter tourists and help the planet, says Air New Zealand adviser
Sir Jonathan Porritt says there is ‘no going back’ to tourism as it was pre-Covid and that flying is a privile…
- Asia Pacific, China, Climate change, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuels, Greenhouse gas emissions, World news, Xi Jinping
China’s five year plan could push emissions higher unless action is taken
Target is in line with previous trends and could lead to greenhouse gas emissions continuing to riseChina has …
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Climate change, Economics, Environment, Global climate talks, Green economy, Greenhouse gas emissions, Paris climate agreement, World news
China’s five-year plan for economy is crucial to meeting net zero by 2060
Imminent economic blueprint has implications for planet – and whether Paris agreement likely to be metChina is…
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Kiribati and China to develop former climate-refuge land in Fiji
President of Kiribati says China will provide ‘technical assistance’ to convert land in Fiji into a working fa…
- Asia Pacific, Climate change, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Pacific islands, Pacific Islands Forum, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, World news
Zoomed to fail? Cracks appear in Pacific Islands Forum as Covid pulls nations apart
Pacific diplomacy hinges on in-person discussion but web-only meetings have fed a growing dispute over the for…
- Asia Pacific, China, Climate change, Coal, Energy, Environment, Fossil fuels, Green economy, India, Renewable energy, South and Central Asia, US economy, World news
World needs to kick its coal habit to start green recovery, says IEA head
Energy watchdog’s Fatih Birol says shift away from coal in key regions needs to be made a global priorityDepen…
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Tropical Cyclone Ana: Fiji suffers second deadly storm in a month
Three-year-old boy among those missing in floodwaters in the country’s northern and western islandsOne person …
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New Zealand school climate strikers call for ‘can-do Kiwi attitude’ to combat crisis
Crowds outside parliament demand government take the same science-led approach on climate as it did on CovidSc…