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August 11, 2024
SeasonWatch: Citizens, trees, and climate change
Even in the face of daunting challenges like climate change, collective action and community engagement can lead to meaningful change
SeasonWatch tree walk at Rupa Rahul Bajaj Centre for Environment and Art (Image: SeasonWatch)
August 2, 2024
Wayanad landslide tragedy: Balancing nature and development
There is a need for a multi-faceted approach to disaster management, combining advanced monitoring, early warning systems, community preparedness, and sustainable land use practices to mitigate future risks.
Aftermath of a 2022 landslide on Nedumpoil ghat road (Image: Vinayaraj, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)
July 10, 2024
A silent crisis in Indian farmlands: The disappearing trees
Millions of trees are fast disappearing from India's farmlands. What are its implications for agriculture and the environment?
Disappearing trees over Indian farmlands (Image Source: WOTR)
June 7, 2024
Misguided ocean carbon capture: Hype outweighs science
Scientists question effectiveness of nature-based CO2 removal using the ocean
Ocean ecosystem (Image: PxHere, CC0 Public Domain)
June 6, 2024
गर्म होते महासागर, ऑक्सीजन की कमी और अम्लीकरण : महासागरों में 10 गुना बढ़ेंगे 'Hot Days'
एक अध्ययन से पता चलता है कि समुद्री लू या हीटवेव (असामान्य रूप से उच्च समुद्री तापमान की अवधि) जो पहले हर साल लगभग 20 दिनों तक होती थी (1970-2000 के बीच), वह बढ़कर 220 से 250 दिन प्रति वर्ष हो सकती है। जानिए क्या होंगे इसके परिणाम?
गर्म होते महासागर
May 31, 2024
Climate action in urban spaces: SEEDS cool roof solutions in Delhi slums
From scorching to sustainable: Building resilience against heatwaves
A multifaceted approach to urban heatwaves (Image: Sri Kolari)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Constituents, working groups and compilation of resources relating to the IPCC
The IPCC is a scientific body; the information it provides with its reports is based on scientific evidence and reflects existing viewpoints within the scientific community.
Rama Mani
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:58 AM

When climate change was first posited as "real" people all over the world realized that this issue encompasses the inter linkage of several other issues. The scope and magnitude of the consequences of climate change are also very far reaching.
The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice: A subsidiary body to the UNFCCC
The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) regularly undertakes work on methodological and scientific matters as they relate to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol process.
Rama Mani
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:37 AM

Some of the issues the SBSTA is currently dealing with are land use, land-use change and forestry, adaptation, mitigation, research, systematic observation and bunker fuels.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change.
Rama Mani
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 09:58 AM

Over a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty – the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Berlin Mandate
The Conference of the Parties in Berlin, Germany, held in 1995, was the first after the Climate Change Convention went into force.
Rama Mani
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 05:43 PM

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was opened for signature at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) conference known as the Earth Summit.
Films & video resources relating to the Kyoto Protocol
Here's a list of short films and videos on the Kyoto Protocol
Rama Mani
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 05:36 PM

After Kyoto
27 Minutes: English
Compilation of references on the The Kyoto Protocol
A short compilation of resources and web-links on the Kyoto Protocol which deals with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by developed countries.
Rama Mani
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 05:25 PM

1. Kyoto Protocol - Wikipedia
2. Encyclopedia of Earth - Click here
The Kyoto Protocol: Mandate, mechanisms and revisions
The Kyoto Protocol is a landmark agreement reached at the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) in Japan. It derives its name after the city, Kyoto, in Japan, where the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference - COP 3 was held in December 1997. Industrialized countries agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions as per levels specified in the treaty.
Rama Mani
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 04:57 PM

Mandated Quantified GHG Emissions Reduction
References of impact of climate change on health
A list of quick references of the impact of climate change on health
Rama Mani
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 04:44 PM

1. Climate change and diseases: A double Jeopardy
Impact of climate change on health in India: Protection of health from climate change has to be a part of a basic, preventive approach to public health
According to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), climate change is likely to have a greater impact on India compared to other countries similarly positioned, on account of the unique combination of its geography, diverse population characteristics and extremely high carbon-related energy dependence
Rama Mani
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 04:01 PM

Climate change is bound to affect the basic requirements for maintaining health - clean air and water, sufficient food, adequate shelter, and freedom from disease given the already high level of poverty, low nutritional levels and poor public health infrastructure in the country. (Dream 2047, Vigyan Prasar)
Reference: Impact of climate change on major river basins in India
A short compilation of further reading and references on the impact of climate change on major river basins in India
Rama Mani
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 03:45 PM

Climate and water resources of India, R. Ramesh* and M. G. Yadava; Current Science, VOL. 89, NO. 5, 10 SEPTEMBER 2005 - http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep102005/818.pdf
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