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The military junta in Myanmar carried out a coup d’etat in the country February 1, 2021 after pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party won a majority in both houses of parliament in the 2020 general election. Photo: iStock
Rajat Ghai
3 min read
Traffickers are using Mizoram as a new route to smuggle animals to supply the growing and thriving exotic pet market in India
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 24, 2022)
DTE Staff
3 min read
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
There would be fewer tropical cyclones in Australia but a greater proportion of these are projected to be of high intensity. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Kiran Pandey
3 min read
Report says extreme heat, heavy rainfall and coastal inundation, fire weather and drought expected to get worse
Male agricultural workers in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat get only Rs 217.8 and Rs 220.3, respectively. Photo: Vikas Choudhary / CSE
Shagun
2 min read
Of the 20 states and Union territories assessed, only 10 pay above the national average
It also acknowledges the disproportionately heavy impact of the pandemic on frontline workers. Representative photo: iStock.
Taran Deol
3 min read
Draft has evolved from a working document circulated earlier this year in July and builds on the comments made by member states, domain experts and the public
Some 436 million adults across four regions in sub-Saharan Africa were water insecure in 2021. Photo: iStock
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
People with lower levels of income and those residing on the outskirts of cities are more prone to water insecurity
The participants were aware of the links between climate change and other threats, such as migration, resource scarcity and conflicts. Representative Photo: iStock.
Kiran Pandey
2 min read
Africa remains the most vulnerable continent despite its low contribution to greenhouse gas emissions; hence, climate interventions must focus on it, young Europeans and Africans said
Photo: @PIBShillong / Twitter
Jayanta Basu
4 min read
India not to give any fund to loss and damage facility but will claim, confirms environment minister
Photo: @COP27P / Twitter
Avantika Goswami
4 min read
Sharm El-Sheikh has established a loss and damage fund; but there is no guarantee that the fund that takes shape eventually will even remotely resemble what was originally demanded
A vast majority of indigenous peoples see carbon markets as a false solution, one indigenous leader told DTE. Photo: UNFCCC
Rohini Krishnamurthy
4 min read
The recommendations, made at the beginning of COP27, provide a broad definition of removals and do not distinguish between them, according to civil society groups
The maps above show simulated storm tracks and wind speeds of nine Arctic cyclones. The left image represents simulated storm tracks as they hit the Arctic in the past decade. The right image shows how the cyclones are projected to respond to climate change by the end of the century. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens, using data from Parker, CL et al
Nandita Banerji
3 min read
Sea ice loss, rapidly warming temperatures to drive changes
Chennai Central  meets 100 per cent of its energy requirement with solar panels installed at the station’s platform shelters (Photograph: Ashwini Vaishnav / Twitter)
Seema Prasad
5 min read
Instead of going the usual offset route, the Indian Railways plans to source the bulk of its energy needs from renewable sources to become a net zero emitter
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