(This was published in Firstpost on Jun 01, 2017) “The worst thing you can possibly do in a deal is seem desperate to make it. That makes the other guy smell blood, and then you’re dead.” Good advice for the rest of the world in waiting for America’s decision on the Paris accord. Especially since …
Summer is a supercharged time in the South. For one, its hot. The one degree of global warming is palpable in May, where the temperature often skips above 40°C. For another, it is dry. The past year has been one of the driest in the past hundred and forty years. In Madurai, we have our …
Short summary: It is bad. And it's going to get a LOT worse.
What happens when a warming climate targets women
Something very unusual took place in 2014, that changed the course of the global economy. In June 2014, global oil prices began to fall. Brent Oil prices almost reached $115 in late June, and then began to fall precipitously. In early October 2014, with Brent prices about 20% lower at $90 per barrel, the PIRA …
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(Image from thehindu.com) Time to spend money and attention on adaptation Price water. Please. We do not have the luxury to waste water on growing low-yielding rice varieties and sustaining 300 million cows & buffaloes. However, the current machinery extracts significant rent from crises. Emergencies give procedural checks and balances a go-bye making an already leaky …
Continue reading Two glaring symptoms of global warming: Drought & Heatwaves
What http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report-scientists-develop-effective-single-dose-dengue-vaccine-2190835 Why is this important (Image Source: thehindu.com) http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/once-bitten-twice-shy/article8077353.ece Now we come to the indirect health impacts of climate systems. Such as the impacts on mosquito-borne diseases. This brings us to Dengue. So why talk about dengue? Dengue incidence has sky-rocketed in India. Dengue is caused by a virus carried within an Aedes mosquito. …
All Good Things… We now come to the conclusion of the series - our exploration of what climate change is, what it will mean for India and importantly, what we can do. Climate change is much more than a 1°C increase in temperature. A consistently warmer temperature fundamentally alters the way air holds moisture: warmer …
Happy to share the next set of articles that deals with how we move and it's impact on the climate: We start with a general overview of why care and how big an impact transport has on the climate http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/climaction-transport-and-the-climate/article7354172.ece We then moved on the how, given the world is becoming increasingly urban, we should …
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