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AMAZON PARCHED - Severe droughts have pushed the rainforests closer to a tipping point that will have global consequences

Lending voice

A journalist in Malkangiri, Odisha, helps tribal girls and women take charge of their own health and share their stories ISHAN KUKRETI

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Vehicles behind Delhi's poor air quality

ON NOVEMBER 5, 2023, three Indian cities— Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata—recorded some of the worst air quality levels in the world.

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Scientist, activist, advisor

Saleemul Huq championed locally led climate adaptation and greater involvement of all stakeholders in global discourse

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Known unknowns

India's apex food regulator has no data on presence of genetically modified organisms in fresh produce imported by the country over past five years VIVEK MISHRA NEW DELHI

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Delayed by decades

Centre-state tussle and bureaucratic incompe-tencies withhold compensation for land acquisition in Jharkhand's coal belt

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Drop in the bucket

Adaptation finance needed by developing countries is 10-18 times as high as current flows, says the latest UNEP report

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THE AMAZONIAN DRYING

The historic drought in the Amazon indicates that the rain forest is approaching an irreversible tipping point. The results would be disastrous for the world

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A SINK BECOMES SOURCE

Droughts kill billions of trees in the Amazon like no other extreme event

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RUNNING OUT OF TIME

THE DRYING up of the Amazon ecosystem is a sign of a planetary crisis. The rainforests are one of the nine tipping points or thresholds in the climate system that, if crossed, would cause irreversible changes.

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Homegrown benefit

A shift from exotic and crossbred cattle to indigenous breeds that are better adapted to changing climate and resistant to diseases will help India's dairy sector stay profitable and sustainable

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Post-pandemic blues of predatory pharma

Huge stockpiles of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, along with a steep drop in revenues, tell a sorry tale of Big Pharma's greed

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CLEAR OPTIONS

India is adopting new sewage wastewater treatment technologies that are more efficient, but it must choose the ones that best meet local needs

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