Author: Omair Ahmad

Climate change is silent driver in India’s election

by Omair Ahmad | May 8, 2019

India’s political leadership is failing to explicitly make the connection between security, development and climate change in this election campaign, even though many issues hinge on it

Requiem for a people’s river

by Omair Ahmad | Mar 8, 2019

The documentary film, Ho Gayi Hai Pir Parvat Si, puts the voices of the people of Himachal Pradesh, where the Sutlej River is being dammed by hydropower projects, front and centre

Water dangers loom for South Asia

by Omair Ahmad | Feb 27, 2019

With retreating glaciers, melting permafrost and extreme rainfall events, a recent report suggests that the countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayas have to start cooperating far more closely, or pay a huge price

India-Norway climate cooperation offers new hope

by Omair Ahmad | Jan 25, 2019

Sticking to protecting the rights of people within borders, while the problems due to climate change erode the well-being of people across national boundaries, is not a winning strategy for anyone

Tackling the great smog of India

by Omair Ahmad | Nov 7, 2018

Siddharth Singh, author of The Great Smog of India, speaks in an interview on the drivers of air pollution, the intersection of economics, transport and pollution, as well as what can be done

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How mangroves protect people from tropical storms

By Adam Moolna

New research confirms that mangroves are a vital component in protecting coastal communities from violent cyclones brought on by climate change

Himalayan glaciers melting at alarming rate

By Soumya Sarkar

Declassified spy satellite images show that glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at double the rate since the turn of the century due to climate change

Vineyards of hope amid drought in Marathwada

By Joydeep Gupta

Despite the drought gripping this region of India, one village in Marathwada in Maharashtra has flourished by growing grapes using innovative water saving methods

People struggle to survive India's drought

By Joydeep Gupta

In Maharashtra – the epicentre of the drought gripping the country – farmers are abandoning dying crops and people are struggling to find enough water to survive

Paving roads in Kerala with ocean plastic

By Shailendra Yashwant

An well-intentioned initiative in Kerala to use plastic waste salvaged from the Arabian Sea to pave roads in the southern province may be doing more harm than good

Deep sea carbon reservoirs may superheat Earth again

By Lowell D. Stott

Naturally occurring reservoirs of carbon in the modern ocean could be disturbed again, with potentially serious effects to Earth’s oceans and climate

Climate change affects Odisha's Bonda tribe

By Tanmoy Bhaduri

Faced with rising temperatures, deforestation and poor development, the Bonda people in Odisha are abandoning their ancestral villages and migrating in search of livelihoods

Waterwheel whose time has come

By Bharat Dogra

World Environment Day is an appropriate occasion to turn a spotlight on the invention of Mangal Turbine, which boosts rural productivity and reduces greenhouse gas emissions

Graphic design could be holding back climate action

By Rebecca Green

Climate change messaging has a powerful correlation with changing or reinforcing someone's belief, and more emotive messages hold greater appeal for people

Kashmir is losing its crown

By TERI Glacier Research Programme Team

Long-term research shows how the icy tongue of the Kolahoi Glacier in Kashmir is receding due to climate change and deforestation

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