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Bangladesh’s Climate Advocacy: Efforts Of The Global South In Pursuit Of Climate Justice by Sadia Korobi

Bangladesh has emerged as one of the leading voices for climate change activism in recent years, particularly in Global South. The country has shown resilience, determination, and an unapologetic stance in the pursuit of climate justice by holding the developed world accountable for its part in accelerating climate change. As a low-lying, densely populated country, Bangladesh finds itself on the frontline […]

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My Country Is Drowning. Here’s What You Can Do Right Now for Pakistan by Anam Rathor

A third of my country is under water right now—bridges, roads, schools, and other critical infrastructure sinks, and people run to evacuate their homes. At least 33 million people are displaced—that’s 1 in every 7 Pakistani. These are 33 million dreams broken, 33 million hopes shattered, and 33 million futures destroyed as a result of the […]

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The Legacy Of Desmond Tutu And His Fight Against Climate Apartheid by Ibrahim Al-Marashi

The recently deceased Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been eulogized for his struggle to bring down Apartheid, South Africa’s violently enforced racial segregation, a painful episode in the nation’s past. In the 21st century he also acknowledged another form of apartheid that would only worsen in the future. Tutu called this climate apartheid. Tutu’s passing serves […]

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COP26: By 2100, Bangladesh May Drown And Pakistan Is Likely To Face Severe Water Shortage by Sagar Dhara

Alok Sharma, the President of COP26, the mega make or break climate negotiation event currently underway in Glasgow, in a speech given at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on October 12 warned “Paris promised, Glasgow must deliver.” He ends his opening speech to COP26 on October 31 on a hopeful note saying, “We can launch a […]

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Climate Change Strangles Bangladesh by Sabina Yasmeen

The earth is fragile and under the spell of climate transformation due to the changes in the typical climate of the planet in terms of temperature, precipitation, and wind. There is a continual change in the planet’s climate over geological time, with the significant inconsistency of global average temperatures. Mozambique, Zimbabwe Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Myanmar, […]

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This Is How Extreme Weather Events And Climate Change Are Connected by Gary Yohe

It is widely known that weather is not climate. It is also widely known that climate, and therefore climate change, can significantly affect the weather over time — not only with respect to changes in trends in important indicators like temperature and precipitation, but also with respect to the likelihoods and intensities of extreme events. The […]

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Sino-US Competition Is Good For Climate Change Efforts by Lauri Myllivirta

If there’s one accepted truth in reporting and foreign-policy analysis on climate change, it’s that the United States and China need to “work together.” According to The Associated Press, avoiding the worst of climate change is “all but impossible unless these countries work together.” Todd Stern, who was President Barack Obama’s climate envoy, wrote in September […]

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The Water Crisis Is Real And Serious by Ashok Swain

March 22 was celebrated as World Water Day. Since 1993, the world observes this day to focus the attention on the importance of freshwater. The theme of this year’s Water Day is valuing water. Water’s value is not to be seen only in economic terms. Water is an essential condition for life, and it also […]

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How Climate Change Can Push The US And China To Cooperate by Ashok Swain

The United States officially rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement on February 19, 2021. Trump administration had announced the withdrawal from this global accord in 2019, but the exit had become formally effective only on November 4, 2020. So, the critically important Paris Agreement was without the world’s most powerful country for only 107 days. The […]

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2020 Was A Year Of Climate Disasters — And A Warning Of More To Come by Roy Wright

If not for the pandemic, 2020 would likely be remembered as the year that climate change hit home. It simultaneously delivered the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, with the most named storms in history, and the worst wildfire season ever, with a record-shattering 18 infernos of 100,000 acres or more across the west coast. These calamities […]