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Children’s books illustrators Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar and Aindri Chakraborty are addressing themes like discrimination and climate change sensitively

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Illustrators Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar and Aindri Chakraborty tackle gender, racism, climate change, discrimination and more in their books, proving not all ‘woke’ books are contentious Illustrators Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar and Aindri Chakraborty tackle gender, racism, climate change, discrimination and more in their books, proving not all ‘woke’ books are contentious As a writer of children’s […]

Fighting tidal flooding through community participation in Ernakulam coastal villages

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Equinoct, a community-sourced modelling solution provider, along with like-minded organisations have launched the first phase of the programme with funding under the US Fulbright Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund Equinoct, a community-sourced modelling solution provider, along with like-minded organisations have launched the first phase of the programme with funding under the US Fulbright Alumni Engagement Innovation […]

We are both daughters of India, in a way: Priyanka Chopra tells Kamala Harris

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Priyanka Chopra Jonas was invited by the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum to interview Vice President Harris Priyanka Chopra Jonas was invited by the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum to interview Vice President Harris United States Vice President Kamala Harris and Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas shared a stage past week, reflecting on […]

First public global database of fossil fuels launches

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A first-of-its-kind database for tracking the world’s fossil fuel production, reserves and emissions launches on Monday to coincide with climate talks taking place at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels includes data from over 50,000 oil, gas and coal fields in 89 countries. That covers 75% of […]

Morning Digest | September 17, 2022

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

SCO members should give each other full transit rights: PM Modi Better regional connectivity is only possible if members grant each other “full transit rights”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, referring to Pakistan’s refusal to give India transit trade access by land to Afghanistan and Central Asia, at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation […]

Kerala landslips | On shaky ground

September 16, 2022September 16, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Landslips in rain-soaked mountains of Kerala have a human angle. And like much of the world, it is also forcing the State to reckon with the everyday impact of climate change Landslips in rain-soaked mountains of Kerala have a human angle. And like much of the world, it is also forcing the State to reckon […]

‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather

September 13, 2022September 18, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Record high temperatures in urban Europe as heat waves bake the planet more often. Devastating floods, some in poorer unprepared areas. Increasing destruction from hurricanes. Drought and famine in poorer parts of Africa as dry spells worsen across the globe. Wild weather worldwide getting stronger and more frequent, resulting “in unprecedented extremes.” Sound like the […]

Bill Gates: Technological innovation would help solve hunger

September 13, 2022September 18, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Bill Gates says the global hunger crisis is so immense that food aid cannot fully address the problem. What’s also needed, Gates argues, are the kinds of innovations in farming technology that he has long funded to try to reverse the crisis documented in a report released Tuesday by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. […]

Digging Deep: What the discovery of Ostrich fossils in Himalayas reveals about our climate

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A new study from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, reports the discovery of Pleistocene (2.58 – 0.63 mya) fossils from hitherto unexplored fossil rich areas in the Upper Siwalik group of the Himalayan Mountain Ranges. The explorations, spanning over the last two years, have yielded teeth and bones of ancestral […]

Pakistan floods highlight need for climate ‘loss and damage’ help

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Countries like Pakistan that have contributed the least to global warming are often battered by the worst impacts, observers say. Countries like Pakistan that have contributed the least to global warming are often battered by the worst impacts, observers say. Rich carbon polluters should feel “moral pressure” to help fund climate-vulnerable nations wracked by weather […]

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