Climate Emergency

Suno India

In India, every year, the summers are getting longer, the winters harsher and the downpours intense. Floods in Assam, droughts in Tamil Nadu and growing problem of water scarcity in many states are no longer an abnormality but the new reality!There is an urgency to solve the problems caused by human induced climate change and to understand and find solutions before it is late. This is Climate Emergency and we will bring to fore and discuss the growing impact of climate change. We will also highlight and celebrate climate champions- individuals and communities who are undoing the damage done so far

Nov 30, 2020

Mitigating carbon emissions with fans

Fans, one of the most used electrical appliances in India, has the potential to reduce energy demand and carbon emissions. Fans consume about 20% of the electricity in Indian households. And this number is grow...

35 mins

Sep 30, 2020

Why this judgement against Vedanta matters?

In August this year, the Madras High Court delivered a rare, but decisive victory to the people of Thoothukudi in their fight against an industrial giant in their quarter-century battle. Thoothukudi is an indus...

28 mins

Sep 28, 2020

Thoothukudi’s long fight against Vedanta

In August this year, the Madras High Court delivered a rare, but decisive victory to the people of Thoothukudi in their fight against an industrial giant in their quarter century battle. Thoothukudi is an indus...

18 mins

Aug 21, 2020

Conundrums of the forest owlet

Forest owlets are one of the most endangered and cryptic bird species in India. These birds are found only in India and nowhere else. Though the bird was first spotted in the 1880s, for almost a little over a c...

40 mins

Jul 25, 2020

Govt blocks and unblocks website for campaigning against draft environmental law

At a time when the voices of youth are growing louder in the climate change campaigns because it concerns their future. Delhi police has slapped UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) on a youth led climat...

28 mins

May 31, 2020

‘Fluoride Warriors’ use science to fight water contamination in Madhya Pradesh

Students in Madhya Pradesh are documenting excess fluoride in groundwater through a citizen science project that uses smartphones and portable fluoride detection kits. The students go around villages in Alirajp...

15 mins

Apr 30, 2020

Tales From The Coast Part 3 - Post Thane Cyclone, Cuddalore farmers shift to climate-friendly Vettiver plants

In 2011, Cyclone Thane had a serious impact on the livelihood of farmers in Cuddalore, the eastern coast of Tamilnadu. The farmers in this region could only grow casuarina, cashew, due to the soil conditions he...

31 mins

Mar 19, 2020

Tales From The Coast Part 2 - As sea turtles decline, fishermen turn conservationists

In this episode, Sharada Balasubramanian set off to Vanagiri, a small fishing village, in the Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu. Every year, Olive Ridley turtles come here for nesting, all the way from Orissa...

34 mins

Feb 25, 2020

Tales from the Coast part 1- With rising sea level and overfishing, coastal communities in Tamilnadu switch to integrated fish farming

Poompuhar, a quaint, ancient, port town is in the Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu. The land has a history of a tsunami and sea-level rise, as many historians and scientists point out. The 2004 tsunami impact...

32 mins

Jan 15, 2020

Australian Bushfires - The role of climate change

The videos of Kangaroos and koala bears being rescued in bushfires in Australia have made it headlines all over the world. This year the bushfires were as big as that of the whole of South Korea killing more th...

21 mins