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Radical Not Responsible

Extinction Rebellion: How Radical Climate Crisis Advocacy Became a Social Justice Battleground

...the climate crisis. In putting the goals of the human race at the forefront of climate advocacy, XR perhaps forgets the human rights that have been foregone in the process....

Mission Impossible

India Wants to Build Smart Cities. We Asked Experts if These Urban Designs Can Survive the Climate Crisis.

...to the climate crisis? And how do we reimagine the framework within which we think of our cities? To understand this, The Swaddle’s Saumya Kalia spoke to Seema Mundoli, an...

By Saumya Kalia

Floodwaters of Injustice

Paris Agreement Goals May Worsen Climate Crisis For Many Island, Coastal Areas: Study

...The Paris Agreement is the first treaty on climate change in the world to specifically mention “climate justice” and recognize the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis on regions that...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

More Money More Problems

The Pursuit of Wealth, Overconsumption Are Key Drivers in Climate Crisis, Scientists Warn

As scientists, societies, and governments scramble to put out fires — both literal and metaphorical — arising out of the climate crisis, it is imperative we tackle the underlying causes:...

Climate Crisis Is Causing Male Dragonflies to Lose Wing Color That Helps Them Mate: Study

...the climate crisis. “It seems to be a really consistent way that dragonflies adapt to living in different climates,” Moore said. “That’s really exciting because it’s one of the most...

By Saumya Kalia

Rights of Nature

Giving Legal Rights to Animals, Trees Is Essential to Tackling Climate Crisis, Says Report

...our lives. Amid the climate crisis and ecological destruction wrought by humans, the report lays down a framework to ensure cooperation between humans and the rest of the world is...

By Amlan Sarkar

Asking the Wrong Questions

Only 0.3% of Parliament Questions in the Last 20 Years Were About Climate Change: Study

...told The Swaddle. “For this, a greater focus on climate change discussion in the House of Parliament will certainly help.” The way concerns about the climate crisis are reflected in...

By Saumya Kalia

Marvel At The Truth

Can Apocalyptic Sci‑Fi Movies About Climate Change Serve As a Tool for Climate Activism?

...climate disasters with profound clarity. The clincher is, perhaps, that reel and real are now interchangeable. Climate crisis has existed at a distance, something that belongs far away, in time...

By Saumya Kalia

How a Robust Climate Education Curriculum Can Address Young Adults’ Eco‑Anxiety

...history of environmental resistance, climate and environmental education feel outdated and facile. Most schools do not have a specific climate education syllabus; it is subsumed under EVS. Although the Supreme...

By Saumya Kalia

Lush Green Pillars of Support

Forests Are Key to Combating India’s Climate Crisis. Here’s How Local Communities Are Regrowing Them.

...mitigate climate change and the farming crisis must seriously tackle the issue of all this degraded land. I spoke to local communities in three regions with degrading land – Palghar,...

By Jahnavi Jethmalani

Money Won't Pay These Bills

Why Bill Gates’ Climate Philanthropy Doesn’t Fix the Problem

...wield power over others, and ultimately, winning over alternate solutions to the climate crisis. But as many climate activists and environmentalists have pointed out, technocratic solutions don’t get to the...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Living in Denial

Rise in #ClimateScam Tweets Is Worrying Scientists

Search the term “climate” on Twitter and the first hashtag to appear as a result is not climate action, but #ClimateScam. There has been a sharp rise in climate denialism...

By Ananya Singh

Three Shades of Climate Deception

The Many Ways Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using Social Media to Greenwash Climate Inaction

...as ‘Woke’ Is Disingenuous 67% of companies used social media to speak of “green innovation” without meaningfully acknowledging the climate crisis (only 0.3% of the companies explicitly referenced “climate change”...

By Saumya Kalia

Nature Hasn't Healed

Covid19 Has Made Us More Vulnerable to the Impact of Climate Change. What Now?

...collective action on issues that affect us across borders. This piece takes a look at four key questions that Covid19 brings up in the climate crisis conversation. Will climate change...

By Rishika Das Roy

Smooth Climate Criminals

Identifying Climate Villains Has Become Mainstream — But It Isn’t Enough

...out the obvious: that some people are to blame more than others for the climate crisis. But what’s next? The litmus test for judging where we are in the fight...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Your Work Here Is Done Sun

The U.S. May Research Dimming the Sun as a Climate Solution. What’s the Fallout?

...of crisis,” McKibben wrote. Its negative consequences may very well be concentrated in the Global South – countries that are already experiencing the adverse impacts of climate change despite having...

By Ananya Singh

Chai pe Climate Charcha

Couples Can Influence Each Other’s Beliefs, Actions Around Climate Change: Study

...placing a metro project in a protected forest. Turns out, this dialogue between partners holds much sway in shaping each other’s ideas around the climate crisis, and even prompting meaningful...

By Saumya Kalia

State of Despair

Eco‑Anxiety Is Fuelled by Helplessness, Anger. Can We Turn Our Grief Into Climate Action?

...and its impact on the loss of diversity and the landscape. The climate crisis is real and impending, but the conversation around it needs to be constant in pace and...

By Saumya Kalia

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