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• Climate (ecology, South Asia)

  India and Pakistan Are Baking, and Every Powerful Institution Is to Blame

  11 May, by SEN Basav

  Indians know they can’t rely on elites to save them from catastrophe. That’s exactly what could make a climate movement there so powerful.
  Large parts of my ancestral homeland of India and neighboring Pakistan are facing a severe heatwave, with temperatures soaring to 111 degrees Fahrenheit—far (...)

• Climate (ecology, South Asia)

  India heatwave: why the region should prepare for even more extreme heat in the near future

  4 May, by KENNEDY-ASSER Alan Thomas , THOMPSON Vikki

  An extreme heatwave in India and Pakistan has left more than a billion people in one of the most densely populated parts of the world facing temperatures well above 40℃. Although this has not broken all-time records for the regions, the hottest part of the year is yet to come.
  Though the (...)

• Climate (ecology, South Asia)

  India & Bangladesh: Bengal Is Being Hit Hard by Climate Catastrophe

  30 September 2020, by AARJAN Aranyo

  When the climate crisis is referred to as anthropogenic, I tend to think of two related but separate phenomena. On the one hand, there is the increase in greenhouse gas emissions since the Industrial Revolution which has contributed to a rise in global mean temperatures, leading to more extreme (...)

• Climate (ecology, South Asia)

  Monsoon Rains Pummel South Asia, Displacing Millions

  15 July 2020, by YASIR Sameer

  Flooding in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar and Nepal has killed scores of people, destroyed homes and structures, drowned entire villages, and forced many to crouch on rooftops hoping for rescue.
  When heavy floods started inundating her riverside home last week in the village of Madarganj, (...)