The Upside Down World: How extreme weather has become the global norm
In this edition, we discuss why deadly weather is sweeping across the world, the manmade nature of the Assam floods, and why Europe is the fastest warming continent.
Climate Change and You
A fortnightly newsletter about climate change from both India and abroad, brought to you by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera.
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Monsoon in India: from drought fears to a deluge
In this edition: The upswing in July rains, the costs of extreme heat, and low-cost sodium-ion batteries.
Sleepless in Chennai: How climate change is fuelling a silent health crisis in India
In this edition, we discuss how people living in 107 Indian cities are suffering from increasing sleep loss, and how extreme heat is reducing income in India.
Because, it always rains
In this edition: The wild swings of the Indian monsoon, a green-yet-dystopic mobility project in Dubai, and the perverse rice-subsidy granted to ethanol makers.
The Climate Change World Cup
In this edition, we discuss how the World Cup is being held in intensely hot conditions, the climate hazards on Indian children, and why the world's wealthiest need to pay for climate damages.
Monsoon begins with a big gap
In this edition: The ongoing monsoon season, the emerging El Nino in the Pacific, and a study on millets and their vulnerability to climate risks.
Why is India's summer heat becoming so intense?
In this edition, we check why India’s heatwaves are getting stronger, climate change as a global health risk, and how India’s labour force is threatened by extreme heat
A for austerity in a B for brittle world
In this edition: The austerity measures proposed by PM Modi; an existential crisis faced by the Amazon rainforest; and why power prices sank to zero.
☀️ Climate Change & You: India's summer heatwaves have begun
In this edition, Bibek discusses the impact on heatwaves on Indian farmers, how the Himalaya is losing snow cover, the effects of El Niño, and why human beings need to save our planetary civilization
Bracing for a hot and dry monsoon season
In this edition, Sayantan writes on the upcoming monsoon, vanishing glaciers and the global surge in renewables use
☀️ Climate Change & You: How the attack on Iran is pushing the world towards climate catastrophe
In this edition, Bibek discusses how the US-Israel attack on Iran is an excellent reason for ditching fossil fuels, and why rising heat will kill more poor people