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Dear readers,
Recently, United States’ President Donald Trump claimed that the air in India is filthy, despite the fact that US is the highest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. The US is also the worst performer on the Climate Change Performance Index of 2020, as discussed in a round-up of climate progress on the International Day of Climate Action.
The US is not the only country that needs to be held accountable on developmental promises, rich countries as a group have fallen short of giving about $5.7 trillion in aid to the globe’s poorest, a new report by Oxfam finds.
India’s air quality issues are not to be taken lightly however; Sunita Narain comments on Delhi’s current pollution scenario, that is driven chiefly by vehicular emissions. A third of the capital’s power also comes from coal-based power plants that do not follow emission norms.
In science news, we learn about unseasonably late freezing of Arctic sea ice, warming of waters in the Andaman Sea, the value of seeds to our food and agricultural systems, and the endangering of the majestic snow leopard due to climate change.
Lastly, the deadline to register for our online training An Introduction to Climate Change: Science, Politics, and Impacts is fast approaching. Register by November 11, 2020. The workshop runs from November 18 to December 1. Write to us at climatetraining@cseindia.org if you have any queries.
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Where’s the sea ice? 3 reasons the Arctic freeze is unseasonably late and why it matters| 28 October 2020
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International Snow Leopard Day: How climate change affects the charismatic cat |
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Climate change will shrink the habitat of this apex alpine predator; the key is to spread the word about its plight and get governments acting for its conservation |
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