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February 11- February 18, 2022
 
     
A weekly digest on impacts, politics and science of the climate emergency; from the Global South perspective. Access our extensive coverage on climate. You can find this newsletter in the web here.
Dear readers,

Climate change is severely impacting food prices and intensifying wildfires.

It may also affect the carbon absorbing capacity of forests, and is endangering animal life.

A new study finds that the Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter and climate change may make it worse.

The United Nations climate science body, the IPCC, will publish a report on climate change adaptation this month.

This week we also learn about an Antarctic iceberg that released 158 billion tonnes of water into ocean.

To make sense of these and other climate trends, purchase the State of India's Environment 2022 here.
   
 
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Climate and food price rise: Weather systems are so extreme that farmers have lost entire crop cycle, 14 February 2022
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Down To Earth Wildfires will be more frequent, larger and intense due to climate change: UNEP, 18 February 2022
 
   
 
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Sustainability is not as new an idea as you might think—It’s more than 300 years old, 11 February 2022
Modern sustainability evolved from forest management of the 18th century, and its ancient roots go back even further. Could it help with today’s climate crisis and lumber shortage?
 
     
 
New IPCC report will strengthen science on links between biodiversity loss, climate change: UNEP, 15 February 2022
The report, which is in the final stages of production, will be released February 28
 
   
 
Pasture posture in time of climate change, 17 February 2022
The United Nation’s latest appeal for national support to protect mobility of pastoralists brings focus to this ancient, climate-resilient sustenance system
 
   
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56 African heritage sites threatened by extreme coastal events: Study, 16 February 2022
North Africa has the largest number of exposed sites
 
   
 
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Climate change may reduce carbon dioxide uptake by forests: Study, 15 February 2022
Tree growth in Arizona will decline 22-117% under future climatic conditions
 
   
 
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How climate change has pushed the koala towards ‘Endangered’ status, 11 February 2022
The Australian bushfire season of 2019-20 killed thousands of the marsupials and could have hastened the drop in their numbers
 
   
 
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New centre for carbon capture, utilisation at IIT Bombay, 10 February 2022
New centre to help India meet climate goals
 
   
 
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Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse, 10 February 2022
The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others emanate
 
   
 
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