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Photo Credit: Paresh Kumar Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 03, 2025 01:13 ISTWritten By: Paresh Kumar WASHINGTON, D.C: Billions lack safe toilets. Floods and droughts wreck what’s left. Climate change turns a basic need into a deadly trap. A new World Bank report sounds the alarm. It’s time to rethink sanitation. Or watch cities drown…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 14, 2025 04:20 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal On October 13, 2025, India disclosed a new five-year initiative, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), to expedite India’s transition to a circular economy in the electronics sector. The Ministry of…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 11, 2025 11:25 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal In years when La Niña develops in the Pacific Ocean, India’s weather patterns are different: the southwest monsoon brings rainfall that is often average to above average for much of the country, but can also stall, cluster or return…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Oct 06, 2025 04:04 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal The Genesis of Project Earthstone On September 23rd 2025, Project Earthstone was launched in Brazil, bringing together three global leaders: Isometric (a carbon removal standards and registry organization), Anglo American (the largest producer of platinum in the world and…
Photo Credit: Climate Action Tracker Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 15, 2025 02:30 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal India is at a pivotal moment in its climate journey. While many praise India’s development of renewable energy, new policies, and ambitious long-term commitments, new analysis has highlighted the difference between these policies and the styles…
A gausahala in UP | Photo Credit: IndiaToday Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 13, 2025 10:20 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik Animal protection has been historically, culturally, and economically significant in India, especially in Uttar Pradesh, where cattle are closely associated with livelihood and culture at large. Nevertheless, the state has always experienced increasingly…
Photo Credit : India Today Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 10, 2025 05:15 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal A Himalayan Wake-Up Call The monsoons have wreaked havoc on the state of Himachal Pradesh. Since 20 June, monsoon rains have led to 135 major landslides, 95 flash floods, and 45 cloudbursts. The human loss has…
Photo Credit : euronews.com Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 08, 2025 03:19 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal A group of women in the Koraput district of southern Odisha, gathered beneath the boughs of a neem tree with pieces of paper, colored pencils, and decades of lived experience. What they produce are not abstract diagrams…
Photo Credit: Parinita Mathur Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 03, 2025 05:57 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal At 10:15 AM, the handwashing bell rings at a government school in Kendrapara. Steel mugs clink, a long queue forms, and the middle-school eco club, with badges cut-out from old chartpapers, rushes to check whether every tap…
Photo Credit : Internet Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 02, 2025 04:49 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal Change has always been a part of September. Meteorological autumn in the Northern Hemisphere starts on September 1st, bringing with it lower temperatures, shorter days, and a slowing down of natural cycle. The season, however, does not…
