Himalayan Glacier MeltThe melting glaciers of the Himalayas are India's canaries in the coalmine. If they don't wake up politicians and people on climate change, nothing else will.The implications are grave. The Hindu-Kush Himalaya region stretches across...

'The High' – Running for climate actionWhy think of running at these crazy altitudes?The reason for doing this run is to bring to everyone's notice what is happening to the Himalayas, often called the 'Water Tower' or even 'Third Pole of the world', bec...

India's Changing Energy MixThe Indian economy continues to grow at the rate of 7 to 8 percent. However, the very economic development that we strive to achieve depends heavily on robust and reliable energy services. Ideally, energy production must not com...

The Climate Challenge India portal is now two weeks in the running. For the week of 29th June to 6th July, we profile the Sierra Club, America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, which has recently announced its '...

Climate change - why India needs to take leadershipTo mark the 60th anniversary of India's Independence, the Centre for Social Markets (CSM) publishes a powerful new pamphlet calling for enlightened leadership on the greatest challenge of our times - clim...

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Each week, we will profile a Climate Challenge India member, and keep you up to date on how they are engaging with climate change. Our first member of the week is the ‘Why New Coal’ Campaign. Why New Coal 'Why New Coal', is a campaign started by...

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HN Educate myself and my organization about climate changeWhat is climate change? Global climate (long-term weather conditions) changes naturally over long periods of time. Human activity is speeding up the rate at which this change is occurring. Clima...

Malayalam Educate myself and my organization about climate changeWhat is climate change? Global climate (long-term weather conditions) changes naturally over long periods of time. Human activity is speeding up the rate at which this change is occurring...

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CLIMATE CHANGE -MORE[Dummy content] Throughout Earth’s history, the climate has changed over long periods of time (thousands or millions of years). In the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat. These changes hav...

Educate myself and my organization about climate changeWhat is climate change? Global climate (long-term weather conditions) changes naturally over long periods of time. Human activity is speeding up the rate at which this change is occurring. Climate ...

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GLOSSARY: UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE Assigned amount unit (AAU)A Kyoto Protocol unit equal to 1 metric ton of CO2 equivalent.  Each Annex I Party issues AAUs up to the level of its assigned amount, established pursuant to Article 3, paragraphs 7 ...

Support science-based and equitable measures that will reduce will reduce national and international greenhouse gas emissionsEfforts to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions must be based on the best-available science using the precautionary principle. They...

Promote India's transition to a low-carbon societyEach one of us can do practical things to help our country move to a more sustainable, low-carbon society. For example, we can Switch from conventional bulbs to compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs; ...