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Novรก studie SYRI ukazuje, jak vybudovat spoleฤnost odolnou proti katastrofรกm

Extrรฉmnรญ projevy poฤasรญ jako vichล™ice, sucho nebo povodnฤ› se kvลฏli klimatickรฝm zmฤ›nรกm iย vย ฤŒesku stรกvajรญ ฤรญm dรกl ฤastฤ›jลกรญmi. Mรญra dopadลฏ tฤ›chto katastrof zรกvisรญ na resilienci, tedy odolnosti spoleฤnosti aย jejรญ schopnosti se sย podobnรฝmi udรกlostmi vyrovnat aย pล™edchรกzet jim. Novรก studie Nรกrodnรญho institutu SYRI ukazuje, ลพe je ฤeskรฝ systรฉm sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof zatรญm zamฤ›ล™enรฝ pล™edevลกรญm na tradiฤnรญ krizovรฉ ล™รญzenรญ... Continue Reading →

Odolnost zaฤรญnรก dลฏvฤ›rou: Povodnฤ› nรกs uฤรญ pล™ipravenosti a spoluprรกciย 

Povodnฤ› roku 2024 ukรกzaly, ลพe pล™ipravenost spoleฤnosti se nemฤ›ล™รญ jen vรฝลกkou hrรกzรญ, ale i silou dลฏvฤ›ry a schopnostรญ rozhodovat pod tlakem. Studie o resilienci ฤeskรฉ krajiny pล™inรกลกรญ cennรฉ poznatky o tom, jak se stรกt, obce, starostovรฉ a vฤ›dci spoleฤnฤ› uฤรญ zvlรกdat nejistotu a budovat kulturu spoluprรกce, kterรก obstojรญ i v dobฤ› klimatickรฝch extrรฉmลฏ. Resilience tak... Continue Reading →

The 8th International Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research

From 29 September to 1 October 2025, the interdisciplinary research community engaged in archetype analysis convened for the 8th International Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research. Hosted at the Thรผnen Institute of Biodiversity in Braunschweig, Germany, the event brought together around 40 researchers, providing a dynamic forum for exchanging and advancing ideas at the... Continue Reading →

Launching the IPBES Spatial Planning and Connectivity Assessment: Reflections from the First Authorsโ€™ Meeting

The intensive and productive week-long first authorsโ€™ meeting for the IPBES Spatial Planning and Connectivity Assessment took place at IIASA in Laxenburg from 22โ€“26 September 2025. The meeting brought together more than 100 experts to launch this fast-track methodological assessment, co-chaired by Peter Verburg, Maria Jose Martinez Harms, and Luis Inostroza. This assessment focuses on... Continue Reading →

AGRI4POL stakeholder workshop on pollinator-friendly farming towards a sustainable future of agriculture

On 9โ€“10 September 2025 in Brussels, more than three dozen stakeholders from across Europe met for a two-day workshop focused on a single goal: creating a sustainable future for both pollinators and agriculture. As part of the AGRI4POL project (๐Ÿ”—), the event brought together policymakers, NGOs, agribusiness and farmersโ€™ organisations, and researchers. The collaborative setting... Continue Reading →

Reflecting on Collaborative Research in Sustainability: Insights from a Course at Sรถdertรถrn University

This post shares my reflections on the role of collaboration in sustainability-focused research based on the literature and lectures from Sรถdertรถrn Universityโ€™s online PhD course Collaborative Research Methods. As sustainability challenges become increasingly urgent, academic inquiries have paid more attention to understanding and addressing the deep connections between ecological, social, and economic systems. In response,... Continue Reading →

ISEE-Degrowth 2025: Building socially just postgrowth futures – linking theory and action

In June 2025, the ISEE-Degrowth Conference took place in Oslo under the theme โ€œBuilding socially just postgrowth futures โ€“ linking theory and action.โ€ This unique event combined the 18th International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) Conference and the 11th International Degrowth Conference, drawing over 1,200 participants from 60 countries, supported by approximately 70 volunteers. The... Continue Reading →

Inclusion in Early Childhood Education and Beyond

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Univerzita Komenskรฉho (Comenius University) in Bratislava, Slovakia to take part in theย 33rdย conferenceย for theย European Early Childhood Education and Research Association (EECERA). For some followers of this blog, this might seem like a slight deviation from the issues and fields we normally explore in our Human Dimensions Department. However,... Continue Reading →

ฤŒtvrtรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby

V prostorรกch Akademie vฤ›d ฤŒeskรฉ republiky vย Praze uspoล™รกdalo Ministerstvo ลพivotnรญho prostล™edรญ (MลฝP) ve spoluprรกci s รšstavem vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR (CzechGlobe, ๐Ÿ”—) dne 27. kvฤ›tna 2025 jiลพ ฤtvrtรฉ zasedรกnรญ Nรกrodnรญ platformy pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby, jeลพ spadรก do aktivit integrovanรฉho projektu LIFE Jedna pล™รญroda (๐Ÿ”—). Cรญlem ฤtvrtรฉho zasedรกnรญ NPES bylo poskytnout aktuรกlnรญ informace o dฤ›nรญ... Continue Reading →

SSH Centre consortium meeting at Cambridge

As the SSH CENTRE (Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence) project enters its final phase, members of the consortium gathered between 11-12 June 2025 for a two-day meeting at the historic Kingโ€™s College, Cambridge. The event focused on writing deliverables, project reflection and strategic planning, and brought together partners to... Continue Reading →

Science Fair 2025: How we engaged kids and students on the topic of sustainable society of today and tomorrowโ€ฏ

On 5-7 June 2025 CzechGlobe, the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences(๐Ÿ”—), participated in the Science Fair 2025 (Veletrh vedy) (๐Ÿ”—), the largestโ€ฏpopular educational science event in the Czech Republic. Across the exhibition area of over 8,000 mยฒ, more than 58,000 visitors could view nearly 100 exhibitions from more than 90... Continue Reading →

2025 Alternet Conference: Contribution to achieving transformative change for biodiversity

The 2025 Alternet conference took place in the beautiful city of Aveiro, Portugal from 13-16 May, bringing together researchers, experts and decision makers with a common goal of realising transformation for sustainability. This yearโ€™s theme dubbed, โ€œAchieving Transformative Change for Biodiversityโ€ sought to explore the root causes of biodiversity decline and how to drive fundamental... Continue Reading →

Vydali jsme novรฝ letรกk, kterรฝ pล™edstavuje Nรกrodnรญ platformu pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES)

Cรญlem letรกku, kterรฝ jsme zpracovali ve spoluprรกci s ostatnรญmi partnery v projektu Jedna pล™รญroda, je pล™edstavit zรกkladnรญ informace o Nรกrodnรญ platformฤ› pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (NPES), kterรก propojuje klรญฤovรฉ aktรฉry v oblasti ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb (ES) a pล™รญnosลฏ pล™รญrody lidem. Platforma vznikla v roce 2022 jako vรฝstup projektu Jedna pล™รญroda a do konce roku 2025 se uskuteฤnรญ... Continue Reading →

Reflections on the Prefigurative Politics of Present Transformations Workshop in Oslo

The recent collaborative workshop held in Oslo on 15โ€“16 April brought together a diverse and interdisciplinary community of 32 scholars and practitioners from across 18 countries, including David Stella and Simeon Vaลˆo from the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, united by a shared interest in exploring prefigurative politics on transformations.... Continue Reading →

Interoperabilita pro hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb: Proฤ, jak, kdo a pro koho?

Novรฝ vฤ›deckรฝ ฤlรกnek publikovanรฝ v ฤasopise Ecosystem Services pod vedenรญm Kena Bagstada, vรฝzkumnรฉho ekonoma z U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), vรฝzkumnรญkลฏ z Ikerbasque na BC3, a dalลกรญch vรฝzkumnรฝch รบstavลฏ vฤetnฤ› CzechGlobe, Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Nagoya University, VITO remote sensing a mnoha dalลกรญch zdลฏrazลˆuje nalรฉhavou potล™ebu lepลกรญ interoperability ve vรฝzkumu ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb. Studie shrnuje poznatky... Continue Reading →

Aktuality z projektu ENABLElocal

Projekt ENABLElocal sdruลพuje partnerskรฉ instituce z ฤŒeska (CzechGlobe), Nฤ›mecka (ISOE) a ล vรฉdska (Lund University) a zamฤ›ล™uje se na vรฝzkum vyuลพรญvรกnรญ dat o biodiverzitฤ› v praxi ochrany pล™รญrody a vyuลพรญvรกnรญ รบzemรญ. Naลกรญm cรญlem je podpoล™it tok dat mezi aktรฉry v oblasti ochrany pล™รญrody, systรฉmy monitorovรกnรญ biodiverzity a nรกrodnรญmi, evropskรฝmi a globรกlnรญmi datovรฝmi infrastrukturami. Vรฝzkum realizujeme v... Continue Reading →

Podpora udrลพitelnรฉho zemฤ›dฤ›lstvรญ ve prospฤ›ch opylovaฤลฏ: Zahรกjenรญ projektu Agri4Polย 

Ohroลพenรญ opylovaฤลฏ a opylovacรญch sluลพeb, kterรฉ podporujรญ zemฤ›dฤ›lstvรญ a pล™inรกลกejรญ pล™รญnosy lidem, je celosvฤ›tovรฝm problรฉmem. Tento problรฉm je uznรกvรกn ve vฤ›deckรฝch i politickรฝch kruzรญch a reflektujรญ ho nรกrodnรญ i nadnรกrodnรญ iniciativy. Tรฝm z naลกeho oddฤ›lenรญ na รšstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny (CzechGlobe) se stal jednรญm zโ€ฏpartnerลฏ v novรฉm projektu, jehoลพ cรญlem je pomoci zemฤ›dฤ›lstvรญ, aby se stalo pozitivnรญ podporou biodiverzity opylovaฤลฏ, opylovacรญch sluลพeb poskytovanรฝch plodinรกm a vedlejลกรญch pล™รญnosลฏ poskytovanรฝch ekosystรฉmลฏm a lidem.

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Promoting sustainable agriculture for pollinators: Launching Agri4Polย 

Threats to pollinators and pollination services that support agriculture and provide benefits to people are a worldwide problem. This is recognised by scientists, national or transnational initiatives, and even policies. A team from our department at CzechGlobe has joined a new project that aims to help agriculture to become a positive force for pollinator biodiversity, crop pollination services and co-benefits to ecosystems and people.ย 

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Vรฝzkumnรก spoluprรกce sโ€ฏAalto University vโ€ฏoblasti designu a udrลพitelnostiย 

Co je podstatnรฉ pล™i procesu designovรกnรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ transformace? A jak aktuรกlnฤ› vypadรก design pro rozvoj resilience? Na tyto a dalลกรญ souvisejรญcรญ otรกzky zรญskรกvala odpovฤ›di doktorandka Anna Bromovรก z Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy vโ€ฏrรกmci tล™รญmฤ›sรญฤnรญho vรฝzkumnรฉho pobytu na Oddฤ›lenรญ designu pล™i Aalto University ve Finsku. Na pล™elomu roku prohloubila spoluprรกci se svou mentorkou zโ€ฏmentoringovรฉho programu Nรกrodnรญho institutu... Continue Reading →

Kulturnรญ ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby vย ล™รญฤnรญ krajinฤ› โ€“ vรฝsledky z pล™รญpadovรฝch studiรญ projektu โ€žNIVAโ€œ

Na konci roku 2024 skonฤil vรฝzkumnรฝ projekt programu Prostล™edรญ pro ลพivot Technologickรฉ Agentury ฤŒR, s nรกzvem Vรฝznam a ochrana รบdolnรญch niv jako prostล™edรญ pro plnฤ›nรญ ekostabilizaฤnรญ funkce krajiny (neboli projekt โ€žNIVAโ€œ). V projektu se kromฤ› hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch funkcรญ a sluลพeb ล™รญฤnรญch niv uskuteฤnilo takรฉ hodnocenรญ kulturnรญch ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb se zapojenรญm aktรฉrลฏ, kterรฉ pล™ineslo zajรญmavรก zjiลกtฤ›nรญ ohlednฤ›... Continue Reading →

Co-designing transformative pathways to sustainability for the energy sector and food systems in the Czech Republic (TRANSPATH project)

On 21 January 2025, a research workshop was held to explore possible pathways to transform the energy sector and food systems in the Czech Republic towards sustainability. The workshop was organized by the Department of Socio-Ecological Analysis of the Global Change Research Institute CAS (CzechGlobe). Apart from the research team, a group of ten stakeholders from various transformative initiatives, networks, and social...

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Workshop projektu TRANSPATH hledal cesty k transformativnรญm promฤ›nรกm energetiky a potravinovรฝch systรฉmลฏ v ฤŒesku

V รบterรฝ 21. ledna 2025 probฤ›hl vรฝzkumnรฝ workshop, kterรฝ hledal moลพnรฉ cesty k transformaci sektoru energetiky a potravinovรฝch systรฉmลฏ v ฤŒesku smฤ›rem k udrลพitelnosti. Setkรกnรญ probฤ›hlo v reลพii Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy รšstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR (CzechGlobe) a kromฤ› vรฝzkumnรฉho tรฝmu se jej zรบฤastnila i desรญtka stakeholderลฏ z transformativnรญch iniciativ, networkลฏ a sociรกlnรญch...

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TransformERS: Transformations, International Experience and Sustainable Futures

TransformERS is a COST Action network that aims to inform research, policy and practice for transformations that deliver justice in a changing global context by bringing together and positioning research relevant to societal transformation. Societal transformations such as these are refered to as highly necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change and biodiversity loss, and are... Continue Reading →

Pรกtรก evropskรก konference o ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพbรกch

Ve dnech 18.-22. listopadu 2024 se vย nizozemskรฉm Wageningenu uskuteฤnila pรกtรก evropskรก konference Partnerstvรญ pro ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (ESP) sย podtitulem โ€žEcosystem Services: One Planet, One Healthโ€œ. Tรฉma konference odkazovalo na otรกzku, jak mลฏลพe koncept ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb ล™eลกit vรฝzvy spojenรฉ s naplลˆovรกnรญm globรกlnรญ vize โ€žJedno zdravรญโ€œ a zรกroveลˆ pล™ispฤ›t k transformativnรญm ล™eลกenรญm pro udrลพitelnost. Tรฉma zdลฏraznilo vzรกjemnou zรกvislost... Continue Reading →

SSH Centre in Granada: Book Launch event & Consortium Meeting

In October 2024, the Department of Human Dimensions at CzechGlobe participated in the Book Launch and Consortium Meeting of the SSH Centre project (Social Science and Humanities for Climate, Energy and Transport Research Excellence), held in Granada, Spain. This meeting brought together consortium partners to celebrate major achievements, share insights, and discuss the future trajectory... Continue Reading →

Poslednรญ kroky v hodnocenรญch IPBES zamฤ›ล™enรฝch na nexus a transformativnรญ zmฤ›nu

V uplynulรฝch tล™ech letech se nฤ›kolik ฤlenลฏ naลกich sesterskรฝch oddฤ›lenรญ podรญlelo na hodnotรญcรญch zprรกvรกch Mezivlรกdnรญ vฤ›decko-politickรฉ platformy pro biodiverzitu a ekosystรฉmovรฉ sluลพby (IPBES), zejmรฉna na hodnotรญcรญ zprรกvฤ› Tematickรฉ hodnocenรญ vzรกjemnรฝch vazeb mezi biologickou rozmanitostรญ, vodou, potravinami a zdravรญm (hodnotรญcรญ zprรกva zamฤ›ล™enรก na nexus) a hodnotรญcรญ zprรกvฤ› Tematickรฉ hodnocenรญ zรกkladnรญch pล™รญฤin ztrรกty biologickรฉ rozmanitosti, determinantลฏ transformativnรญ... Continue Reading →

Beskydy Workshop 2024: Exploring Transformative Perspectives on Nature-Based Governance

The Beskydy Workshop 2024, held from September 24โ€“26 at Hotel Horal in Velkรฉ Karlovice, focused on the theme of "Nature-Based Governance: Coevolutionary and Transformative Perspectives on the Biodiversity and Climate Crises." This scientific gathering brought together researchers and practitioners to explore nature-based governance (NBG) from a coevolutionary and co-creative perspective by responding to people's and... Continue Reading →

Heat vulnerability scenarios to support adaptation efforts in cities

In 2022, Czech Globe in cooperation with the Institute of Informatics of the CAS completed the project "Adaptation challenges of cities: supporting sustainable planning using integrated vulnerability analysis", supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. The project has developed an integrated methodology for assessing the vulnerability to future temperature extremes in cities, which... Continue Reading →

Vรฝsledky projektu โ€œJust Scapes: Spravedlivรก transformace krajinyโ€ย ย 

Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy (SE Lab) dokonฤilo v nedรกvnรฉ dobฤ› prรกci na projektu Just Scapes, kterรฝ se zamฤ›ล™il na spravedlivou transformaci venkovskรฝch oblastรญ v Evropฤ›. ล lo o projekt v mezinรกrodnรญ spoluprรกci, pล™iฤemลพ ฤeskรก pล™รญpadovรก studie, kterou zpracovรกvalo prรกvฤ› oddฤ›lenรญ SE Lab, probรญhala na Slovรกcku a Valaลกsku. Zkoumali jsme vztah mezi ochotou mรญstnรญch obyvatel pล™ijรญmat zmฤ›ny v... Continue Reading →

Leading with heart: revitalising traditional science for facing todayโ€™s global crisesย 

A lot of the work in our department dives into the realms of behavioural psychology theories, in designing interventions which could lead to positive behavioural changes (for example PLUSchange) to benefit and protect our natural world. For example, some of our research asks the question, which interventions are most effective in bringing about pro-environmental behavioural... Continue Reading →

ENABLElocal: Vyuลพitรญ dat z monitorovรกnรญ biodiverzity v mรญstnรญ ochranฤ› pล™รญrody

Pozadรญ projektu a jeho cรญle Praxe v oblasti ochrany pล™รญrody a vyuลพitรญ รบzemรญ mรก zรกsadnรญ vliv na biodiverzitu. Data o biodiverzitฤ› vลกak nejsou v rozhodovacรญch procesech ฤi managementu v ochranฤ› pล™รญrody na mรญstnรญ รบrovni vลพdy zohledลˆovรกna. Vyuลพรญvรกnรญ dat brรกnรญ napล™รญklad omezenรฝ taxonomickรฝ a ekologickรฝ rozsah stรกvajรญcรญch dat, jejich ฤasoprostorovรฉ pokrytรญ, kterรฉ je pro mรญstnรญ kontext... Continue Reading →

Engaging in Education: Our Contribution to Shaping Future Environmental Policy Experts

The Human Dimensions department has a long-standing tradition of actively contributing to higher education by engaging with universities. This involvement plays a crucial role in connecting academic research with real-world challenges. The collaboration includes teaching at institutions such as the Faculty of Science at Charles University and Masaryk University in Brno. Most recently, Eva Horvรกthovรก... Continue Reading →

Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change

A modeller from the UK, a marine biologist from the Netherlands, and a policy analyst from Estonia meet in Amsterdam... What may sound like the beginning of an anecdote is in fact a snapshot of 40 individuals, mostly from Europe, meeting on the (sunny!) banks of one of Amsterdamโ€™s canals, coming together for a week... Continue Reading →

EASST-4S 2024 in Amsterdam: Contribution to this year’s Conference on Making and Doing Transformations

From 16 to 19 July, the EASST-4S 2024 Conference took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. CzechGlobeโ€™s Abhigya and Tereza Prasilova had the opportunity to present their work on two ongoing projects: FoSTA-Health and the SSH Centre project. The EASST-4S 2024 conference was a joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology... Continue Reading →

Novรฝ letรกk o zapojenรญ aktรฉrลฏ do hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb

Vydali jsme novรฝ letรกk zabรฝvajรญcรญ se zapojenรญm aktรฉrลฏ do procesu hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb. Cรญlem letรกku, kterรฝ jsme zpracovali ve spoluprรกci s ostatnรญmi partnery projektu, je pล™edstavit tzv. participativnรญ pล™รญstup, kterรฝ systematicky zapojuje zainteresovanรฉ strany (jednotlivce, skupiny, instituce) do procesu hodnocenรญ ekosystรฉmovรฝch sluลพeb. Dรญky tomu mohou aktรฉล™i napล™. sdรญlet mรญstnรญ znalosti, poskytovat zpฤ›tnou vazbu nebo ovlivลˆovat... Continue Reading →

New Insights on Knowledge Systems in Sustainable Development Cooperation: A Focus on Zambia

A new paper, Knowledge-Based Interventions for Sustainable Development Cooperation: Insights from Knowledge Systems Mapping in Zambia, delves into the critical role of knowledge systems within the context of international development cooperation, with a specific focus on the Czech Republic's development activities in Zambia. It was published in Sustainability Science and co-authored, among others, by scientists... Continue Reading →

Workshop resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ: cesty k realizaci vizรญ ve sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof

V ฤervnu 2024 probฤ›hl jiลพ druhรฝ vรฝzkumnรฝ workshop na tรฉma resilienฤnรญho myลกlenรญ vedenรฝ tรฝmem vฤ›dcลฏ a vฤ›dkyลˆ z Nรกrodnรญho Institutu SYRI pลฏsobรญcรญch takรฉ na รšstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR. Na workshopu se s vรฝzkumnรฝm tรฝmem setkali opฤ›t takรฉ aktรฉล™i a aktรฉrky sniลพovรกnรญ rizik katastrof v ฤŒesku. Jednรญm z cรญlลฏ setkรกnรญ bylo pล™edstavit dosavadnรญ vรฝsledky... Continue Reading →

Workshop na tรฉma transformativnรญ zmฤ›ny v ฤŒR

Ve ฤtvrtek 23. kvฤ›tna 2024 se v Praze uskuteฤnil vรฝzkumnรฝ workshop mapujรญcรญ mechanismy transformativnรญ zmฤ›ny smฤ›rem k udrลพitelnosti v sektorech energetiky, potravin a zemฤ›dฤ›lstvรญ v ฤŒesku. Organizovalo jej Oddฤ›lenรญ sociรกlnฤ›-ekologickรฉ analรฝzy (SE Lab) รšstavu vรฝzkumu globรกlnรญ zmฤ›ny AV ฤŒR (รšVGZ). ล lo uลพ o druhรฉ setkรกnรญ vรฝzkumnic a vรฝzkumnรญkลฏ naลกeho oddฤ›lenรญ se stakeholdery, kteล™รญ se v... Continue Reading →

The Electoral Climate in India

In April and May this year, the largest population of climate-vulnerable voters took to the polling booths amidst unprecedented heat waves in India. The extreme weather events brought home concerns climate activists, researchers, and journalists raised about the missing climate question in India's electoral agendas. A lot has been said about whether or not climate... Continue Reading →

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