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Read more about Tracing Humanity’s Longtime Urge To Manage Moving Water [13]

March 9, 2023

The Changing Geopolitics of Critical Minerals and the Future of the Clean Energy Transition [24]

Join the Wilson Center virtually or in person in Washington, DC, 9:00-10:30 a.m. ET, to examine the challenges, policy options and strategic diplomatic alliances needed to minimize confrontation in order to realize individual national commitments and climate emission reduction targets, and more.

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"In India, ‘Phase Down’ Of Coal Actually Means Rapid Expansion Of Mining" [31]

"A tripling of size is planned at the fastest-growing coal mine in India".

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Source: Washington Post [32], 02/27/2023

Read more about "In India, ‘Phase Down’ Of Coal Actually Means Rapid Expansion Of Mining" [31]

"A Dance Of Hope By Children Who Scavenge Coal" [33]

"Before sunset, in the 110-square-mile mining region of Jharia in eastern India, an ensemble of girls dances near an opencast coal mine. Come sunrise, they'll be back at the mines for another reason: survival."

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Source: NPR [36], 02/20/2023

Read more about "A Dance Of Hope By Children Who Scavenge Coal" [33]

February 23, 2023

Webinar: Journalist Briefing on the Climate-Development Nexus — Supporting Local Stories with Global Data [37]

Drawdown Lift, a program of US NGO Project Drawdown, is hosting a briefing for reporters who cover the climate-development nexus in Africa and South Asia, including discussion of their report examining climate mitigation solutions that co-benefit humans and climate adaptation in low- and middle-income countries. 7am ET.

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"Essential Insects In East Asia Have Declined Massively, Study Finds" [40]

"Cabbage moths, corn borers and other plant-eating insects crucial to ecosystems have declined dramatically in East Asia over the past two decades — along with dragonflies and other predator insects that eat them, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances."

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Source: Washington Post [42], 02/07/2023

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"Adani’s Crisis Points to the Big Risk in India’s Net Zero Plan" [43]

"The crisis facing billionaire Gautam Adani has revealed a potential pitfall in India’s ambitious plan to reduce emissions: its reliance on the country’s most affluent and powerful private citizens."

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Source: Bloomberg Green [45], 02/06/2023

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Exploring the Impacts of Hydroelectric Megaprojects on Indigenous Lands [46]

Nearly two-thirds of the world’s rivers are impeded by dams and we keep building them in our quest for cleaner and greener sources of electricity. But as podcast producer Farha Akhtar learned while producing a recent episode, these monumental structures are having a profound impact on our planet and catastrophic consequences for many Indigenous people.

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