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disaster

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April 20, 2023
Memories of floods, erosion, and displacement
by Olimpika Oja | 2 min read
man in a wheelchair with a dog on a flooded road--persons with disability
March 15, 2023
Weathering the storm: Disability, climate change, mental health
Advocacy to consider climate change as a human rights issue is incomplete unless interlinked with disability rights and mental health.
by Candice D'souza | 5 min read
Profile of Saraswati Das, a fishworker, who is sorting fish while sitting on the ground_livelihood of fishing community
March 2, 2023
Photo essay: Why are fishers in West Bengal shifting to farming?
Infrastructure projects and extreme weather events threaten the livelihood of fishing communities in coastal West Bengal.
by Tanmoy Bhaduri | 5 min read
People in a boat during a flood, climate change
October 26, 2022
South Asia faces irreversible loss from climate change
At the upcoming COP27, international climate diplomacy needs to seriously address the issue of loss and damage being faced by developing countries.
by Shalinee Kumari, The Third Pole | 5 min read
A man walks past a Covid-19 coronavirus awareness mural along the roadside in Chennai-crisis relief
October 21, 2022
Crisis relief: Where we failed and what we learnt
Five learnings for nonprofits to keep in mind before engaging in disaster management work.
by Devansh Mehta | 7 min read
People working outside houses in a refugee camp_internally displaced persons
September 2, 2022
Enabling access to healthcare for internally displaced persons
Displaced communities in India frequently fall through the cracks of public health systems. Accounting for their unique social, political, and economic vulnerabilities when designing programmes and policies can help change this.
by Susanna G Mitra | 6 min read
Members of a women’s collective gather around a patch of forest scorched by one of the several wildfires that has ravaged Sitlakhet in Uttarakhand’s Almora district-climate
August 30, 2022
Photo essay: Lessons in climate resilience
As the frequency of climate-induced disasters increases, communities that are vulnerable to climate change are adopting unique solutions to respond to these crises.
by Milan George Jacob, Shawn Sebastian | 3 min read
Three women in sarees walking with water vessels-reforestation
August 23, 2022
A village tackles cyclones: Why are women in Odisha regrowing a forest?
by Shawn Sebastian | 2 min read
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June 16, 2022
A flood of fear: Women in Assam refuse food to avoid defecation
by Geeta Lama | 2 min read
women travelling to collect water in Bhuj_ climate refugees
June 3, 2022
India needs to recognise the rights of climate refugees
Climate change is forcibly displacing millions of people worldwide. Can India adopt more inclusive policies that look out for climate refugees and safeguard already vulnerable communities in the country?
by Surbhi Arul | 6 min read
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