In a world grappling with population growth, climate change, disaster, pandemic, migration and human displacement, it is crucial to understand how the demographic diversity is shaped by social, cultural, economic, and political contexts,
Almost 970 million Indians are voting in general elections amid sweltering heat and unpredictable weather extremes exacerbated by human-caused climate change, leading to loss of livelihood, forced migration and increasingly difficult living conditions for millions across the country.
Climate change has become an existential threat. It exacerbates inequities between states and individuals. Poor communities are disproportionately affected by the worst consequences of climate change. Even the poor people in wealthy nations are hardest hit. The vast migration from the Central American region to the north in the recent months is more the result of push factor of extreme weather, among other things. It is a fact that we are experiencing the effects of climate change. Climate science has proved that human-induced global emissions have contributed immensely to climate change. No solution of this global challenge is possible without undergoing transformation on how we use energy for economic growth.
Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a delay likely caused by climate change, a new study found.
Chandan Kumar Mandal is the environment and migration reporter for The Kathmandu Post, covering labour migration and governance, as well as climate change, natural disasters, and wildlife.
KATHMANDU, Sept 24: The global community faces multiple challenges such as terrorism, climate change and mass migration and the global leadership should show a greater display of wisdom, knowledge and capacity to address them, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said.
