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Destination Green Earth – 7 August 2012, The Hindu

August 9, 2012 by Climate portal editor Leave a Comment

In the Western Ghats, 1800 metres above sea level, a deviation off the road to Kodaikanal veers left onto a stony path to Prakashapuram village, Shembaganur. Over three steep kilometres, the stones give way to dirt and the unused track narrows to a jeep’s width. Green ferns, blue morning glories, pink lantanas and white daturas jostle with indigenous shola forests and eucalyptus trees baring white skin beneath stripped bark. 
 
Destination green earth

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Indonesia President Warns of Climate Changes on Food Security – 7 August 2012, BikyaMasr News

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Indonesia’s President Susilo Yudhoyono has said that international statistics show a direct correlation between food production and climate change. The president argued that the increase in climate change has had a “negative impact” on food security across the globe.
Indonesia President Warns of Climate Change’s on Food Security

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A tree-top campaign that roots for a cause – 6 August 2012, Times of India

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On a regular day, Brikesh Singh cycles from his home in Byappanahalli to work in Richmond Town. On a not-so regular day, he climbs trees, 260-foot-high smokestacks and even the roof of the British Parliament in his attempt to ‘Change politics and save the climate’, along with like-minded Greenpeace activists who aim to bust environmental crimes.
A tree-top campaigne that roots for a cause

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Youth For Climate Justice – 6 August 2012, Post Noon News

August 9, 2012 by Climate portal editor Leave a Comment

Recruiting youngsters for the fight against global warming, Indian Youth Climate Network is making waves in society. Started as a platform to get the voices of youth on the climate change and environment issues to be heard globally, the Indian Youth Climate Network has come a long way since its inception in 2008.
Youth for Climate Justice

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Climate change will have adverse impact on agriculture: Dhumal – 5 August 2012, Business Standard

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Climate change was not only affecting the environment but also the farm sector as a whole, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today said. Warning against the adverse impact of climate change he said, “Agriculture sector provides highest employment in the unorganised sector but unfortunately the focus was not on this sector, which was facing several problems and now climate change also poses a potential threat.”
Climate change will have adverse impact on agriculture: Dhumal

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India’s Biggest Green Campaign Reaches Bangalore – 5 August 2012, DNA

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As part of the ‘My Earth My Duty’ campaign, an awareness camp was organised in Bangalore on Saturday. Started two years ago by ZeeNews in association with NYKS and NSS, the campaign aims to sensitize people against the threats posed by climate change.
India’s biggest green campaign reaches Bangalore

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Climate Change wil have adverse impact on agriculture: Dhumal – 5 August 2012, Business Standard

August 7, 2012 by Climate portal editor Leave a Comment

Climate change was not only affecting the environment but also the farm sector as a whole, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today said.

Climate Change will have adverse impact on agriculture: Dhumal

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India’s Bigges Green Campaign Reaches Bangalore – 5 August 2012, DNA

August 7, 2012 by Climate portal editor Leave a Comment

As part of the ‘My Earth My Duty’ campaign, an awareness camp was organised in Bangalore on Saturday. Started two years ago by Zee News in association with NYKS and NSS, the campaign aims to sensitize people against the threats posed by climate change.

India’s Biggest Green Campaign Reaches Bangalore

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Predicting Rain is Becoming Increasingly Difficult: Expert – 4 August 2012, Times of India

August 7, 2012 by Climate portal editor Leave a Comment

In the changing climatic scenario, prediction of rainfall has become a great challenge for researchers, said RD Singh, director, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee (Uttarakhand). He also called upon researchers to take up studies to quantify the possible impact on climate change on water availability and its severity on the society.

Predicting rain is becoming increasingly difficult: Expert

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On eReason Behind India’s Blackout: World Bank Policies and Neoberalism – 2 August 2012, HuffPost

August 7, 2012 by Climate portal editor Leave a Comment

Half of India’s population — one-tenth of the planet’s people — lost power completely this week, with a blackout covering most of north India’s highly populated states. What was the reason for the blackout?

One Reason Behind India’s Blackout: World Bank Policies and Neoliberalism

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