Climate Change
Anthropogenic Impact of Climate Change: A Case Study from the Sundarbans, India
By: ARUP MAJUMDER – The Sundarbans is the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage Site spanning India and Bangladesh. This unique ecosystem is home to numerous species, including the Bengal tiger, and supports 4.37 million people. It absorbs 41.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, highlighting its critical role in carbon sequestration.…
The Gendered Impact of Climate Change: Unveiling the Disparities
By: JAGRITI MEHTA, A.K. SINHA, MANINDER KAUR – Climate change stands as a formidable challenge of our era, with extensive repercussions for both the environment and human societies. Its effects are unevenly distributed, intersecting with and exacerbating existing social, economic, and political disparities. A notable aspect of this inequality is the gendered impact of climate…
Gender Mainstreaming through Climate Change Initiatives: Experiences from BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme, Bangladesh
By: RIPON KUMAR SARKAR, ELIAS HOSSAIN, ABUL HASAN CHOWDHURY – Research indicates that climate change profoundly impacts the lives of vulnerable women. They face increased workloads due to environmental challenges like floods, droughts, and cyclones, which affect their access to essential resources such as clean water, fuel, and food. Women’s safety is at risk during…
I passeri di Mao: cibo, agricoltura e ideologia
Agricolture, biogas, biomasses, Climate Change, Demography, food, Green economy, Ideology, Rare Earth ElementsBy: FLAVIA BUSATTA – Except for a few catastrophic eruptions, the great famines of the past two millennia have been either the toxic result of the unequal distribution of resources within a society or of ideological experiments by dictatorial regimes. Agriculture, food, and demography have always been related and their control by those in power,…