According to a study by NTU Singapore published in the scientific journal proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, an increase in the global temperature due to #ClimateChange has the ability to change the micro-organisms in the air affecting the human health as well as agricultural crop yields.
#Climate change affects the working poor, especially those who work in the informal sector. They also lack social protection or employment benefits. Achieving #SocialJustice through formal employment is a prerequisite for reducing poverty and inequality. #WorldDayOfSocialJustice
The science has spoken! As per the recently released report “The physical science basis” by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is irrefutable evidence that humans are responsible for the current climate crisis we find ourselves in. Greenhouse gas emissions are choking the planet and the billions of people living in every nook and corner of the world, threatening their very existence.
According to Our World In Data, #ClimateChange induced natural disasters can be highly variable and kill on average 60,000 people per year, making them responsible for 0.1% of global deaths, exposing the stark inequalities in society between the wealthy and poor #ActOnClimate
As per a study by American Geophysical Union, #ClimateChange is causing irreversible deoxygenation of the #Ocean's middle depths that support much of the world's fisheries threatening its very existence. There is a pressing need for urgent ambitious ocean action on a global scale #OceanActionNow
As per research by MAKAAM, women farmers in #India from poor families or vulnerable castes with limited social capital, face challenges from gaining control over family-owned land to accessing credit, repaying loans and even finding work as labourers #ClimateActionNow
In India, there has been an ever-widening gap between individuals who have benefitted from the economic growth and the vast group of the underprivileged who have been left out of the process. This report examines if the usage and break up of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) funds by industries in Tamil Nadu supports the needs of those likely to be left behind.
As per the data analysis of more than 1500 regions over the past 40 years by Potsdam Institute, it is found that economic growth goes down when the number of days with extreme rainfall go up. This could reduce global economic output by 7-14 per cent by 2100. #ClimateChange #ActOnClimate
The incidence of cancer is on the rise in India. Air pollution is a serious carcinogen; we need consistent efforts to reduce air pollution at source.
#CleanAir #WorldCancerDay
A research conducted by HomeNet South Asia in coalition with Mahila Housing Trust & Saathi under the support of IDRC in Asia found that #ClimateChange is adversely impacting home based workers, where in 43% of women reported loss of cash income, while 41% reported reduced productivity.
