climate resilience
Ancient Climate Change: How Severe Droughts Led to the Collapse of the Indus Valley Civilization
Nov 29, 2025 08:03 pm CST
New research from IIT Gandhinagar reveals how a series of prolonged droughts spanning over 85 years forced the abandonment of major Indus Valley cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. By analyzing paleoclimate records and employing advanced climate models, scientists demonstrate how declining monsoon patterns and water scarcity gradually transformed one of the world's earliest urban societies, offering valuable lessons for modern climate adaptation strategies.
Critical Gap: Less Than 1% of Climate Funding Allocated to Health Systems Despite Projected 15.6 Million Deaths by 2050
Nov 08, 2025 10:06 pm CST
A new report by Adelphi reveals that only 0.5% of multilateral climate funding has been directed toward adapting health systems to climate change since 2004, despite projections that climate change could cause up to 15.6 million deaths by 2050. With COP30 approaching, the report highlights an urgent need to bridge the gap between climate finance and health priorities, especially for vulnerable regions like South Asia, which receives no country-specific health adaptation funding despite facing 18% of projected climate-related health impacts.
Bill Gates Argues Climate Crisis Won't End Humanity, Urges Focus on Poverty and Health at COP30
Oct 29, 2025 09:52 am CST
Bill Gates shifts climate narrative in a new memo ahead of COP30, arguing that while climate change poses serious challenges, addressing global poverty and disease is equally crucial for human survival. The Microsoft co-founder advocates for a strategic pivot in climate action that balances emission reduction with building resilience among the world's most vulnerable populations.
UNESCO Recognizes Spiti Valley as India's First Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve: A Milestone for Himalayan Conservation
Sep 28, 2025 07:34 pm CST
Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh has been officially recognized as India's first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere program. This 7,770 sq. km reserve showcases unique high-altitude biodiversity with over 700 plant species and rare wildlife including snow leopards. The designation acknowledges decades of successful community-based conservation while promoting sustainable development, ecological research, and climate resilience in this fragile Himalayan ecosystem.