Unseasonal rains, pest outbreaks and land degradation are driving crop losses in India, while toxins, poor grain quality and delayed harvests threaten health and incomes.
Beyond costly air purifiers lies a city trapped by air pollution, with dense neighbourhoods and traditional gender roles exacerbating health impacts for the lower income.
AI will mostly benefit those already well positioned to leverage it – men. Businesses and governments cannot afford to overlook gender as they invest in talent policies for the AI age.
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Megan Willis, Noemie Viterale, Steven Okun
Economic liberalisation in India has shifted the emissions burden from more equal and developed states to less equal ones. This needs to change.
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Working on the lake gives women independence in a country where women are often destined to a life of servitude and denied the access to education, health and jobs.
A group of women worldwide are taking action to improve their lives by helping address climate change issues, such as the '1 Million Women' movement in Australia. Watch this video.
LGBTQ people have long had to chart their own paths in the face of discrimination on bread and butter issues, like housing and employment. Pink Dot campaigners tell the Eco-Business Podcast their hopes amid a political leadership refresh.
In a region where large hydro projects and expanding biofuel plantations coincide with an upcoming coal phaseout, a laissez-faire approach could worsen existing inequalities and mar the success of a clean energy buildout.