Meena Menon
Journalist at Freelance
Visiting LAHRI fellow, PhD, University of Leeds, Ex bureau chief, The Hindu Journalist, author Riots and After in Mumbai, Reporting Pakistan, A Frayed History
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1 week ago |
scroll.in | Meena Menon
While a German court ruled for the first time on Wednesday that major carbon emitters could be held accountable for the damage they have caused, it dismissed the claim by a Peruvian farmer that a flood risk to his home in the mountains of Huaraz due to greenhouse gas emissions by a German power company should warrant compensation.
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2 weeks ago |
scroll.in | Meena Menon
Dr Gnaneshwar no longer thinks twice about flipping on light switches, using the computer or getting print outs at the Yelheri primary health centre in Karnataka’s Yadgir district. Up until 2022, the primary health centre at which Gnaneshwar is the medical officer had only erratic electricity supply. It had to rely on a power back-up system that would run out in hours.
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1 month ago |
frontline.thehindu.com | Meena Menon |Ilangovan Rajasekaran |Vaishna Roy
On a blistering Sunday afternoon in Delhi, Rohit Rajput, a former CEO, found himself in a room for a meeting he had read about on social media. There were glasses of water and little chits where you had to write your name and bring them back the next time, if you cared to return. “We were encouraged to use public transport, and from the moment I walked into that room, I realised this is not just another climate conference,” said Rohit.
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1 month ago |
india.mongabay.com | Meena Menon
A research team is drilling boreholes in Mount Everest’s Western Cwm to measure glacier temperatures and understand why Himalayan glaciers are warming and melting faster than expected. Data from the glacier could transform predictions of glacial retreat and future water supply across the Himalayan region.
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2 months ago |
scroll.in | Meena Menon
A landmark case which seeks to establish that polluters can be held liable for transboundary harm completed its hearing in a German court on March 19. The case against RWE, Germany’s largest energy provider, was filed by Saul Luciano Lliuya, a 41-year-old Peruvian farmer and mountain guide based in Huaraz. Lliuya has witnessed glaciers retreating in his home in the high mountains.
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