Meena Menon

Mar 20, 2025 | scroll.in | Meena Menon

In August, 2024, several homes in Thame village in Nepal’s Namche region were swept away in a flood caused by a glacial lake bursting its banks. An estimated were displaced. As global temperatures rise with climate change, there is increasing danger of more such glacial lake outburst floods, warned scientists at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development who monitored the Thyangbo lake using satellite imagery.

Feb 28, 2025 | linkedin.com | Meena Menon

Meena Menon Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, LAHRI UK, PhD, University of Leeds, Ex Bureau chief, The Hindu,, author : Riots and After in Mumbai, Reporting Pakistan, A Frayed History, The Journey of Cotton in India 10m Report this post a year since Satish and Sujata passed away. Sharing Anjali Ambekar' s evocative memoir to her husband 1 Like Comment

Jan 9, 2025 | thewire.in | Meena Menon

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Dec 9, 2024 | scroll.in | Meena Menon

Halfway into landmark climate change hearings at the International Court of Justice, the proceedings have turned into what senior attorney Joie Chowdhury described as a David versus Goliath battle. Led by Vanuatu, a group of small island nations has asked the United Nations court in The Hague to hold the major greenhouse gas-emitting countries accountable for failing to tackle climate change. Hearings started on December 2. This is the largest case ever before the International Court of Justice.

Dec 1, 2024 | scroll.in | Meena Menon

In what is described as “a pivotal moment for climate justice” by activists, the International Court of Justice from December 2-13 will hear oral testimonies of the hundreds of people from all over the world as it considers two fundamental questions: what obligations do states have under international law to protect the climate system and what legal consequences should they face if they cause significant harm through their actions or inactions.