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Tannu Jain

Tannu Jain

Tannu Jain works with HT's Page 1 team. She writes on the environment and climate change, with a focus on implications at the local and global levels. She is also the author of Cause and Effect, a weekly column for HT Premium.

Articles by Tannu Jain

Cause and Effect: Importance of the humble straw in the fight against pollution

US President Donald Trump on February 7 criticised paper straws, vowing "back to plastic". (AFP Photo)

Updated on Mar 10, 2025 06:32 IST

Cause and effect: Most nations under Paris Agmnt miss carbon emission targets

Republic of Marshall Islands leads the way for small island developing states (SIDS) by setting a target to reduce emissions by at least 58% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2010 levels by 2035 (Representative photo)

Updated on Feb 21, 2025 09:38 IST

Cause and effect: AI's environmental costs should be counted now

The technology has permeated almost every facet of daily life (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Feb 8, 2025 10:19 IST

Cause and Effect | Donald Trump’s entry triggers US exit from Paris Agreement

US President Donald Trump. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 27, 2025 07:56 IST

How climate crisis fanned LA fire and why the world is its tinderbox

An aerial view of hillside homes destroyed as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region (Getty Images via AFP)

Updated on Jan 17, 2025 09:08 IST

Renewable surge in 2023 fails to curb worldwide emissions: Report

A view shows a venue of the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday. (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 20, 2024 18:31 IST

Nitrous Oxide levels endangering Paris goals: UN report

People walk near the venue of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thurs November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 14, 2024 08:43 IST

COP29 opens with divisions over Europe’s carbon border tax and climate financing

A night view shows the venue of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday. (REUTERS)

Updated on Nov 12, 2024 17:44 IST

Climate commitments continue to miss key targets of the Paris Agreement: Report

New Delhi, India- October 18, 2024: Yamuna River at Kalindi Kunj has foamed up in large quantities. The Yamuna in Delhi is almost dead and in most places the water is not fit for bathing, let alone sustaining aquatic life. The main reason for this is the high ammonia levels in the river due to excessive emissions of industrial pollutants, in New Delhi, India, on Friday, October 18, 2024. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

Updated on Nov 8, 2024 02:30 IST

'No More Hot Air’: UNEP calls for urgent action to prevent climate catastrophe

FILE PHOTO: A countdown display for the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference is set in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo

Updated on Nov 6, 2024 10:51 IST

How the 2024 US elections could shape global environmental policy

TOPSHOT - A drone image shows a flooded street due to Hurricane Milton in Siesta Key, Florida, on October 10, 2024. At least four people were confirmed killed as a result of two tornadoes triggered by Hurricane Milton on the east coast of the US state of Florida, local authorities said Thursday. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP)

Updated on Oct 18, 2024 02:30 IST

Global wildlife population fell 73% in 50 years: Report

The report called habitat loss and degradation, driven primarily by food systems, the biggest threat to wildlife. (HT PHOTO/Representative)

Updated on Oct 10, 2024 03:22 IST

Cause and Effect | The Hague bans fossil fuel ads

The Hague, the country’s administrative centre and the hub of international law is seeking to be climate-neutral by 2030.

Updated on Oct 5, 2024 02:30 IST

The quaint island and a fierce battle for survival

An Indian Ocean Sweetlip in lagoons surrounding Agatti. (Alvin Anto)

Updated on Sep 23, 2024 01:14 IST

Govt move to acquire plots leaves residents on shaky ground

Lakshadweep consists of 36 islands, of which only 10 are inhabited. (HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 19, 2024 03:10 IST

From land to sea, looming changes hurl Lakshadweep towards a great unknown

A fisher with his catch in Lakshadweep. (Alvin Anto)

Updated on Sep 12, 2024 20:09 IST

Economy versus ecology: Tourism quandary vexes Lakshadweep

Most experts agree that a boost in tourism could help generate revenue for islanders but locals are anxious. (ANI)

Updated on Sep 12, 2024 03:15 IST

Climate, tourism threaten to bleed out Lakshadweep’s corals

An aggregation of damsel fish in the thickets of a branching Acropora corals in Agatti. (Alvin Anto)

Updated on Sep 11, 2024 12:57 IST

Iran village hits dangerous 82.2°C heat index

An Iranian taxi driver splashes water on himself to cool down during the heat surge in Tehran, Iran, on July 21. (REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 30, 2024 24:06 IST

How Cape Town averted ‘Day Zero’: A lesson for Delhi

In February 2018, people queuing up to collect water from a spring in the Newlands suburb as the city's water crisis grows in Cape Town, South Africa.

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 12:42 IST

Delhi's scorching heatwaves call for urgent heat action plans

New Delhi, India - June 13, 2024: A view of Mirage seen amid heatwave at India Gate in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, June 13, 2024. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jun 17, 2024 13:51 IST

How extreme weather events are leading to severe consequences for food security

An olive farmer in Portugal (Rafael Marchante / REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 3, 2024 04:30 IST

Plane rides are getting bumpier due to climate change

An Airbus A350 Singapore Airlines aircraft approaches for landing at Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore on March 24 (AFP FILE PHOTO/Representative Image)

Updated on May 21, 2024 16:31 IST

Science suggests multiple eco organs of Earth may be failing, says top scientist

Kenya is grappling with one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall scientists have linked to a changing climate.

Updated on May 13, 2024 15:31 IST

Deluge in Dubai highlights climate vulnerability and a lack of preparedness

Floodwater in Dubai. (AP)

Updated on Apr 27, 2024 18:49 IST

Cause and Effect | Understanding the real threats of a civilisation collapse

Humans are experiencing vast shifts in their immediate environment, with the droughts in Africa, fires in much of North America and Canada, floods in Afghanistan, UAE and Pakistan, and heatwaves elsewhere also wreaking havoc across the world, irrespective of the stage of development a region is in.

Updated on Apr 20, 2024 15:51 IST

Three elections that can arrest temperature rise and help us course correct

A participant gestures next to an election sign board during the Vote-A-Thon, an awareness campaign organized by the Karnataka's Chief Electoral Office to encourage 100 percent voting turnout for the upcoming 2024 general elections, in Bengaluru on March 17, 2024. India's election commission announced on March 16 that national polls would begin on April 19, with Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly favoured to win a third term in the world's largest democracy. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP)

Updated on Apr 5, 2024 17:37 IST

Anthropocene or not? Scientists put an end to 15-year-old debate

FILE - Work is done on the roof of a building under construction in Sacramento, Calif., on March 3, 2022. New numbers released Friday, March 22, 2024, show California has the highest unemployment rate in the country. Job losses in February were led by a drop in the construction industry. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Updated on Mar 22, 2024 21:01 IST

The untold story behind climate change: we've known about the crisis for a while

Scientists have issued warnings over the last few decades about the impact the burning of fossil fuels was having on the environment.

Updated on Feb 23, 2024 14:28 IST

February has broken unprecedented temperature records, data shows

A woman passes by a temperature marker that reads 45 degrees Celsius during a heat wave in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, on February 3, 2024. (AFP)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 23:38 IST

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