In celebration of our mountains

Nagendra, Harini (2024) In celebration of our mountains. Deccan Herald.

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Abstract

Climate change, biodiversity collapse, air and water pollution – the impacts of the triple planetary crisis, as the United Nations Environmental Programme terms it, are clear and visible to all of us. We have seen its effects in Bengaluru this year, in prolonged heat waves, unseasonal rains leading to flooding, air pollution spiraling out of control, and hospitals filled with patients battling respiratory diseases. Nothing will change unless we, the people, demand solutions from those we elect to positions of power. Sadly, as a citizenry, we seem to have become apathetic to the signs of environmental collapse that are all around us. Absorbed in battling the challenges of living in a dense and crowded city like Bengaluru, where much of daily life is spent on the road, surrounded by traffic, we are left with little time, or energy, to think of larger issues, even those that fundamentally shape the quality of our life.

Item Type:	Newspaper Article
Authors:	Nagendra, Harini
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Natural Sciences > Earth sciences
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > Research Centre
Full Text Status:	Restricted
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URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/5871
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