Tag Archives: climate crisis
Cyclone Biparjoy and Chennai
When is a natural disaster a natural disaster? It began raining in Chennai last evening and hasn’t stopped as of this morning. But it’s been intermittent, with highly variable intensity. In my area, the wind has been feeble. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis
Tagged Chennai, Chennai rains, climate crisis, Cyclone Biparjoy, natural disaster, Sattur Ramachandran, Sustainable Development Goals, urban dysfunction
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Real heat
In the aftermath of Chicago’s infamous week-long heatwave in July 1995, the city’s residents, but including the mayor Richard Daley and his administration, couldn’t believe that so many had perished in the severe weather. They asked if the toll was … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds
Tagged climate crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, Eric Klinenberg, heatwaves, really real, Richard Daley, World Meteorological Organisation
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Tech solutions to household labour are also problems
Access to leisure is crucial in the climate crisis era, and technological solutions bereft of social change won’t help. Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Tech
Tagged care work, caregiving, climate crisis, household appliances, household labour, industrialisation, patriarchy, switch cost
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A why of how we wear what we wear
There are many major industries operating around the world commonly perceived to be big drivers of climate change. Plastic, steel and concrete manufacturing come immediately to mind – but fashion doesn’t, even though, materially speaking, its many inefficiencies represent something … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Scicomm
Tagged climate change, climate crisis, clothing, cotton, design trends, dress codes, dresses, enclothed cognition, fashion industry, garments, human behaviour, Kabali, Princeton University, proxy, psychology, water
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A windier world
A new paper in Nature Climate Change reports a reversal in “terrestrial stilling” since 2010 – i.e. global wind speeds, thought to be in decline thanks to deforestation and real estate development, actually stopped slowing around 2010 and have been … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, plastic, steel, terrestrial stilling, wind energy, wind turbine
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