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Mint Climate Change Tracker HT Smartcast
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Cities like Mumbai will be regularly submerged by 2050. At around the same time, most of Himalayan glaciers will vanish. The world could heat up by 4 degrees Celsius by 2100. We are facing a crisis. Hosted by Bibek Bhattacharya (Twitter: @sarvatathagata), Deputy Editor, Mint Lounge, Mint Climate Change Tracker is a weekly podcast about the challenges posed by a rapidly heating planet. Also follow Bibek's weekly column in Mint Lounge, the Climate Change Tracker, with #MintClimateTracker.
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27: The Season Finale | What I learned from the experts | A climate pledge
In the final episode of the second season, host Bibek Bhattacharya recaps his conversations with Indian climate change experts and talks about what he has learned this season.
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26: Intense rains in Mumbai and western India I In conversation with scientist Minal Pathak I India's climate change costs
In this episode, host Bibek Bhattacharya speaks with environmental scientist Dr Minal Pathak on climate change and cities, climate justice and much more. Plus monsoon floods hit western India. Also find out how much climate change will cost India.
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25: Assam and Bihar floods I In conversation with Amitangshu Acharya I How dams and embankments lead to floods |
Monsoon is here and so are devastating floods in Assam and Bihar. In this episode, host Bibek Bhattacharya speaks to water researcher Amitangshu Acharya on how our obsession with controlling rivers is leading to more floods.
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24: In conversation with climatologist Chirag Dhara I How Climate Change works I India's first official climate change assessment
In this episode, host Bibek Bhattacharya discusses India's first climate change assessment and speaks with climatologist Chirag Dhara about the report.
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23: Looking for a clean energy economy I In conversation with Ulka Kelkar I World approaches a heat barrier
In this episode, host Bibek Bhattacharya speaks with climate policy expert Ulka Kelkar about what an Indian clean energy economy would look like.
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22: Environment Impact Assessment I In conversation with Neha Sinha I Environmental degradation and Climate Change
In this episode, host, Bibek Bhattacharya speaks with conservation biologist Neha Sinha on environmental degradation, the importance of the Environment Impact Assessments, and the link between climate change and the destruction of nature.