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COP27 Round-up

COP27 Round-up By Tom Caley, ADN Writer Last weekend the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27, overran by two days as delegates struggled for agreement. To follow up our previous post…

Join the Global Movement: Mark International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD) in March 2026

By Prof. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett and Dr. Hideyuki Shiroshita The Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN) invites campaigners, practitioners, researchers, and community leaders around the world to mark the International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD) on 12 March 2026, or on…

Seeds of Resilience: Lessons from Odisha for a Climate-Just Future

By Mr. Yunes Abou El Wafa and Mr. Eduardo Cardoso As the global community gathers at COP30 to advance the implementation of loss and damage mechanisms, the lived realities of smallholder farmers in rural India emphasize the urgency while showing…

Information Integrity: Keeping the data in mind during COP30

By Omri Shoshani As loss and damage has grown into a central discussion during the recent Conference of the Parties under the UNFCC, and will undoubtedly play an important role during COP30, it warrants reflecting on the evidence that will…

Launch of ADN Taiwan Chapter at National Chi Nan University

By Master Arkoneil Ghosh and Professor Nibedita Ray-Bennett The ADN Taiwan Chapter was launched on 12 and 13 March, led by Professor Jie-Ru Chen and Dr. Yi-Tzu Lin at National Chi Nan University in Puli, Nantou County, Taiwan. The launch…

‘Vanishing Acts’: Missing women and girls as an invisible crisis in post-disaster landscapes

By Dr. Aditya Ghosh and Prof. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett Between 2020 and 2021, the Indian Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem, was struck by a double disaster: the COVID-19 lockdown and two devastating cyclones, Amphan and Yaas. While mortality from…

Extreme Heat Deaths Must Be Avoided

By Mr. Mihir R. Bhatt March 12, the International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD), challenges us to confront a painful reality: many deaths we accept as “normal” consequences of heat are neither sudden nor inevitable. Extreme heat is one…

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