Harini Calamur's Writings
This appeared in the FPJ on the 15th of July, 2023 On July 3rd, the world broke a record it rather not have. It experienced the hottest day ever recorded with an average global temperature of 17.01C. A full two 3 degrees…
Last week Russia shut down the pipeline that supplied natural gas to Europe. The Russian energy major, Gazprom, said it was for routine maintenance and would be restored in a few days. However, they have now said there are major leaks that…
Climate Change is here. it is real. And, it has reached those who thought themselves invulnerable to it. As climate change moves from impacting poor brown (and black people) to hurt the rich and wealthy, hopefully, there will be some action. I…
i write on the Long Hot Summer that was faced by large chunks of the world, as Climate Change came home to roost. FPJ – May 9th, 2022 For those of you who live in India, you must have noticed it has…
This was around the COP26 negotiations on Climate Change – on the 7th of November The city of Glasgow, in Scotland, is currently hosting the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. For many political leaders, bureaucrats, diplomats, experts, activists and others…
I wrote about Global Warming and Factory Farming, and the problems of sustaining the demand for meat, for the FPJ on the 12th of July 2021 Last month temperatures across the world spiked. “Heat wave” screamed the headlines. In parts of Northern…
I write for the FPJ on the 28th of December, on the ways in which the economies of the world were changed forever. “On 31 December 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia unknown etiology (unknown cause)…
This piece on Hunger and Climate Change appeared on October 16th In 1980, there were 133,000 natural disasters in the world; In 2015 there were 282,000. As climatic patterns across the world change, disasters caused by climate change are on the rise,…
This piece on Greta Thunberg was published on September 26th The 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist, in a fiery speech at the United Nations, spoke about how the older generation, and powers that be have ruined the future for her generation, by ruthlessly…
This appeared on the 12th of September Unless you are the President of the United States, or some such exalted position that allows you to be out of touch with reality, it is really impossible for sane and rational people to ignore…