Tag: Environmental Policy
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The Anatomy of Agri-Food Shocks Visualised: Wars, Climate, and Food
The price of a loaf of bread or a bag of rice looks simple at the checkout. Behind it sits a much longer chain: natural gas turned into ammonia, phosphate and potash mined in a handful of countries, fertiliser shipped through narrow sea lanes, and weather deciding what finally grows in the field. The global…
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A Tale of Two Cities: Delhi Air Pollution Visualized
This exploration of five years of air quality data suggests that atmospheric stagnation plays a crucial role in the National Capital’s winter air pollution crisis. “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…” Charles Dickens may have been writing about London and Paris, but the opening line of A Tale of…
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Nitrogen in a Carbon-Centric World: The Omnipresent yet Invisible Pollutant
When we think of climate change, carbon often takes centre stage. It is no surprise given its direct and visible impact on global warming. But what if I told you that another element, nitrogen, contributes to climate change and leads to environmental pollution, yet it remains largely overlooked? In the words of Mark Sutton, an…