Neelima Vallangi
@neelima.bsky.social
Covering climate crisis in the Himalaya & South Asia.
Journalist / Photographer / Documentary Filmmaker
📍Nepal/India
Words/images/film in Guardian, Deutsche Welle, BBC, Al Jazeera, SCMP etc. Portfolio at https://neelima.contently.com
Journalist / Photographer / Documentary Filmmaker
📍Nepal/India
Words/images/film in Guardian, Deutsche Welle, BBC, Al Jazeera, SCMP etc. Portfolio at https://neelima.contently.com
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The fact that rich people are buying up the media and politicians, and using up the remaining carbon budget is very bad for everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The fact that rich people are buying up the media and politicians, and using up the remaining carbon budget is very bad for everyone.
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It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
By @rtakver.bsky.social @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s one thing to have different environmental/health priorities for your foundation, it’s quite another to have been bankrolling one of the primary sources of bullshit on the topic.
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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Open access book: Science Fiction and Climate Change
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Science Fiction and Climate Change | Home
NEW IN PAPERBACK
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Open access book: Science Fiction and Climate Change
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Can someone share the free to read SharedIt link to this Nature piece?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Can someone share the free to read SharedIt link to this Nature piece?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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50c has entered the chat
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
50c has entered the chat
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Gift Article!
A great article! Well-researched and written, with an excellent animation that makes climate change and the associated increase in atmospheric water vapor much easier to understand!
"The water vapor in Earth's atmosphere has increased by 12 % in the last 85 years.“
A great article! Well-researched and written, with an excellent animation that makes climate change and the associated increase in atmospheric water vapor much easier to understand!
"The water vapor in Earth's atmosphere has increased by 12 % in the last 85 years.“
Deadly rivers in the sky
A new Washington Post investigation reveals where climate change has supercharged the movement of moisture through the skies.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Gift Article!
A great article! Well-researched and written, with an excellent animation that makes climate change and the associated increase in atmospheric water vapor much easier to understand!
"The water vapor in Earth's atmosphere has increased by 12 % in the last 85 years.“
A great article! Well-researched and written, with an excellent animation that makes climate change and the associated increase in atmospheric water vapor much easier to understand!
"The water vapor in Earth's atmosphere has increased by 12 % in the last 85 years.“
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
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Here is our exclusive survey asking leading climate scientists to give their views on solar geoengineering:
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100
An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet
www.newscientist.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Here is our exclusive survey asking leading climate scientists to give their views on solar geoengineering:
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
*66% believe we will see it attempted this century
*52% say it will probably be done by a "rogue actor"
*81% want an international treaty to manage risk
www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
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Haunting photo posted by the 40th Ward Instagram. The caption says that the photo represents the remnants of two workers who were taken by ICE today. Chilling.
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Haunting photo posted by the 40th Ward Instagram. The caption says that the photo represents the remnants of two workers who were taken by ICE today. Chilling.
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mr trump as your comms strategist i can only encourage you to keep depicting yourself as a mad king dumping shit on people
Trump's Truth Social account just posted this AI video of him flying a fighter jet that reads "King Trump."
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
AI Trump is wearing a crown while he dumps shit on protesters. He's such a pathetic little man.
October 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
mr trump as your comms strategist i can only encourage you to keep depicting yourself as a mad king dumping shit on people
Fascinating summary of the current state of battery storage around the world. Didn't know this technology has been developing so fast, great news for decarbonisation of the grid.
Well reported and great visual presentation!
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Well reported and great visual presentation!
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution
Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power
ig.ft.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Fascinating summary of the current state of battery storage around the world. Didn't know this technology has been developing so fast, great news for decarbonisation of the grid.
Well reported and great visual presentation!
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
Well reported and great visual presentation!
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
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As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
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History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."
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Global Warning now on Al Jazeera.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
October 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Global Warning now on Al Jazeera.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Well done to the Warming Stripes La Rochelle team!
Starting climate conversations in France! 👏
Starting climate conversations in France! 👏
October 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Well done to the Warming Stripes La Rochelle team!
Starting climate conversations in France! 👏
Starting climate conversations in France! 👏
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I hate it when people compare the amount of heat the ocean has absorbed to the power of atomic bombs dropped on Japan. It’s gruesome and not relatable. As my Japanese PhD student said when he heard the comparison, “It’s not a good memory for us.”
September 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I hate it when people compare the amount of heat the ocean has absorbed to the power of atomic bombs dropped on Japan. It’s gruesome and not relatable. As my Japanese PhD student said when he heard the comparison, “It’s not a good memory for us.”
Irrationally annoyed by this essay, mainly because it does not follow a coherent line of argument and makes so many leaps of logic that the right panic about algorithms & screentimes devolves into an overly simplistic "reading books will save/solve everything" jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
jmarriott.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Irrationally annoyed by this essay, mainly because it does not follow a coherent line of argument and makes so many leaps of logic that the right panic about algorithms & screentimes devolves into an overly simplistic "reading books will save/solve everything" jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
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Whenever I meet boomer/late genX Indian upper middle class elites, their utter disinterest in the costs of our connected lives of luxurious convenience is so pervasive. They simply do not care if the working class are suffering, & are never convinced the working class are working hard enough.
NEW 🇮🇳 Three-quarters of Amazon workers in New Delhi require medical attention due to heat, while others faint on the job and face retaliation for raising safety concerns, finds a groundbreaking new survey from UNI Global Union.
🔗 Read more online.
🔗 Read more online.
Inside Amazon India’s 55C pressure cooker warehouses
A year after Amazon faced criticism in India over reports of workers being pressured to work in sweltering warehouse conditions, a new survey indicates not much has changed. Shahana Yasmin reports
buff.ly
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Whenever I meet boomer/late genX Indian upper middle class elites, their utter disinterest in the costs of our connected lives of luxurious convenience is so pervasive. They simply do not care if the working class are suffering, & are never convinced the working class are working hard enough.