Rishika Pardikar
@rishpardikar.bsky.social
Environment and climate reporter covering science, law & policy | Drilled, Article-14, AGU's Eos, African Arguments, The Hindu, The Continent
📍Bengaluru, India
📍Bengaluru, India
An example of misrepresentation. Many developing countries vocally expressed anger & disappointment about COP29 finance outcome, most prominently India, Nigeria & Bolivia. Watch it here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRrb.... It was not "drama" and India was not alone
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
An example of misrepresentation. Many developing countries vocally expressed anger & disappointment about COP29 finance outcome, most prominently India, Nigeria & Bolivia. Watch it here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRrb.... It was not "drama" and India was not alone
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Point number 1 in a media statement by the Least Developed Countries group comprising low-income countries, mostly from the African continent is a call for climate finance #COP30
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Point number 1 in a media statement by the Least Developed Countries group comprising low-income countries, mostly from the African continent is a call for climate finance #COP30
There was also this finding by the IEA www.iea.org/reports/rene...
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
There was also this finding by the IEA www.iea.org/reports/rene...
This is the Brazilian presidency's flagship programme for COP30. As if land-based mitigation via forests wasn't already difficult to assess, this programme seeks to add complex financial instruments on top of it tfff.earth/feedback/
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is the Brazilian presidency's flagship programme for COP30. As if land-based mitigation via forests wasn't already difficult to assess, this programme seeks to add complex financial instruments on top of it tfff.earth/feedback/
From the book 'Title Fight'.
Claims of "indigenous agreements on co-management, biz development, long-term Indigenous economic partnerships" fall flat when contrasted with accounts like this. Also, it is quite cynical to seize peoples' lands and then turn them into workers on that same land
Claims of "indigenous agreements on co-management, biz development, long-term Indigenous economic partnerships" fall flat when contrasted with accounts like this. Also, it is quite cynical to seize peoples' lands and then turn them into workers on that same land
November 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
From the book 'Title Fight'.
Claims of "indigenous agreements on co-management, biz development, long-term Indigenous economic partnerships" fall flat when contrasted with accounts like this. Also, it is quite cynical to seize peoples' lands and then turn them into workers on that same land
Claims of "indigenous agreements on co-management, biz development, long-term Indigenous economic partnerships" fall flat when contrasted with accounts like this. Also, it is quite cynical to seize peoples' lands and then turn them into workers on that same land
Been meaning to read this book for the longest time
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Been meaning to read this book for the longest time
Report updated with some additional information
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Report updated with some additional information
Reading the just released UNEP Adaptation Gap report. A criticism of the reliance on private financing
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www.unep.org/resources/ad...
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Reading the just released UNEP Adaptation Gap report. A criticism of the reliance on private financing
www.unep.org/resources/ad...
www.unep.org/resources/ad...
An overwhelming number of countries still seek and rely on international cooperation for climate action. Looks like the need for multilateralism remains prominent. From the new UNFCCC NDC synthesis report
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
An overwhelming number of countries still seek and rely on international cooperation for climate action. Looks like the need for multilateralism remains prominent. From the new UNFCCC NDC synthesis report
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
An ibis and a seagull. Not shy at all. I could have picked them up, if I wanted to.
Sydney
Sydney
October 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
An ibis and a seagull. Not shy at all. I could have picked them up, if I wanted to.
Sydney
Sydney
Iron ore mining on indigenous lands.
Pilbara, Western Australia
Pilbara, Western Australia
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Iron ore mining on indigenous lands.
Pilbara, Western Australia
Pilbara, Western Australia
Being geographically isolated, Australia has high endemicity. A plant colloquially called 'Kangaroo paw'
Perth, Australia
Perth, Australia
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Being geographically isolated, Australia has high endemicity. A plant colloquially called 'Kangaroo paw'
Perth, Australia
Perth, Australia
Journalism riverside photography means BHP, Rio Tinto, Chevron, BCG and EY all in one frame.
Perth, Australia
Perth, Australia
October 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Journalism riverside photography means BHP, Rio Tinto, Chevron, BCG and EY all in one frame.
Perth, Australia
Perth, Australia
A critical remembrance of Jane Goodall for the latest issue of @thecontinent.org. Open to comments and feedback www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
October 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A critical remembrance of Jane Goodall for the latest issue of @thecontinent.org. Open to comments and feedback www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
A direct call from a trade union was painted as obstructive. There are also other sections in the book (I am still reading it) that use generalisations to paint developmental necessities and energy poverty as obstructive narratives. These are nuanced issues and blanket portrayals do not help
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
A direct call from a trade union was painted as obstructive. There are also other sections in the book (I am still reading it) that use generalisations to paint developmental necessities and energy poverty as obstructive narratives. These are nuanced issues and blanket portrayals do not help
Reading 'Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment' now. Strange to see calls for a just transition framed this way. There are real dependencies and real workers involved. What does "foster fear about the socioeconomic consequences" mean when the fears are indeed real?
cssn.org/news-researc...
cssn.org/news-researc...
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Reading 'Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment' now. Strange to see calls for a just transition framed this way. There are real dependencies and real workers involved. What does "foster fear about the socioeconomic consequences" mean when the fears are indeed real?
cssn.org/news-researc...
cssn.org/news-researc...
October 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
No one on this thread is calling the use of counterfactuals dishonest. I am specifically talking about cases where there is no data regarding actual deaths/ health impacts. Like this (www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...). And the critique, as I have repeatedly clarified, is about how media fails
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
No one on this thread is calling the use of counterfactuals dishonest. I am specifically talking about cases where there is no data regarding actual deaths/ health impacts. Like this (www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...). And the critique, as I have repeatedly clarified, is about how media fails
One of India's leading public interest lawyers in the Supreme Court read my report for @drilledmedia.bsky.social 😀
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October 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
One of India's leading public interest lawyers in the Supreme Court read my report for @drilledmedia.bsky.social 😀
ICYMI drilled.media/news/modi-ad...
ICYMI drilled.media/news/modi-ad...
October 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Some important perspectives about the context in which climate action ought to be framed in developing countries. By @aygoswami.bsky.social and @trishant.bsky.social
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
October 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Some important perspectives about the context in which climate action ought to be framed in developing countries. By @aygoswami.bsky.social and @trishant.bsky.social
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
This is from a very prominent conservationist from Kenya
October 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This is from a very prominent conservationist from Kenya
Bureaucratic delays and chronic underfunding are hallmarks of doing science in Global South countries. And we hear about such challenges often. New report documenting how scientists in countries like Kenya and India navigate such challenges. Lots of tips here and a vision for a collaborative future
October 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Bureaucratic delays and chronic underfunding are hallmarks of doing science in Global South countries. And we hear about such challenges often. New report documenting how scientists in countries like Kenya and India navigate such challenges. Lots of tips here and a vision for a collaborative future