JK Policy Institute
The change in global precipitation, increasing surface temperatures, receding of glaciers, and unseasonal snowfall are all manifestations of climate change, posing an unprecedented threat to mankind. Pastures have turned into…
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Human-wildlife conflict (HWC), recognized as a global concern in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s post-2020 global biodiversity framework, occurs when interactions between humans and wildlife lead to negative consequences,…
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Hyping missile threats have caused the Korean peninsula to fall prey to a state of exigency. Seoul finds cues about the encroaching perils incoming from their immediate neighbor regularly. The…
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Groundwater is an incredibly precious resource, to the extent of being titled the ‘survival lifeline of civilizations’. This is true because of a number of facts. The first is that…
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Ever since the human evolutionary process got rolling, the climate has exerted influence on the evolutionary pattern and human lives and has also been affected by it in return. Alteration…
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Natural disasters are on the rise worldwide. There are more and more intense natural disasters – determined to cause at least 100 deaths or to affect the basic survival needs…
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Technically sophisticated, cheap, and lightweight, plastic is one of the world’s most-used materials. Roland Barthes, a French intellectual in his 1957 book Mythologies quotes about plastics: “So, more than a…
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Tourism represents around 6% of world trade and almost 13% of the total global consumer spending. Unlike most other industries, tourism is essentially based on a good environment, and people…
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“The world you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature…these are not good stories.” – Jack Dangermond…
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Pesticides are used in agriculture, globally, to reduce yield losses and maintain produce pre/postharvest quality by eradicating unwanted insects and controlling disease and extend its shelf-life in order to keep…
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Good intentions on paper mean nothing if not followed up with real and effective actions on the ground. These actions need to focus on forests, where the fire crisis is…
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Due to rapid growth in emerging economies like China and India, global GDP grew by 3.8% in the last couple years. This economic growth led to a rise in global…
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