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Gujjar-Bakarwal gave up their nomadic lifestyle; evicting them from their homes causes fresh intergenerational trauma

We spent a day with the residents of Sidra Bandhi, a Gujjar and Bakerwal settlement outside Jammu, which was allegedly demolished without prior notice. Repeated evictions keep the younger generation on edge and cause long term trauma.

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Madhya Pradesh experienced the highest number of extreme weather events. Its children are the most affected.

Madhya Pradesh experienced the highest number of extreme weather events. Its children are the most affected.

Climate change is no longer only shaping the world children will inherit. It is reshaping the childhood they are living today. For them, the clearest signs of climate change are not the floods or the wildfires they watch on television. They are far more routine: a football practice cut short by sudden rain, a sleepless night after relentless heat, a classroom entered in exhaustion, and a school calendar that quietly bends to the weather.

Madhya Pradesh experienced the highest number of extreme weather events. Its children are the most affected.

Madhya Pradesh experienced the highest number of extreme weather events. Its children are the most affected.

Climate change is no longer only shaping the world children will inherit. It is reshaping the childhood they are living today. For them, the clearest signs of climate change are not the floods or the wildfires they watch on television. They are far more routine: a football practice cut short by sudden rain, a sleepless night after relentless heat, a classroom entered in exhaustion, and a school calendar that quietly bends to the weather.

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