Geopolitics & Ecology of Himalayan Water

After past experiences in the consulting and development (Youth empowerment) sectors, Jeanne Allard decided to switch to a career in sustainability. Her career shift and current work is driven by the realization that environmental degradation would impact all other development work such as gender equality and reduction of inequalities, and therefore sustainability plays an integral

Mohammad Ali is an activist, entrepreneur, and scholar based in Lahore with an undergraduate degree in Legal studies and Philosophy. From a young age, Ali has also done a lot of social work for women’s empowerment, transgender rights and the inclusion of people with mental and physical disabilities. He is passionate about uplifting socially marginalized groups and establishing

This is bilingual podcast that transitions between English and Urdu. Malik Mahathir Muhammad is an undergraduate student of Media Studies at the Department of Development communication, University of Punjab Lahore. He is an emerging journalist and has experience working with some of the top media anchors in media channels in Pakistan. He is a member of Moeen Akhtar Dramatics Socie

Yemeen Hassan Syed is an educator and researcher who is currently working as a grade 9 and 10 teacher at a private school in Lahore, Pakistan. She teaches environmental management with a focus on climate change and works with students on organizing awareness campaigns. Previously, she was a research intern who traveled to the northern regions of Pakistan and studied the impacts peo

Emma Schaefer is a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, who is exploring music’s potential to inspire climate action by deepening people’s connection to nature and their communities. Listening at Dawn: Music That Heals the Planet is the title Schaefer gave her project with plans to travel to multiple countries around the world from August 2023 to July 2024. She describes her project as

Shrishtee Bajpai is a researcher, writer, and activist working on themes of environmental justice, systemic alternatives, Indigenous knowledge systems, more-than-human governance, and rights of nature. She is a member of the environmental action group Kalpavriksh in India. She is also part of networks such as Vikalp Sangam, Global Tapestry of Alternatives and Global Alliance for th

The eARThumanities: Reimagining Net-Zero project at NYU Abu Dhabi is an initiative that proposes a dynamic way of thinking about a new just and inclusive development paradigm for a net-zero world. The power sector is a critical component of achieving the goal of net zero, as it is responsible for 27% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Transitioning to a low-carbon power system is

The eARThumanities: Reimagining Net-Zero project at NYU Abu Dhabi is a new initiative that proposes a dynamic way of thinking about a just and inclusive development paradigm for a net-zero world. Finance will play a crucial role in transitioning to a net-zero economy. As estimated by the IEA, transition to a net-zero economy will require annual investment of USD 4 trillion by 2030

The eARThumanities: Reimagining Net-Zero project at NYU Abu Dhabi is an initiative that proposes a dynamic way of thinking about a new just and inclusive development paradigm for a net-zero world. The US and Europe alone are responsible for over 65% of global cumulative greenhouse gas emissions yet the impacts of the climate crisis are felt the most in the regions that contributed

A collaboration between the Global Asia Initiative the Geopolitics and Ecology of Himalayan Water project. In this episode, we talked to Aashish Jha, a microbiologist, on mapping genomes and gut microbiomes of populations in South and West Asia. We also explored the following questions: What is the relationship between diseases, diets, and population movement? How does microbiolog