Making the ship-breaking industry environment-friendly can help cut emissions

South Asian countries like Bangladesh, India and Pakistan recycle retired ships at a large scale. While this reduces mining and GHG emissions, the hazardous working conditions and non-adherence to environmental protocols raise concerns.

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Shuchita Jha

Shuchita is a journalist with over 10 years of experience. Her work, in multimedia format, focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment, climate change, energy transition, and human rights. She is an accredited Solutions Journalism trainer.

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Shuchita Jha

Shuchita is a journalist with over 10 years of experience. Her work, in multimedia format, focuses on the interconnectedness of the environment, climate change, energy transition, and human rights. She is an accredited Solutions Journalism trainer.

Manon Verchot

Manon is a multimedia journalist and co-founder of InOldNews, the organization that runs Neighbird. She formerly headed video at Mongabay, Hindustan Times and Mint.

Sanshey Biswas

Starting his career as a print journalist in '14 at a weekly newspaper in India, he quickly gravitated to working on the digital side. He is a self-taught multimedia journalist who loves to learn from and with his colleagues spread across the globes.