Rediscovery of the Golden Mole

Jessie, a South African Border Collie trained to sniff elusive ground moles out by the Endangered Wildlife Trust, rediscovered the De Winton’s Golden Mole, which had been presumed extinct! Here’s a new year reminder for humanity to do better this new year, because Jessie and the mole still seem to be hopeful about us.

I had the pleasure of working with the Endangered Wildlife Trust earlier in 2016, when I designed a mascot ‘Mwitu’ for their Painted Dog conservation initiative. Congratulations to the team for this rediscovery!

Comic from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine

Live Cartoons at COP28 with the Global Resilience Partnership

Live cartoons done for the Global Resilience Partnership's Cop Resilience Hub sessions at COP28. These are from the session on accelerating access to finance at the local level, with speakers from Fundacion Avina, CDKN, CJRF and Indigenous People and Local Communities networks, moderated by Victoria Matusevich.

Live cartoons from the COP Resilience Hub's session on inversting in nature-based solutions, moderated by Conservation International.

From a session on building climate resilient health systems, moderated by ABT Britain.

From a panel on the intersections of climate change and food security, featuring a speech on climate change and the prevalence of female genital mutilation among the Maasai community, by Miss Climate Kenya, Dorcas Naishorua.

From the UN session on taking stock of climate resilience.

Cartoons from a session on investing in coastal resilience, with speakers from Ocean Risk Alliance and USAID.

From a session on the impacts of climate change on maternal and neonatal health, with speakers from Clinton Health Access, ISHTM UK and Human Rights Watch.

From a session on psychological resilience as a pillar for climate resilience, with speakers from the Clinton Foundation, SPARC India, ICLEI Africa and Susty Vibes, moderated by Haley Brown of Billion Minds Project.

From a session on biodiversity and climate resilience, moderated by the Natural History Museum of London.

Cartoons from a session on local and community leadership in climate adaptation, moderated by GNDR. The cartoon above was inspired by the inputs of Ms. Mehnaz, an officer at the Cyclone Preparedness Programme Bangladesh.

Cartoons from a session on bridging the gaps between technology , finance and biodiversity in climate resilience, with speakers from SEEDS India, and Resurgence .

From a session on gender, fisheries and climate resilience, with some eminent speakers including World Food Prize winner Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted , Suzanne Njeri of the Association of Women in Fish and Blue Economy Kenya, Corey O'Hara of USAID Mozambique, and Pamela Mayorga of the ECMPO Chile.

From a session on transformative leverage for biosphere resilience.

Congo Cobalt and Climate Justice

How sustainable really is 'sustainable technology' when it is linked to human rights violations in Central Africa? Read how cobalt mining is at the heart of the 2023 Congolese conflict here. 

Cartoon from my column with The Hindu.

World Okapi Day

18th October is World Okapi Day! Meet the bizarre half-giraffe-half-zebra, endemic to the rainforests of DR Congo, that rocks striped pants like nobody else! Comic from my column with The Hindu Sunday magazine.

Okapis are endangered, having endured poaching, hunting, habitat loss, and collateral damage from armed conflict in the region. The Okapi Conservation Project works towards the conservation of this beautiful, gentle ungulate. 

Get Okapi prints and merchandise on my Redbubble webstore, shipped worldwide. (Okapi Stripes, Okapi Kakapo, Okapi caricature)

Climate Change and Mental Health

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre's conference on the intersections between climate change and mental health, with a focus on the Middle-East and North Africa, as part of the Connecting Climate Minds programme. These cartoons were drawn live during the three hour long online conference (and furnished later), based on inputs from speakers, researchers and activists participating in the conference. 

A huge thanks to Margot Curl from the RCCC for the opportunity! 

Libyan Government and Storm Daniel

Libya- a perfect example of how climate resilience and social justice will always take a backseat in the face of political instability. Cartoon from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine. 

The Many Faces of Climate Change

The worsening impacts of climate change on the world week after week and month after month, have been exposing the hypocrisy of world leaders with their stance on fossil fuels. Comic from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine.

Climate Emojis for a Changing World

Pick your climate emoji! Cartoon for DW Global Ideas.

Cartoons for the Resilience Evidence Forum

I recently had the opportunity to draw live cartoons at the Resilience Evidence Forum held in Cape Town, joining virtually from India. Here's the gallery of cartoons created on various topics discussed and debated upon at the forum.

Africa and climate change:

The climate resilience trampoline

The dilemmas of standardizing measurements for resilience:

The underwhelming percentage of private investments in resilience:

Western definitions and their lack of applicability or relatability in other regions and cultures:

How war upsets climate resilience:

Globalized versus regionalized definitions and measurements for risk:

The role of art, music and culture in climate evidence and resilience:

Definitions of 'community' in climate resilience:

Climate change and Africa's right to development:

Standardizing measurements and metrics for resilience:

A huge thanks to Corina Angheloiu of the Global Resilience Partnership for the opportunity!