War Budgets versus Climate Budgets

War budgets versus climate budgets. Cartoon from my Gocomics gallery, also available royalty free on my Cartoonstock gallery. 

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.

Birdwatching in Gaza

What is it like to be a birdwatcher in Gaza? My cousin, Dr. Sukrita Lahiri, a scholar on Palestinian gender studies, sent me this poignant piece by Marta Vidal and Ameera Harouda about birdwatching in Gaza, which prompted this comic, dedicated to the twin birdwatching duo, the Sirdah sisters, who co-authored the Gaza bird checklist.

From my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine. 

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! 

Climate Emojis for a Changing World

Pick your climate emoji! Cartoon for DW Global Ideas.

Cartoons on Dolphin Depredation

The issue of depredation, i.e. dolphins damaging fishing nets to take fish, has been a growing concern both for cetaceans and fishers in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas. I collaborated with ACCOBAMS (Agreement on Conservation of Cetaceans of Black and Mediterranean Seas) to bring out a set of 9 cartoons that break down the issue of dolphin depredation, and explain how better monitoring and implementation of scientific solutions can help control the problem. The cartoons have been translated to French, Italian, Spanish, Maltese and Arabic, and are being used in publications and multimedia, targeted at ACCOBAMS' partners and funding organizations. Another publication I am working on for ACCOBAMS, a comic + colouring book on the relationship between fishers and dolphins of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, will be out next month.

A big thanks to Julie Belmont from ACCOBAMS for the opportunity!

Carbon Neutral FIFA World Cup gets a Red Card

Qatar's national animal, the Arabian Oryx gives the 2022 'carbon neutral' FIFA World Cup a red card. Cartoon from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine.