Rishika Pardikar
@rishpardikar.bsky.social
Environment and climate reporter covering science, law & policy | Drilled, Article-14, AGU's Eos, African Arguments, The Hindu, The Continent
📍Bengaluru, India
📍Bengaluru, India
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Exxon and Shell Sue The Netherlands in Secret Tribunals for Closing Europe’s Biggest Gas Field
Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning co...
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🚨 New report on how ExxonMobil and Shell filed *four* separate investor-state claims #ISDS against the Dutch government. These are highly secretive, private tribunals where no residents who suffered through earthquakes for years have ever been called to give testimony.
drilled.media/news/groningen
drilled.media/news/groningen
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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In our latest article we argue that the problems with carbon offsets can't be fixed. The problem is causal complexity which observational methods can't sort out. open access link in the second post. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Why carbon offsets may fail in complex systems: A causal inference perspective
Social-ecological system dynamics present a fundamental challenge to the attribution of changes in carbon stocks to actions taken by carbon offset sel…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 PM
In our latest article we argue that the problems with carbon offsets can't be fixed. The problem is causal complexity which observational methods can't sort out. open access link in the second post. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Posts on X that are critical of scientific research can act as early warning signs of problematic articles
go.nature.com/4qGhiCq
go.nature.com/4qGhiCq
Critical social media posts linked to retractions of scientific papers
Online discussions can catch errors or fraud in articles that can be missed in peer review.
go.nature.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Posts on X that are critical of scientific research can act as early warning signs of problematic articles
go.nature.com/4qGhiCq
go.nature.com/4qGhiCq
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New from us: EU CO2 emissions fell only 0.8% in 2025, the second year in a row that the bloc has fallen short of its targets. Adverse weather played a big role but underlying issues are slow progress on transport and buildings electrification and wind power buildout.
January 29, 2026 at 6:32 AM
New from us: EU CO2 emissions fell only 0.8% in 2025, the second year in a row that the bloc has fallen short of its targets. Adverse weather played a big role but underlying issues are slow progress on transport and buildings electrification and wind power buildout.
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One of the many benefits of working with a global team @drilledmedia.bsky.social is learning so much from climate reporters in other parts of the world. This story was fascinating!
Japan is not getting nearly enough attention in the global media for locking in fossil fuels in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. Here, @rishpardikar.bsky.social looks at the latest megaproject Japanese development agencies are pushing in Bangladesh drilled.media/news/japan-b...
Debt and import dependency in Japan’s fossil financing for Bangladesh
With promises of Singapore- and Shanghai-style ports and businesses, Japan’s development agencies are pushing fossil fuel projects in Bangladesh
drilled.media
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
One of the many benefits of working with a global team @drilledmedia.bsky.social is learning so much from climate reporters in other parts of the world. This story was fascinating!
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Japan is not getting nearly enough attention in the global media for locking in fossil fuels in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. Here, @rishpardikar.bsky.social looks at the latest megaproject Japanese development agencies are pushing in Bangladesh drilled.media/news/japan-b...
Debt and import dependency in Japan’s fossil financing for Bangladesh
With promises of Singapore- and Shanghai-style ports and businesses, Japan’s development agencies are pushing fossil fuel projects in Bangladesh
drilled.media
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Japan is not getting nearly enough attention in the global media for locking in fossil fuels in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. Here, @rishpardikar.bsky.social looks at the latest megaproject Japanese development agencies are pushing in Bangladesh drilled.media/news/japan-b...
Sharp analysis. Enjoyed the sass too. Many lessons here for other developing countries. Simply building power capacity does not guarantee energy security (or even supply, in this case). And when politics-business nexus is strong, it encourages rent-seeking behaviour www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/pow...
How Bangladesh engineered a power crisis it can no longer afford
BPDB's annual losses have exploded from Tk5,468 crore in FY15 to Tk50,565 crore in FY25, nearly a tenfold increase in a decade.
www.tbsnews.net
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Sharp analysis. Enjoyed the sass too. Many lessons here for other developing countries. Simply building power capacity does not guarantee energy security (or even supply, in this case). And when politics-business nexus is strong, it encourages rent-seeking behaviour www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/pow...
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It's worth a mention to that this is part of a pattern, with Japanese and South Korean public finance critical to massive new fossil fuel developments in Australia, including Santos' Barossa gas development.
Australia’s Clean Energy Transition Partnership a ‘huge win’ on climate
Australia will soon seal an agreement with a group of Western nations to end public subsidies for fossil fuel export projects, drying up a key source of finance for new oil, gas and coal fields.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 AM
It's worth a mention to that this is part of a pattern, with Japanese and South Korean public finance critical to massive new fossil fuel developments in Australia, including Santos' Barossa gas development.
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Important story from @rishpardikar.bsky.social about how Japan continues to finance massive fossil fuel developments with promises of wealth - even when the reality is somewhat more sour.
Mega infrastructure projects that include high-capacity gas and coal plants and entail large land acquisitions, all financed via foreign loans. A ground report from Bangladesh about the various perils. For @drilledmedia.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
Debt and import dependency in Japan’s fossil financing for Bangladesh
With promises of Singapore- and Shanghai-style ports and businesses, Japan’s development agencies are pushing fossil fuel projects in Bangladesh
drilled.media
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Important story from @rishpardikar.bsky.social about how Japan continues to finance massive fossil fuel developments with promises of wealth - even when the reality is somewhat more sour.
Mega infrastructure projects that include high-capacity gas and coal plants and entail large land acquisitions, all financed via foreign loans. A ground report from Bangladesh about the various perils. For @drilledmedia.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
Debt and import dependency in Japan’s fossil financing for Bangladesh
With promises of Singapore- and Shanghai-style ports and businesses, Japan’s development agencies are pushing fossil fuel projects in Bangladesh
drilled.media
January 28, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Mega infrastructure projects that include high-capacity gas and coal plants and entail large land acquisitions, all financed via foreign loans. A ground report from Bangladesh about the various perils. For @drilledmedia.bsky.social
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
Ground report from Bangladesh about mega infrastructure projects financed via foreign loans that rely heavily on fossil fuels. Issues range from non-consultative land acquisitions and pollution to high-cost foreign currency debt and dependency on fossil fuel imports
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
Debt and import dependency in Japan’s fossil financing for Bangladesh
With promises of Singapore- and Shanghai-style ports and businesses, Japan’s development agencies are pushing fossil fuel projects in Bangladesh
drilled.media
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Ground report from Bangladesh about mega infrastructure projects financed via foreign loans that rely heavily on fossil fuels. Issues range from non-consultative land acquisitions and pollution to high-cost foreign currency debt and dependency on fossil fuel imports
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
drilled.media/news/japan-b...
Adani's Godda power plant is under the scanner in Bangladesh. Initially intended exclusively for power supply to Bangladesh, the plant was allowed to supply power to the Indian grid after the fall of the Hasina-led government.
www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/4...
www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/4...
January 27, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Adani's Godda power plant is under the scanner in Bangladesh. Initially intended exclusively for power supply to Bangladesh, the plant was allowed to supply power to the Indian grid after the fall of the Hasina-led government.
www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/4...
www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/4...
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🛑 New Paper on Coal Value Chain Repurposing 🛑
Globally, there are 7,000+ coal mines, 2,400+ coal-fired power plants (2100 GW), and vast rail, road, and port networks built around coal. Meeting 1.5–2°C climate targets means this system will shrink fast... Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Globally, there are 7,000+ coal mines, 2,400+ coal-fired power plants (2100 GW), and vast rail, road, and port networks built around coal. Meeting 1.5–2°C climate targets means this system will shrink fast... Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 AM
🛑 New Paper on Coal Value Chain Repurposing 🛑
Globally, there are 7,000+ coal mines, 2,400+ coal-fired power plants (2100 GW), and vast rail, road, and port networks built around coal. Meeting 1.5–2°C climate targets means this system will shrink fast... Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Globally, there are 7,000+ coal mines, 2,400+ coal-fired power plants (2100 GW), and vast rail, road, and port networks built around coal. Meeting 1.5–2°C climate targets means this system will shrink fast... Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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NEW: India is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
NEW: India is avoiding the fossil fuel detour 🪝
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
Where China built first on coal and gas, India is taking a shortcut >>> read in 5 graphics🧵
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Oh, looks like we should pull out the research we did 20 years ago on the importance of multi-regional models...
(yes, yes, these things need to be repeated I guess, but this one should have been settled decades ago)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(yes, yes, these things need to be repeated I guess, but this one should have been settled decades ago)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The importance of multiregional accounting for corporate carbon emissions - Nature Communications
This paper uses a multi-region model to show that single-region models used by thousands of companies to estimate CO2 emissions related to goods they purchase may drastically underestimate and misiden...
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Oh, looks like we should pull out the research we did 20 years ago on the importance of multi-regional models...
(yes, yes, these things need to be repeated I guess, but this one should have been settled decades ago)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(yes, yes, these things need to be repeated I guess, but this one should have been settled decades ago)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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If this chart doesn't terrify the oil industry, I don't know what will. India’s peak road-oil consumption per person will never reach Chinese peak levels.
🥁 India Is Electrifying Faster Than China 🥁
Read our story on @ember-energy.org's analysis. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Read our story on @ember-energy.org's analysis. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
If this chart doesn't terrify the oil industry, I don't know what will. India’s peak road-oil consumption per person will never reach Chinese peak levels.
It is moments like this when I am glad I am still on Twitter where there are Global South scholars who have more serious takes than being awed by Carney's speech. And there are people who know the origins of the non-aligned movement shaped by countries like Indonesia, India and Egypt
January 22, 2026 at 2:00 AM
It is moments like this when I am glad I am still on Twitter where there are Global South scholars who have more serious takes than being awed by Carney's speech. And there are people who know the origins of the non-aligned movement shaped by countries like Indonesia, India and Egypt
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos. These are realities the developing world already knew and spoke about constantly
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos. These are realities the developing world already knew and spoke about constantly
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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Fun fact: BHP sought to use Australia's oil and gas industry as a "success story" (along with Norway) to lobby the Russian Federation in an effort to shape how it would set investment rules.
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Fun fact: BHP sought to use Australia's oil and gas industry as a "success story" (along with Norway) to lobby the Russian Federation in an effort to shape how it would set investment rules.
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Norway’s oil fund defends push to water down net zero ft.trib.al/HYrswEF
Norway’s oil fund defends push to water down net zero
Global warming means hope of limiting increase to 1.5C is now ‘unrealistic’, says NBIM’s head of governance
ft.trib.al
January 19, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Norway’s oil fund defends push to water down net zero ft.trib.al/HYrswEF
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This seems to allow the Australian government to follow the UK example on groups like Palestine Action, but could probably applied to groups like Extinction Rebellion or Rising Tide.
Little note in the new Bill on Hate Speech
Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.
Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 AM
This seems to allow the Australian government to follow the UK example on groups like Palestine Action, but could probably applied to groups like Extinction Rebellion or Rising Tide.
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This morning, lots of people in Johannesburg complained about waking up to a terrible smell of rotten eggs. The culprit, as usual, was one of the worst sources of air pollution and greenhouse gases in Africa and the world, a huge plant producing liquid fuels from coal.
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This morning, lots of people in Johannesburg complained about waking up to a terrible smell of rotten eggs. The culprit, as usual, was one of the worst sources of air pollution and greenhouse gases in Africa and the world, a huge plant producing liquid fuels from coal.
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Preprint out today in ESDD.
SRM's biggest risk is us.
'Peak-shaving' is a best-case scenario, with strong governance and international cooperation.
We propose a framework for messier geoengineering futures, which look more like, you know, the news. /1
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
SRM's biggest risk is us.
'Peak-shaving' is a best-case scenario, with strong governance and international cooperation.
We propose a framework for messier geoengineering futures, which look more like, you know, the news. /1
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Robust assessment of Solar Radiation Modification risks and uncertainties must include shocks and societal feedbacks
Abstract. Conventional climate scenarios omit fast-timescale human-system dynamics like policy rollback or economic shocks. The climate system's slow response to GHG emissions allows these `fast' ter...
egusphere.copernicus.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Preprint out today in ESDD.
SRM's biggest risk is us.
'Peak-shaving' is a best-case scenario, with strong governance and international cooperation.
We propose a framework for messier geoengineering futures, which look more like, you know, the news. /1
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
SRM's biggest risk is us.
'Peak-shaving' is a best-case scenario, with strong governance and international cooperation.
We propose a framework for messier geoengineering futures, which look more like, you know, the news. /1
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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The tide seems to be finally turning on global coal, as both China and India are now adding enough clean energy to reduce their coal generation: www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The tide seems to be finally turning on global coal, as both China and India are now adding enough clean energy to reduce their coal generation: www.carbonbrief.org/...