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Ramola Talwar Badam

Ramola Talwar Badam

Senior National Reporter
Dubai
Ramola writes in-depth features on maritime piracy, migrant labour, protection of women and minors from trafficking and abuse, teenage suicides, disability access projects, financial debt, fire safety and transport projects. Ramola worked for more than 12 years with the South Asia bureau of the Associated Press and reported on terrorist attacks, religious riots, earthquakes, politics, crime, business, sport and all things Bollywood.
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Fire survivor Yemdzu Doris Claire lost her housemate in the blaze and has not returned to the building since the tragedy. Leslie Pableo for The National
'There's no life without him': Fire survivors still struggle eight months on

Residents who leapt to safety say they remain terrified and anxious after April 15 blaze that killed friends and family

UAEDecember 21, 2023
Curious crowds are drawn to rows of cucumbers and lettuce growing at the Expo City Farm in Dubai. Photo: Expo City Dubai
Dubai's Expo City Farm shows how to grow food in the desert

The farm, which debuted at Cop28, remains open and entrance is free

GovernmentDecember 16, 2023
Jolis Nduwimana plans to use connections he made at Cop28 to help his mission to rid the world of plastic. Photo: Jolis Nduwimana
Cop28 entrepreneurs eye carbon-cutting innovations after summit

Start-up founders explain how the conference has boosted their sustainable businesses

Cop28December 14, 2023
UN security officers escort 12-year-old Licypriya Kangujam from the Cop28 summit in Dubai. EPA
'I was expressing voices of the vulnerable,' says 12-year-old Indian climate activist

Licypriya Kangujam condemns ‘unfair’ removal from Cop28 session after protest

Cop28December 12, 2023
Luisa-Marie Neubauer, from Fridays for Future Germany, leads a protest to phase-out fossil fuels on the final day of Cop28 in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National
Campaigners demand action on fossil fuels in global stocktake

Advocacy groups demand a fresh injection of grants to the loss and damage fund

Cop28December 12, 2023
Tokyo's governor Yuriko Koike (centre) pictured at the launch of a scheme to power her city's buses with biofuel to reduce emissions earlier this year. Reuters
Tokyo governor keen on green tie-ups with UAE

Yuriko Koike, the Japanese capital's first female governor, says collaboration is key to reaching net zero targets

Cop28December 12, 2023
A coal-powered steel plant in Hehal village, Jharkhand, India, a nation where wide use of fossil fuels looks set to continue. AP
India committed to coal despite fossil fuel phase-out calls

National statement to Cop28 says country's development takes priority over wider green strategies

Cop28December 10, 2023
Sadhguru, an Indian spiritual leader, has called for more soil preservation to tackle the climate crisis at Cop28 in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Save the soil to save the planet, says Sadhguru at Cop28

Yogi says UAE climate conference has shifted the focus to green farming but more needs to be done

Cop28December 10, 2023
Representatives of the Embera people of Panama are at Cop28 to convey the message that indigenous people hold the key to fighting climate change. Photo: TINTA
'We can keep rainforests alive': Lawyer and PhD student offer climate solutions for Cop28

Two women have a powerful message of regeneration as they speak up for tropical villages in Panama and Brazil under threat from climate change

Cop28December 08, 2023
The Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church Bethlehem has a stark nativity scene with an infant Jesus surrounded by rubble to depict the devastation in Gaza. Photo: Munther Isaac
Baby Jesus lies amid rubble in Bethlehem church Christmas nativity scene

Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in the West Bank says it represents devastation in Gaza

Palestine-IsraelDecember 07, 2023
Young activists protest about smog being created by deforestation in the Amazon, on day six of Cop28 at Expo City Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Indigenous people say vital land rights issue remains unresolved

Communities say governments are deaf to their voices and their culture is being diluted

Cop28December 05, 2023
Valdelice Veron is from the Guarani-Kaiowa community that has long fought for rights to their mineral-rich land in south-western Brazil. Chris Whiteoak / The National
‘Guardians of the Earth’ call for protection of indigenous lands

Indigenous people say ancestral land under threat from global warming

Cop28December 04, 2023
Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Dr Ahmed Al Tayeb call for peace and to save the planet in video messages at Cop28. In this file photo, they greet each other at a religious convention in Kazakhstan last year. Photo: Vatican Media
Pope Francis calls for peace and climate action at Cop28

Religious leaders sign Call of Conscience document pledging to work together for peace and to protect planet

Cop28December 04, 2023
Rapid disbursement of the loss and damage fund announced at Cop28 is needed to support vulnerable nations such as Somalia, which faces catastrophic hunger
African officials urge rich nations to dig deeper for loss and damage

A fast and fair distribution mechanism agreed at Cop28 is seen as key to helping populations recover

Cop28December 03, 2023
Riyadh has been selected to host Expo 2030. Photo: SPA
Riyadh selected to host Expo 2030 ahead of Rome and Busan

More than 160 nations cast their votes in Paris and select the Saudi capital as the site for the 2030 world’s fair

Saudi ArabiaNovember 28, 2023
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