State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
The government has approved 87 projects involving over Tk 1025 crore to combat climate change impacts. The under-implementation projects include building cyclone-tolerant houses, setting up of deep tube-wells
Antarctica was much warmer and wetter that helped plant life to thrive some 20 million years ago, a new Nasa research has suggested. Examining plant-leaf wax remnants in sediment core samples taken
JAIPUR: Climate change is expected to adversely impact human health in the state by increasing the risk of exposure to vector, water- and food-borne diseases. It can also aggravate malnutrition and increase mortality and morbidity associated with changes in intensity and frequency of extreme events. Potential impacts of climate change can thus be expected to become an additional stressor for Rajasthan's health sector. While the state in the last few years has shown progress in terms of health status and outcomes, much still remains to be done.
The rising global temperature is predicted to expand the distribution of vector-borne diseases both in latitude and altitude. Many host communities could be affected by increased prevalence of disease,
JAIPUR: Climate change, the greatest global challenge, is already a reality for the farmers of Rajasthan. It is increasing the pressure on already scarce resources and if proper measures are not taken, migration towards the cities will soon reach new heights. According to the Rajasthan State Action Plan on Climate Change (RAPCC) report by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board prepared with the help of a multi-disciplinary team of experts from TERI with support from GIZ says, 'enough is already known to start action'. And more than the factual situation the action plan that the report suggests is a writing on the wall for farmers.
Global warming and climate change may worry people elsewhere, but not in India. Indian agriculture minister Sharad Pawar recently told Parliament that climate change has not had any impact on farming.
Rainwater can be a potential alternative source for tackling acute water crisis faced by rural and urban people, said experts yesterday. Store and reuse of rainwater will also help costal people tackle
Estimates of climate-change impacts will get less, rather than more, certain. But this should not excuse inaction, say Mark Maslin and Patrick Austin.
Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund has approved $153 million projects to fight adverse impacts of climate change. The fund will be disbursed under six projects including the three already finalised
Climate change will make wildfires in the West, like those now raging in parts of Colorado and New Mexico, more frequent over the next 30 years, researchers reported on Tuesday. More broadly, almost