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
Global food production needs to be increased by 60–110% between 2005 and 2050 to meet growing food and feed demand. Intensification and/or expansion of agriculture are the two main options available to
For a majority of farmers who took up the projects, crops failed persistently due to unfavourable environmental conditions. According to a senior BKS office- bearer, almost 90% crops have failed in north
The Earth may be in for a scorcher in the future. The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that temperatures could just by as much as 4.3 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. Now, they're
Global food systems are increasingly susceptible to acute disruption and systemic shocks could lead to food price rises, food riots and changes in stock market values. The global food system is increasingly
Extreme precipitation events are increasing as a result of ongoing global warming, but controversy surrounds the relationship between flooding and mosquito-borne diseases. A common view among the scientific
<p>Extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean region during the cool season are strongly affected by the export of moist air from tropical and subtropical areas into the extratropics. The aim of
New global pledges to cut greenhouse gases have delayed by just eight months the moment when the world is expected to breach a threshold that keeps global warming at safer levels, the world's leading energy
The widest global effort yet to gauge citizens’ views on climate change showed 79 percent to be “very concerned” about its effects, but less than half support a carbon tax to curb emissions, organisers
The initiative, one of a stream of new climate measures, will give the countries access to critical data and help to build plans for coping with weather extremes The White House moved to boost confidence
Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said the peacock population had come down over the past few years. Water scarcity and extreme weather conditions in wildlife reserves in Maharashtra have