Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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Climate adaptation: Seizing the challenge
Scientific and business communities increasingly recognize that climate change is causing weather extremes and precipitating natural disasters, such as the European heat wave of 2003, the drought in East
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Cannot ignore benefits of GM crops, says ‘Venki’ Ramakrishnan
“India has to feed a large number of people. We can’t ignore the potentials of GM crops. We, no doubt, need to be careful, and have proper controls and effective regulations.” He noted that varieties of wheat, rice and other crops that are cultivated today were developed over the centuries from the wild varieties through various man-made techniques of selection. “Genetic modification is just another tool for selection [developed scientifically].”
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Farmers’ association demands compensation for crop damage
The Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam affiliated to Communist Party of India (CPI) said that the farmers who had raised rain fed crops had suffered heavy loss due to the failure of North-East monsoon and demanded
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Bihar, Haryana farmers turn ‘climate smart’
Horil Singh, a farmer from Rajapakkar village of Vaishali district in Bihar, has been seeing fluctuations in rainfall pattern and temperature for almost a decade now. This has impacted his paddy and pulse produce to a large extent till a global initiative launched in 2010, to help small farmers in dealing with climate change, helped him in creating vertical drainage systems that let excess rainwater seep quickly back into a natural acquifer.
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Sri Lanka State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, October, 2013
<p>Gem mining in Seethawaka river has been taken over by the Sri Lankan government, National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA). According to Director General Janaka Udaya Kumara, this decision was taken to prevent illegal gem mining in the Thalduwa area of Seethawaka river. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Sri Lanka State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.</p>
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Climate science in the real world
What we desperately close our mind to is once again becoming pronounced ever more clearly: climate change is here; it is already bringing devastating extreme weather events; and it will become worse in
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Perambalur Collector seeks reclassification on groundwater
Darez Ahamed says hydrograph for 15 years shows horizontal trend Farmers are hopeful of restoring Perambalur’s pride as the number one producer of onion in the State if the government heeds Collector Darez Ahamed to reclassify the groundwater status of the district.
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Understanding farmers’ knowledge, atttitude and adaptation measures towards climate change in Anantapur District of A.P.
Understanding farmers’ knowledge, atttitude and adaptation measures towards climate change in Anantapur District of A.P. - A presentation by Dr. K. Ravi Shankar at the 4th National Research Conference
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2013 SouthWest Monsoon: End of season report
These are highligths of the end-of-the-season Southwest monsoon report for 2013 published by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
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Diagnosing Maharashtra's water crisis
The early rains of the 2013 monsoon ended the drought in Maharashtra. But the long-term problem remains. A combination of measures is required to tackle the issue.