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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Floods And Drought To Rise Due To Climate Change
Floods And Drought To Rise Due To Climate Change HUNGARY: April 10, 2008 BUDAPEST - Flooding in temperate regions and the tropics and droughts in arid regions are likely to increase over the course of the century due to climate change, according to a study released on Wednesday. The study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the body which won last year's Nobel Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore, said changes in fresh water supplies would have a huge impact on humans and on the environment.
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Disaster mitigation and management for West Bengal, India An appraisal
We examine the predominant natural hazards in West Bengal, along with an analysis of the prevalent disaster mitigation and management perspectives. Pre-hazard activities towards its mitigation are emphasized and explicated.
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Fires Main Threat To Amazon In Drier Climate - Study
Fires Main Threat To Amazon In Drier Climate - Study NORWAY: April 8, 2008 OSLO - Fires set by people will be the biggest threat to the Amazon rainforest in coming decades linked to a drier climate caused by global warming, researchers said on Monday. They said swathes of the forest were more likely to be killed by blazes raging out of control than by a more gradual shift towards savannah caused by more frequent droughts predicted by the UN Climate Panel in a 2007 report.
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Spanish Region May Ship Water To Relieve Drought
Spanish Region May Ship Water To Relieve Drought SPAIN: April 7, 2008 MADRID - Spain's northeast Catalonia region will need to import water by ship and train from May to ensure domestic supplies if the current drought persists, the regional government said in a report. The report, sent to Reuters on Friday, said rainfall in all but one of Catalonia's 15 river basins was below emergency levels for the year so far.
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Drought Grows Slightly In Eastern Australian Farmlands
Drought Grows Slightly In Eastern Australian Farmlands AUSTRALIA: April 7, 2008 SYDNEY - A key part of Australia's eastern farmlands slipped further into drought in March but record crops were still expected if good rains fell soon, New South Wales Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said on Sunday. New South Wales, one of Australia's biggest agricultural states, was hit hardest by the country's worst drought in 100 years before rain began falling early this year.
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Australia Says Stable Food Supplier Despite Drought
Australia Says Stable Food Supplier Despite Drought JAPAN: April 7, 2008 TOKYO - Australia has demonstrated that it is a reliable, global supplier of wheat and other food, despite up to seven years of drought that has cut deeply into crop production, Agriculture Minister Tony Burke said on Friday. The droughts, particularly bad in the past two years, have prompted concerns within the food industry in Japan, which is heavily dependent on imports, about the reliability of Australia as a stable supplier.
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Climate change risk: an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities
This paper considers the needed adaptation and mitigation agenda for cities in India
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A Kerala initiative
The applicants are mother and son, having two acres of land. They availed a loan of Rs.30,000 on November 7, 2002. They were regularly making payments.
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Rs 2.5 million spent on new water ponds in Cholistan
The Forest Department has spent Rs 2.5 million on digging 27 new ponds and de-silting another 13 in the Cholistan desert.
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It rains after 100 years in Australia, deluges
It is finally raining in eastern Australia to end the country's worst drought in 100 years. Though the downpour has brought respite for some, torrential rains have caused devastating floods in