Extreme is new normal
It is time to accept that we are beginning to see the impact of climate change in the form of increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, and this would get worse with rising temperature.
India Environment Portal
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Extreme weather and Climate events 2013
Over the past several months, the pattern for extreme events that we saw in 2012 continued into 2013. In early 2013, parts of the Southern Hemisphere witnessed record-high temperatures, with Australia
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Environment and development issues that feature in election 2014
The map shows different environment- and development-related issues that gained attention in Lok Sabha elections 2014. Click on the icons to read details of problems in a particular area.
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 19 - 26 April 2014
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests,conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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All you need to know about El Nino
El Niño is a local warming of surface waters which takes place in the entire equatorial zone of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean and which affects the atmospheric circulation and direction of winds
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 11 - 19 April 2014
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests,conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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Election 2014: Why people in these places are boycotting polls
Fed up with the callousness of government and their elected representatives in dealing with their problems, many villages across India have decided not to vote this time.
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When El Nino brought drought to India
El Nino has a history of adversely impacting rainfall in India during monsoon. Here is a timeline of the years in which India witnessed droughts triggered by El Nino—the warming of sea-surface temperatures
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 05 - 11 April 2014
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests,conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 29 March 2014 - 04 April 2014
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests,conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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Climate Wheel
The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability-has warned of crop failures, water stress and health effects, all