2023 disasters in numbers
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
<p>As the performance of small states differs across various economic parameters, carving out a small state does not assure strong growth performance reveals this analysis of the growth performance of states by India Ratings & Research.</p>
<p>This report produced by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance, UNEP and Bloomberg New Energy Finance tracks the latest developments, signs and signals in the financing of renewable energy and explores the issues affecting each type of investment, technology and the region.</p>
Economic growth is widely regarded as a necessary, and often sufficient, condition for the improvement of population health. The researchers aimed to assess whether macroeconomic growth was associated
WHO/UNICEF's Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) reports every two years on progress against the MDG Indicators on drinking water and sanitation: "The proportion of population
This publication lists the organizations that have reported that they are using the Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI), identifies trends among those organizations in terms of their missions and locations,
Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India’s public distribution system (PDS) in the rural areas. The results suggest a significant improvement in the
This 2014 edition of Energy Statistics published by Central Statistics Office (CSO) is 21st in the series and contains latest data on reserves, installed capacity, potential for generation, production, consumption, import, export and wholesale price of different energy commodities. The metadata on Energy Statistics has been included for the first time in this publication.
<p>WHO estimates that around 7 million people died in 2012 - 1 in 8 of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure. The estimates confirm that air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk. The new data reveal a stronger link between both indoor and outdoor air pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases, such as strokes and ischaemic heart disease, as well as between air pollution and cancer.</p>
A large number of women in rural and urban India don't have much to celebrate on women's day on March 8. Their day will begin as usual with a walk to fetch water from the nearest source which may be more
Unicef and Young Indians (YI) in a meeting on "Children's rights and business principle" on Sunday discussed about dismal child statistics in state. Speaking on the occasion, UNICEF chief of field office