This report presents an overview of what adaptation to climate change might mean for Europe and Central Asia (ECA). It starts with a discussion of emerging best practice adaptation planning around the world and a review of the latest climate projections.
Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health. These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them will have to start. And they are hardly the only health threats from global warming.
The scorching sun and the soaring mercury is not only making life difficult for human beings, even plants are finding the heatwave too much for their survival. Sprouts of cotton of many farmers in this district have withered away due to the heatwave prevailing in the area during the past one week. Many others have decided to delay sowing as they see no let-up in the weather conditions.
DEHRA DUN: With mercury soaring, forest fires in the hill State of Uttarakhand have set alarm bells ringing as 2,426 hectares of jungles have already destroyed. As the heat wave grips the State, the forest department has warned that the wildfires will rage further. Temperatures in Uttarakhand touched 41 degrees Celsius on April 30, breaking a 39-year record.
Climate change is expected to have a range of health impacts, some of which are already apparent. Public health adaptation is imperative, but there has been little discussion of how to increase adaptive
BALASORE: The district administration has issued guidelines to counter heatwave conditions in the region. It has also imposed restrictions on movement of buses, opening of educational institutions and notified new working hours for the labourers.
The recent International Panel on Climate Change special report on extreme weather and climate change presented a stark warning: extreme weather events are already on the rise and failure to take urgent
The death toll in the unprecedented heat wave has reached an all-time high of 1,139 in Andhra Pradesh, causing panic among the people of the state. The coastal and Telangana regions in particular are
Reeling under a scorching heat wave, India observed World Environment Day with a vow to conserve water as hundreds of thirsty humans and animals perished across the sprawling nation. The stress on
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/climate_children.jpg" style="width: 270px; height: 190px; margin: 8px; float: left;" />This new report published by the the
Heat stress is an important aspect in the lives of people working under exposed conditions for long hours. It is interesting to examine the impact of global warming on the occurrence of heat stress in
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Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather.<a href="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20090531&filename=news&sid=13&sec_id=9" target="blank"> More »</a> See Also:
Hot spell in India kills 80 in eastern India. Heat waves now come earlier and stay longer. This latest special report by Down To Earth team covers the heat struck regions of India to figure out what is happening to the weather.......<a href="http://www.downtoearth.org.in/cover.asp?foldername=20090531&filename=news&sid=13&sec_id=9" target="blank">More»</a> See Also:
Orissa witnesses 93 deaths; hundreds more to be verified
This paper discusses the probable impacts for children of different ages from the increasing risk of storms, flooding, landslides, heat waves, drought and water supply constraints that climate change is likely to bring to most urban centres in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It also explores the implications for adaptation, focusing on preparedness as well as responses to extreme events and to changes in weather patterns.
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To meet the requirements of the research community, a high resolution daily gridded temperature data set for the Indian region was developed. For this purpose, daily temperature (maximum, minimum and mean) data of 395 quality controlled
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on action plan to face drought situation, 24/07/2015. Central Research Institute of Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), ICAR has developed agriculture contingency plans in collaboration
The Met Department isn't declaring a heatwave yet but unconfirmed reports say 28 people have died in the state Unofficial reports say 28 people have died of a heatwave in Orissa this April while the government has confirmed four deaths due to sunstroke. The numbers may be contested but it is clear that the heat is creating havoc. While a heatwave is declared when the temperature is five degrees above normal, the state Met department's advisory declared a "heatwave' only on one day this month.
