At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF analysis released today. Heatwaves were the predominant climate hazard shuttering schools last year, with …
Atlantic tropical cyclone activity, as measured by annual storm counts, reached anomalous levels over the past decade. The short nature of the historical record and potential issues with its reliability in earlier decades, however, has prompted an ongoing debate regarding the reality and significance of the recent rise. Here the …
There is a time bomb ticking under the world, but its leaders seem not to be aware of it. This bomb is different from any that war, terrorism and the movies have made us familiar with, because it cannot be defused at the last moment. This one has to be …
Speakers at a discussion yesterday said as the frequency and magnitude of natural disasters has been increasing rapidly in coastal belt due to climate change impacts, the government should take specific steps to protect some 3.48 crore people in the areas. People living in the coastal belts are becoming more …
Apart from granting Rs 1,000 crore as compensation for the Aila affected people, the Centre ahs also sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore for provision of solar lanterns to the Aila-affected blocks in the Sunderbans area. The ministry of new and renewable energy has sanctioned this grant of Rs 1.5 crore to …
Threats of hazards are still not taken seriously in Pakistan to the extent of taking precautionary measures in an institutional form. The country has been facing socio-economic losses as hazards are converted into disasters. Earthquakes, floods, droughts, tsunamis and cyclones have occurred in different parts of the country in the …
Japan will aid US$9.1 million Bangladesh under World Food Programme to provide food assistance to the ultra-poor living in areas to floods, riverbank erosion, coastal cyclones and tidal surges. The United Nations World Food Prgoramme (WFP) yesterday welcomed the Japanese contribution of US $9.1 million. WFP will use the Japanese …
Sea levels rising between 3mm and 5mm a year; tidal surges will intensify say scientists a steady stream of people can be seen making their way to the main jetty in Chotomollakhali island in the Sunderbans these days. On an average, about 200 of them leave for the mainland each …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Five incidents of tigers straying into villages in the Sundarbans in the last six weeks have caused concern among the officials of the Forest Department. Opinions differ on whether cyclone Aila was responsible for the behaviour of the tigers.
FINANCE minister and senior West Bengal Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee appears to be undertaking a tight rope walk on aid to mitigate losses suffered on account of cyclone Aila. The senior minister had come under criticism of his Cabinet colleague Mamata Banerjee for extending this financial relief to the state …
Experts on Sunday said, over two million poor people in Bangladesh those who are living in the low-lying areas and coastal region, have been suffering from the adverse effects of climate changes. They said, those innocent victims whose livelihood depends heavily on agriculture, with more than 50 per cent of …
Pranab Mukherjee today proposed to allocate Rs 1,000 crore for Aila relief to the Bengal government as sought by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, a move likely to please the state
Cyclone Aila, which struck West Bengal on May 25, left a trail of devastation along the length of the State. It killed 137 people and affected the lives of more than seven lakh. The Sunderbans, spread over the districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas, bore the brunt …
In what could rouse both suspicion and relief, a State-level committee constituted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of West Bengal on the directions of the Centre to assess the damage caused to the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve by cyclone Aila, has claimed there were
The Sunderbans have a more valuable role to play Barun Roy / New Delhi July 2, 2009, 2:04 IST The Sunderbans have a more valuable role to play than to merely sustain human populations and activities. Cyclone Aila, which ripped through the Sunderbans in late May, has left in its …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Subject Committee Report on Disaster Management Policy has called for a change in Central calamity relief norms and the reworking of the relief measures laid down in the National Calamity Scheme. The report has also identified inadequate funds as the biggest hurdle in the smooth implementation of the …
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran has asked the Kerala government to submit a Rs.400-crore project to the Centre for assistance to improve preparedness for cyclones. Delivering the inaugural address at a National Consultation on Disaster Management here on Tuesday, he called upon the State government to submit …
