The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
As confirmed recently by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, climate change already exists with wide ranging consequences. Europe is as affected as all other regions of the world. Management responses to climate change include the development of new approaches to system assessment and design and the adoption of non-structural …
Many climate change impact studies have been conducted using a top-down approach. First, outputs from global circulation models (GCMs) are considered which are downscaled in a second step to the river basin scale using either a statistical/empirical or a dynamic approach. The local climatic signal that is obtained is then …
Impacts of climate change vary from region to region. The 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) mentions that drier areas will be affected by more droughts while the rainfall regime, in general, will become
Climate change and global warming pose serious problems for sustainability of a sound human life. There have been many natural disasters such as floods, droughts, glacier collapses, typhoons, etc. Though many general circulation models have been developed and provided for worldwide hydrological and meteorological estimations, detailed causes and countermeasures on …
PALAKKAD: The drought situation in Palakkad district, which is reeling under scorching heat, may worsen with summer showers failing to gain momentum and many parts yet to receive showers. The worsening situation calls for a permanent solution for the drought which accompanies the rise in mercury levels every year. "Instead …
April 15: Ahead of his meeting with Andhra Pradesh chief minister K. Rosaiah to discuss and finalise plan size of the state for the year 2010-11 on Friday, deputy chairman of plan panel Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday cautioned that the state is heading for a
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: China on Monday rejected criticism from its neighbours that its dams on the Mekong river were responsible for droughts in their countries, even as it came under increasing pressure to share more hydrological data. Officials from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, countries which make up the Mekong …
This report presents 24 indicators, each describing trends related to the causes and effects of climate change. The report focuses primarily on the United States, but in some cases global trends are presented to provide context or a basis for comparison. It aims to collect data and generate analyses to: …
This brief presents a study aiming to enhance the state's capacity to assess long-term effects of drought and increase resilience to drought risks at state, district, and community levels. The study intends to: develop a framework for simulating long-term impacts of drought in drought-prone areas and at state levels; conduct …
A source of conflict between Israel and its neighbors for decades, the Jordan River is now depleted by drought, pollution, and overuse. Could the fight to save it forge a path toward peace?
Severe drought prevailing in southern plantation areas has caused heavy damage to the tea plantations. Many tea estates in Akuressa, Morawak Korale and Hinidum Pattu have been destroyed due to the drought and tea plucking of several tea estates including many smallholdings has also been temporarily stopped. Well-grown tea lands …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI Having learnt its lessons last year, when a severe drought had badly affected the paddy crop, the government has chalked out a multi-pronged strategy to maximise rice production during the forthcoming summer season. The kharif plan 2010 focuses on expanding areas under rice, enhancing the yield …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The current drought the state is facing now, is a man-made calamity, Water Resources Minister N.K.Premachandran said. He was inaugurating the 5-day celebrations in connection with the World Water Day which began at the Sasthra Bhavan here on Friday.
Determined to maximise kharif production irrespective of the rainfall situation this year the government has asked the states to prepare detailed contingency plans to deal with a drought like situation. Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said that the severe drought during last kharif season had posed a serious challenge in achieving …
