After more than 10,000 years of relative stability—the full span of human civilization—the Earth’s climate is changing. As average temperatures rise, climate science finds that acute hazards such as heat waves and floods grow in frequency and severity, and chronic hazards, such as drought and rising sea levels, intensify. In …
This report is the background document providing the basis for the Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) that is being published simultaneously. The planet has already warmed 1.0°C or more since pre-industrial times, and at the current …
There is increasing recognition that infrastructure and related sectors are at risk due to climate change. Madhya Pradesh has embarked on creating a smart urban future. This presents opportunities for building Smart Cities across Madhya Pradesh to mainstream climate resilience into their Smart City Plans. Smart Cities across Madhya Pradesh …
The Global Climate Risk Index 2020 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent data available — for 2018 and from 1999 to 2018 — were taken into account. The countries and territories affected …
This study assesses how human-induced climate change has altered the likelihood and intensity of the July event or similar events. It uses a large number of climate simulations that were available at the time of study (8 ensembles of 10 to over 100 simulations each). Define the event as the …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Plan to tackle heat wave in India, 23/07/2019. As reported by National Disaster Management Authority of India in their Guidelines for Preparation of Action Plan – 2016, since 1992, more than 22,000 people died as a result of exposure to extreme heat.
Natural disasters, which are expected to increase due to climate change, also render women and girls vulnerable to sexual abuse and exploitation, particularly in contexts of pre-existing economically Women are more likely to observe the impact of climate change on their lives, and are more vulnerable to such impacts, anecdotal …
Hundreds of firefighters battled on Saturday to contain wildfires in southern France as a stifling heat wave brought record-breaking temperatures to parts of Europe, killing at least three people in Italy. In the Gard region, where France’s highest temperature on record was registered on Friday at 45.9 degrees Celsius, scores …
Rising heat due to climate change could lead to the loss of 80 million jobs by 2030, with less-developed countries worst hit warns the International Labour Organisation in this new report. India is projected to lose 5.8 per cent of working hours in 2030. In absolute terms India, is expected …
The Assam government Thursday stopped transportation of four elephants to Gujarat for the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad due to prevailing heat wave in North-West India. The Gauhati High Court in a PIL had earlier this week asked the government to pass an appropriate order by Thursday considering the safety …
Nearly 40-60% of the orange orchards in the Vidarbha region have gone completely dry. Orange farmers in Maharashtra are caught in the grip of drought with their orchards withering amid an intense heat wave. Nearly 40-60% of the orange orchards in the Vidarbha region have gone completely dry. Shridhar Thakre, …
Animal rights activists in Assam and elsewhere in India have decided to petition the Supreme Court against the proposed “torturous train trip” of four juvenile elephants from the State to Gujarat for a religious event in Ahmedabad. NGOs such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) too have …
The confusion over what has killed over 100 children in Bihar is a symptom of the gangrenous rot in public healthcare in India. While even doctors are casually bandying about the term Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) to talk about the disease that has repeatedly struck one of the poorest regions …
At least 61 persons have died in a heat wave that hit three Bihar districts on Saturday, officials said on Sunday. Thirty persons have lost their lives due to the sweltering heat in Aurangabad, while 20 have died in Gaya and 11 in Nawada district so far since Saturday, Disaster …
Severe heat wave conditions continued in Himachal and Una, which recorded a high of 45.2 degrees C, the temperature it witnessed on June 21, 2005. Shimla, the key summer tourist spot, recorded 30.3 degrees C, the highest in the past five years, and Manali 30.4 degrees C. The maximum temperature …
Various spiritual leaders and Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi shall join an initiative for environment protection on June 5, marked as the World Environment Day, an official said on Monday. The initiative will be undertaken by Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti (AVB) in which Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Swami Ramdev, Acharya Lokesh and B.K. …
India typically witnesses water scarcity during summer months, but the situation this year is particularly grim in western and southern states Millions of people are desperately awaiting overdue monsoon rains as they struggle to secure drinking water amid a heat wave across India that is rapidly drying up reservoirs and …
Parts of Central and North India undergoing heat wave The Union Health Ministry issued a health advisory on Monday, following heat wave conditions over parts of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi. The Ministry suggested that people stay indoors and in shaded places, use umbrella/hat/cap/towel when …
A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as more communities adopt their own Heat Action Plans (HAP) to shield people from dangerously hot weather worsened by climate change. The Heat Action Plan in Ahmedabad, a major Indian city, was …
New Delhi: A severe heatwave is set to hit Delhi and its neighbouring regions which, according to IMD, is likely to push the maximum temperature to 45 degrees Celsius in the next 48 hours. On Wednesday, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 43.1 degrees Celsius — three notches above normal …
