15 May 2013, AlertNet
India is stepping up efforts to educate school and university students on climate change and its impacts on people’s lives, with the aim of raising awareness and tempting them into related careers. Climate change adaptation will be one of the issues in focus at the Global platform for disaster risk reduction in Geneva, Switzerland...
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1987 | 300,000,000 | |
| Drought | 2002 | 300,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1993 | 128,000,000 | |
| Drought | 1982 | 100,000,000 | |
| Drought | 2000 | 50,000,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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