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Surely adaptation means not just desperate rescue during and after extreme rains, but preparing for them. Experts suggest prior warning systems are feasible, with reasonable investment. Given there was no warning from the India Meteorological Department, what technological or administrative improvement do we need to ensure that advance warnings are issued before such future events?" asks Nagraj Adve, activist...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has instructed commercial banks to ask for compliance with the National Disaster Management Authority's disaster resilience norms from loan applicants applying for infrastructure finance before building constructions begin or even earlier, at the design phase...
'The government spent 2.8 per cent of national Gross Domestic Product in 2010-11 on climate adaptation measures, with the aim of reducing the impact of global warming and climate change on various sections of the population,' said Dipak Dasgupta, Principal Economic Adviser to the Union Finance Ministry...
Climate change policies should be central to India’s strategic thinking on long-term economic policy for global warming, high temperatures, hydroelectric power shortages and failure of the monsoon being blamed for large scale blackouts in North India...
The Hindu reports that according to the communication sent by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, India's Kerala state may benefit from climate change. Although sea-level rise will cause problems, the production of certain agricultural products, such as cocoa and coconut will increase...
Calling for an integrated system for multiple hazards instead of addressing the problems in isolation, Dr Murty, an expert, cites the building of coastal defences against tsunamis and storm surges as an example that would also offer protection from sea level rise...
Some workers and building managers seemed unaware that use of elevators exposed them to lethal risks. 'I did feel the quake, but there was no point in rushing out as it almost got over by the time I reached the door to my room'...
Saikatdatta Mazumdar declares that area of dry land is likely to increase by 11 per cent in the coming years because of climate change. That is why, he states that climate change is the most serious threat to agriculture...
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