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Displaying 120 of about 612 resultsA prolonged and deadly heatwave has hit large swaths of India and Pakistan affecting hundreds of millions of people and sparking food and energy shortages. Experts say the extreme heat is a grim preview of what the climate crisis has in store for a region home to over 1 billion people.
Temperatures in India’s capital and parts of Pakistan have at times…
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Conserving non-degraded water bodies, rejuvenating degraded water bodies and managing them in a sustainable manner can help build climate change resilience in cities.
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Unlike earlier times, the value of water bodies as a social and economic need has diminished as people are no longer dependent on co-located water bodies. Tangible change in…
Risks of deadly heat stroke to millions of Hajj and Umrah pilgrims during summer could be halved if global warming is limited to 1.5°C as stipulated in the Paris climate accord compared with 2°C, according to a new study published today in journal Environmental Research Letters.
The study, led by scientists from Climate Analytics, an international clim…
As the inaugural global forum of the Global Heat Health Information Network, this event will feature talks from leading experts on heat health science and action, and will include a regional focus on Southeast Asia as well as a focus on communication. The forum will formalize the network by seeking agreement from members on a work plan going forward, wh…
WEBINAR SERIES ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT (EPISODE NO 5)
Date: September 12 (Saturday), 2020
Time: 16:00 NPT (+5:45 GMT)
Sustainable Urban System: Challenges and Opportunities
Registration here
Presenters:
Urban Area from the lens of Climate Change: Dr. Inu Pradhan Salike,
Cities as Living Labs for Innovation: Dr. Ran…
The Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) Knowledge Manager Discussion Forum organises an online discussion on gender and disasters. The issue explored in the event is: What should governments, aid agencies and businesses do differently to protect lives and put women and girls at the core of disaster ris…
The government of the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh has waived the requirement of a post mortem in order for families to be compensated for heat-wave related deaths, reports Reuters. Recent natural disasters have highlighted India's vulnerability to the effects of climate change.
Poverty exacerbates the popualations vulnerability."These deaths a…
By Dr. Dileep Mavalankar, Meredith Connolly and Anjali Jaiswal
A deadly heat wave is currently bearing down on communities across India, with devastating effects on people and livelihoods. The spiking temperatures underscore the need for local heat adaptation plans and early warning systems to reduce the health effects of heat stress and increase resi…
At least 800 people have died in a major heatwave that has swept across India, melting roads in New Delhi as temperatures neared 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit), reports AFP.
The Hindustan Times daily said the maximum temperature in the capital hit a two-year high of 45.5 degrees Celsius on Monday — five degrees higher than the seasonal average. "T…
BANGKOK, 23 August 2016 - Scientists and researchers were today urged to provide "solutions and guidance" so that policymakers are able to effectively address the challenge of escalating disaster risk.
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr Robert Glasser, said successive record-br…
By Reaz Ahmad
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This season’s crop loss owing to heat stress comes as a stark reminder of what the rice scientists have long been forewarning.
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BRRI’s breeder success in developing heat-tolerant rice comes at a time when Boro farmers have suffered crop loss in different districts due to a heat shock-induced sterility in paddy plants.…
This case-bound book draws upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives, through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies. In this book, over 100 authors are relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local lev…
Geneva - The year 2013 is currently on course to be among the top ten warmest years since modern records began in 1850, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The first nine months, January to September, tied with 2003 as the seventh warmest such period on record, with a global land and ocean surface temperature of about 0.48 C (0.86 F) abo…
By Sujit Chakraborty
New Delhi – A report warned a decade ago about the threat posed by a glacial lake that in June burst its banks and contributed to flooding that killed thousands in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
But fears that the report – and reporting about it – were too sensational may have contributed to a lack of preparedness for the disast…
Last year was the hottest year of the decade for some parts of Sri Lanka, while it was the second hottest year after 2016 for most of other parts of the country. The annual mean temperatures calculated from the data taken from 22 weather stations across the country show that 2019 was the hottest year of the decade for nine areas covered by those station…