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Displaying 135 of about 612 resultsBy Leslie Lee '09
Regional study led by Texas A&M professor was first of its kind and produced alarming results.
Scientists know that extreme heat has a negative impact on the human body — causing distress in the respiratory and cardiovascular systems — and they know that extreme air pollution can also have serious impacts on the human body.
But…
By Bharath Jairaj and Sumedha Malaviya
India is ground zero for extreme heat. More than 6,100 people have died from heat events since 2010. Half of the country reeled under severe heat waves this summer, when temperatures reached over 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees F) in many places.
The urban heat…
By Chinese Academy of Sciences
Under global warming, the frequent occurrence of summer heatwaves has exerted an increasing impact on human health and public infrastructure. For example, Europe experienced a severe heatwave in 2003 with more than 70,000 heat-related casualties. Western Russia was struck by its hottest summer on record in 2010, leading t…
From the 11th to the 14th of August, a heatwave in Hanoi triggered anticipatory action to reduce human health risks associated with extreme heat, providing for a second opportunity to test the selected early actions. VNRC and GRC set up four Community Cooling centres and three buses equipped with cooling systems to offer a cool rest place for vulnerable…
An increase in global warming from 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above late 19th-century levels would cause tens of thousands of extra deaths in China's cities every year, researchers reported Tuesday.
Even if one assumes future adaptations to cope with scorching heat—better public health services, more air conditioning, easy access to clean dri…
As Bangladesh grapples with the El Nino year of 2023-2024, a relentless heatwave tightens its grip on various regions of the country. Recent reports from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) indicate that soaring temperatures, ranging from 40 degrees Celsius to over 43 degrees Celsius, have been scorching 51 out of 64 districts and are anticip…
Heat stress - caused by high temperatures, low rainfall and low humidity - disrupted rice growth this spring, with climate experts warning of a threat to food supplies
Heat stress is a mix of high temperatures and low moisture
Temperatures reached 36C, compared to an April average of 33C
Bangladeshi farmers suffered losses totaling $39 million
By…
High heat and humidity will take an increasing toll in death and ill-health in India and other tropical countries unless global temperature rise is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius
By Soumya Sarkar
La Niña, a weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, usually heralds a cooler Indian summer. But that’s not going to happen this year, going by early summ…
Ignoring the signs of climate change will lead to unprecedented, societally disruptive heat extremes in the Middle East and North Africa. The results of the study published on Nature Climate Change with the contribution of the CMCC Foundation.
The Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) is a climate change hot spot where summers warm much faster tha…
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense due to global warming; we must prepare ourselves to deal with this emergency.
It is now scientifically established that the frequency and intensity of heatwaves in India are increasing and thus it is crucial that we develop a national heat code, writes Chandra Bhushan in this commentary.
In India, the…
By T.S.S. Siddharth
As the temperature continues to rise across the state, the TS Development Planning Society (TSDPS) on Monday unveiled the heatwave action plan for the season.
This plan details guidelines on the steps to be taken by the state and district administrations for minimising the impact of heatwaves. Its primary objective is to ensure tha…
By Karan Manral
Heatwaves have claimed more than 17,000 lives in the country since 1971, a study by a team of top meteorologists has claimed. The paper, which analysed heat wave incidents in the country from 1971-2019, stated 706 such incidents took place in this period. According to the study, extreme weather events (EWE) led to the deaths of 141,308…
Vacancy number: ISDR/C/12/2010
Background
The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) is a multi-disciplinary and multistakeholder platform to enable societies to increase their resilience to natural, technological and environmental disasters and to reduce associated environmental, human and economic and social risk and losses. A range of…
BANGKOK, 15 November 2019 – Bangladesh on Wednesday declared climate change to be a “planetary emergency” and called on the world to work “on a war footing” to combat it and reduce its impacts.
Led by parliamentarian Mr. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, who is a global champion for disaster risk reduction and former president of the Inter-Parliamentary Un…
GENEVA, 23 July 2018 – The soaring rise in economic losses from extreme weather events fueled by climate change will be the focus of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction on October 13.
The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, said today: “Economic losses from disasters in low and middle-…