India recognises and monitors three types of drought – meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural. Now, some researchers are calling for the…
Saleemul Huq, who brought to global attention the need to adapt to climate change impacts and to pay for the…
The annual average loss of infrastructure and buildings, due to natural disasters and climate change, is estimated to be worth…
Floods in Delhi have dominated the news cycle in India for the last week, setting off political conflicts, and an…
Irshad Ahmad, a shopkeeper in the city of Patna, was forced to close his store for several days in mid-April…
One of the world’s largest work guarantee programmes, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS), also offers climate co-benefits.…
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, according to a new report. Climate policy, protests, and…
There was significant progress on finance for climate adaptation at COP27 last month. Governments agreed to move forward on the…
Adaptation to climate change impacts will become impossible unless greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are controlled far better, and this must…
As the world warms, there is an urgent need to find ways to keep people cool. This year, several deadly…
The state of Meghalaya, in northeast India, has an acute soil erosion problem. One of the rainiest places on Earth,…
Over the past three decades, the severity of both droughts and floods has increased in the state of Assam. In…
Spring 2020 had just begun in the Himalayas but for Kamla Devi, 36, a resident of Nathuakhan village, in the…
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