World Toilet Day: So far, we have overlooked sanitation in the climate resilience discourse
Safe and inclusive sanitation solutions can play a pivotal role in safeguarding against risks imposed by climate change
Loss and Damaged: Who suffers most from extreme weather events?
While all regions have incurred losses due to extreme weather events, developed countries remain the least affected and most insured from the shocks
Major wildfires in western US can increase severe storms in central states: Study
Climate change has been a major factor in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States
Delhi Pollution Crisis: CM Kejriwal announces school shutdown in Delhi for a week
Emergency measures are not a magic bullet; systemic and sustained change in Delhi’s air quality is needed, Anumita Roychowdhury of CSE says
Heat waves likely to last ‘25 times longer’ in India by another 2-4 decades, says climate report
The heatwaves will last over five times longer if global temperature rise is constrained to about 2°C, says report launched ahead …
Climate change is real: India received 129% over normal rainfall September 14
Climate change causing the wettest days in Odisha to become wetter and hottest days to become hotter
New support scheme for water-stressed districts as crop insurance becomes voluntary
Changes to PM Fasal Bima Yojana leave famers without effective support for crop losses in time of climate emergency
Delhi on the verge of another air emergency
Stubble burnings have seen a decreasing trend, but the air quality of Delhi was 'severe' and poised to turn worse
Heat wave grips Kerala, claims three lives
The state government has declared a natural disaster, issued alerts and circulated precautionary guidelines
India is under the weather: extreme events expand footprints
From cloudburst in Himachal, dust storms in Rajasthan and UP to lightning in Andhra Pradesh and devastating rainfall in Haryana and Punjab, freak …
Some extreme weather events in 2016 would never have happened without human-caused warming: studies
Extreme heat across Asia in 2016 and unusually warm waters in the Bering Sea would not have been possible without human-induced climate change
Natural disasters force 26 million people into poverty each year: World Bank
The extreme natural disasters also cause a US$520-billion loss in annual consumption globally
Few takers for ambitious crop insurance scheme
Only four percent more farmers have opted for crop insurance despite government’s targets for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
First drought, then floods: is this an extreme weather event?
After an excruciating drought, several states of India have reported excess rainfall this monsoon. Climate change may have a role to play in …
International weather agency warns of a stronger El Niño
The peak three-month average surface water temperature in the east-central tropical Pacific Ocean will exceed 2 degrees Celsius above normal
What IPCC says about India
It projects a fall in crop yields and rise in the impact of extreme weather events in India
Badrinath dodges a weather bullet
After showing a full horror film of what it can do in Char Dham Yatra last year, weather gives a fresh trailer at Badrinath by featuring a …
Benchmark for protests
Gujjar form of protests are all the rage with people of Rajasthan, be they farmers or camel herders
Traditional wisdom
Researchers in Gujarat use rural expertise to predict weather when modern methods fail to make accurate forecast
Uttarakhand cloudburst: urbanisation, warming continue to intensify the impact
Sunday's incident follows the trend of a steep rise in number of days with cloudburst-like events in the Himalayas from 2001 to 2013
2022 too short, too far: Data stories that show the true impact of climate change this year
Did you know that India experienced extreme weather events on 291 of the 334 days from beginning of year to November 30?
Typhoon Haiyan reaches Vietnam, China
Haiyan, which has claimed over 10,000 lives, is reportedly one of the strongest storms on record
40 million more people experienced food insecurity in 2021 than 2020: Report
The report demonstrates the need for a greater prioritisation of smallholder agriculture as a frontline humanitarian response, according to FAO
Will the monsoon reach Kerala on time?
Citizens baffled as weather forecasters are divided over monsoon’s onset dates
Assam floods: Why is Lakhimpur district always badly hit?
Dikorni river from Papuma Pare, Subansiri river from Lower Siang contribute majorly to flooding in the district