farming Archives - Health Issues India

Cyclone Yaas destruction reinforces need for effective climate change planning

Almost two weeks after Cyclone Yaas made landfall, lakhs of people continue to struggle to access drinking water and basic supplies – not to mention the burden of navigating the latest trail of destruction to their livelihoods. First wrecking damage to the Bay of Bengal on the northern coast of India, Cyclone Yaas developed rapidly …

Cyclone Yaas destruction reinforces need for effective climate change planning Read More »

Climate change is leading to abandonment of villages and ‘forced immobility’ across Uttarakhand

Vulnerable to both slow- and rapid-onset climate change hazards, threats facing the northern state of Uttarakhand are resulting in climate migration challenges such as abandonment of villages and ‘forced immobility’, according to new research. Insights from the state published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre note that climate change-related weather factors have seen disruption to …

Climate change is leading to abandonment of villages and ‘forced immobility’ across Uttarakhand Read More »

How are India’s climate emergency NDCs faring ahead of this year’s COP26 talks?

Leave a Comment / Environmental health, Featured Stories / By Editor, Health Issues

India’s involvement in the fight against climate change has been one of change. The country once saw the issue as something that concerned industrially-developed nations more than itself. That mantra has now shifted. Today, the country is concerned with the impact it can make as industries face up to dangers posed to their own future …

How are India’s climate emergency NDCs faring ahead of this year’s COP26 talks? Read More »

What is being done to help the Bay of Bengal adapt to the threat of climate change?

Leave a Comment / Featured Stories / By Editor, Health Issues

India’s vulnerability to climate change is well-known among scientists and to most members of the lay public. Climate modeling from the Ministry of Earth Sciences amongst other agencies display projections that serve to underline how susceptible it is to climate change risks. Whilst more regional projections can sometimes become less certain, the risks for the …

What is being done to help the Bay of Bengal adapt to the threat of climate change? Read More »

Offer An Article

Pandemic Latest News

farming

Cyclone Yaas destruction reinforces need for effective climate change planning

Climate change is leading to abandonment of villages and ‘forced immobility’ across Uttarakhand

How are India’s climate emergency NDCs faring ahead of this year’s COP26 talks?

What is being done to help the Bay of Bengal adapt to the threat of climate change?

About Us

Newsletter