-The Hindu The Paris Agreement on climate change marks a milestone in preserving the earth’s environment and provides a floor on which to build ambition and action. It is the outcome of a long struggle by millions of citizens around the world, aided by the weight of scientific evidence linking severe, more frequent weather events such as Cyclones and droughts to man-made greenhouse gas emissions. The 195 country-parties to the UN...
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Why Chennai went down and under -Radhika Merwin
-The Hindu Business Line A CAG audit shows that the Centre and State governments have been criminally remiss over disaster management The unprecedented and continuing rains that have broken a 100-year record and have wreaked havoc in Chennai for over a week, highlight both elaborate rescue and relief efforts as well as gaps in the existing policy on disaster planning. It is true that swift deployment of the armed forces to evacuate...
More »In last decade, Asia-Pacific struck by 1,625 disasters: UN report
-Hindustan Times Half a million people lost their lives to disasters over the last decade in Asia and the Pacific that was struck by over 1,625 disasters during this period, a UN panel report said on Tuesday, calling for a fundamental rethink to short-sighted approach to disasters in the region. The 2015 Asia-Pacific Disaster Report — Disasters without borders: Regional resilience for sustainable development — also stressed on the need for countries...
More »Why farmer suicides in Punjab is a climate story -Bahar Dutt
-Livemint.com The destruction of almost two-thirds of the state’s cotton crop by the whitefly has forced 15 farmers to commit suicide, pushed hundreds of others into debt An insect has ravaged the cotton crop across Punjab’s Malwa region. The destruction of almost two-thirds of the state’s cotton crop by the whitefly has forced as many as 15 farmers to commit suicide and pushed hundreds of others into debt. A Times of India report...
More »Monsoon deficit at 10%; Met Dept sees situation worsening this month -Vinson Kurian
-The Hindu Business Line THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The overall monsoon deficit for the country as a whole is in double digits for the first time this season, and forecasts suggest it may worsen during the rest of August. India Met Department assessed the deficit at 10 per cent with the worst-hit South topping a list of three geographical regions with 20 per cent. The other deficits are reported from East and North-East India (-12...
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