Impacts Witness / Extreme Weather Climate Risk Index 2025 ranked India as the sixth most affected country in the world due climate change-triggered extreme weather events from 1993 to 2022, causing losses up to USD 180 billion and at least 80,000 fatalities.
Impacts Research / Extreme Weather Monsoon 2023 is most likely to hit Kerala on June 4 with a model error of ± 4 days, against the normal date of June 1. It is likely to make a feeble start, under the influence of El Nino which is invariably linked with below normal Monsoon […]
When the planet heats up, women pay the highest price. 80% of the people displaced by climate change globally are women who are also 14 times more likely to die during extreme weather events as compared to men, according to the United Nations estimates. By mid century, food insecurity, largely attributable to climate change, will […]
A recent study highlighted the impact of heatwaves on public health, agriculture, and other socio-economic and cultural systems that can hinder or reverse the country’s progress in fulfilling sustainable development goals (SDGs). Developing early warning systems and their dissemination: Early warning systems can be the most effective measure to adapt against heat waves. Timely dissemination […]
Finance Impacts Witness / Slow onset disasters The onset month of the Monsoon season, June, ended with deficit rainfall to the tune of 10% of the LPA (Long Period Average). The countrywide cumulative rainfall during June 1-30 was recorded at 148.6 mm against the normal average of 165.3 mm.
The period from February 17 to February 24, 2025, witnessed a series of devastating climate events that underscore the growing urgency of addressing climate change. Across the globe, from the scorching heatwaves in Brazil and South Sudan to catastrophic rainfall-triggered disasters in South America and Africa, extreme weather took its toll on both lives and […]
2024 has been the hottest year for India since 1901, declared India Meteorological Department. The annual mean temperature was recorded at 25.75°C which was 0.65°C above the long-term average (1991-2020 period). According to state-run weather agency, the average mean temperature for the last three months of the year (October-December) was also the warmest on record. […]
Joshimath, a small town in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, has been under the spotlight ever since massive cracks emerged in hundreds of homes and roads a few days ago. The “sinking town” has now been declared disaster-prone due to increasing land subsidence. About 82 families have been relocated and around 678 houses have developed cracks. Currently, […]
2024 is all set to shatter all records, becoming hottest year ever since the pre-industrial period, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the World Meteorological Oranisation (WMO). This would be the second consecutive year to break the global annual temperature record. According to a latest data released by C3S, the […]
Imagine a plate perfectly designed to give you all the nutrients and energy you need, the vitamins, the proteins and the carbohydrates all balanced perfectly on one single plate that is a joyride of flavours. This plate is a good representation of food in India or The Great Indian Meal. This Great Indian Meal changes […]
El Niño is a climate phenomenon that refers to the warming of the sea surface in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The effects of El Niño influence temperatures and precipitation worldwide. In June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed that the El Niño phenomenon has once again begun and is expected to gradually strengthen over 2023 and 2024. With […]
Impacts Research / Extreme Weather Monsoon 2023 is most likely to hit Kerala on June 4 with a model error of ± 4 days, against the normal date of June 1. It is likely to make a feeble start, under the influence of El Nino which is invariably linked with below normal Monsoon […]
The record-breaking streak continued in January 2025, which was the warmest January globally. The average ERA5 surface air temperature was 13.23°C, 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average, according to the latest analysis by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The findings were unexpected due to ongoing La Nina conditions in the Pacific Ocean which are invariably […]
Adaptation Witness Impacts / Slow onset disasters The report calls for “immediate, accelerated and relentless mitigation action” to bring down global GHG emissions which set a new record of 57.4 gigatons of CO2 equivalent (GtCO2e) in 2022.