Impacts / Slow onset disasters 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).
Witness / Extreme Weather Delhi rains can be attributed to the extended stay of Monsoon over the region. The Monsoon current remained active due to consecutive weather systems forming in the Bay of Bengal.
Adaptation Finance / Slow onset disasters To quantify the role of climate change, attribution scientists estimate the likelihood of these extreme events using models that simulate how the climate would have been if humans hadn’t released large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Witness Impacts / Slow onset disasters Record spike in mercury shows how climate change has overwhelmed the global oceanic phenomenon of La Nina which is known for its cooling effect on global temperatures
Climate change is leading to a rise in nighttime warming, which is impacting sleep quality and human health in India and across the globe, according to a new analysis by Climate Central and Climate Trends. Nighttime temperatures have increased even more rapidly than daytime temperatures as the world heats up due to climate change, primarily […]
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 […]
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 / Extreme Weather As India continues to suffer a severe heatwave, new analysis shows that climate change added approximately 50 to 80 nights each year where the temperature exceeded 25°C, with serious impacts on sleep and health.
Food security has been a concern for the world, ever since the war between Ukraine and Russia broke out. Just as India, world’s second largest wheat producer, promised to feed the world, climate change played spoilsport. Owing to an unabated heatwave between March-May this year, the Indian government was forced to announce a ban on […]
Finance Impacts / Slow onset disasters While the country is yet to overcome the threat over food crisis, the threat over rice production is looming large with the weak start and delayed progress of the Monsoon. According to data released by the Agriculture Ministry, sowing of rice is already down by 46% as […]
Climate change worsened extreme weather events in 2024, making it an exceptional year of extremes, according to a recent report by World Weather Attribution and Climate Central. The report ‘When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024’ analysed the impact of record-breaking temperatures in the form of relentless heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, storms, and floods 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 […]
Witness / Extreme Weather Delhi rains can be attributed to the extended stay of Monsoon over the region. The Monsoon current remained active due to consecutive weather systems forming in the Bay of Bengal.