Impacts / Extreme Weather Monsoon 2023 ended with below normal rains to the tune of 6%, courtesy the building El Nino in the Pacific Ocean. Climate change continues to impact spatial variability, which can cause more droughts or floods, posing water and food security challenges.
The ongoing La Niña event looks likely to extend its stay through the rest of the year, and perhaps even into early 2023. According to NOAA, there is a 52% probability of the La Niña decreasing in the Northern Hemisphere during late summer (July-September 2022) before slightly picking up again heading into fall and early […]
Impacts / Extreme Weather Even as the Uttarakhand govt blames the rapidly growing presence of pine for the uncontrolled forest fires in the region, the absence of fire lines, inadequate forest staff, climate-induced dry weather and inadequate rainfall also need to be acknowledged in order to find a sustainable solution to the issue, say […]
Adaptation Impacts Witness / Extreme Weather Bengaluru rains were a result of change in Monsoon trends that have of late become unpredictable and complex. However, meteorologists claim that extremely heavy rainfall cannot be blamed alone and that it was the city’s bad urban planning that led to such a grave situation.
Impacts / Extreme Weather Weather models fail to predict heavy rains in South Gujarat. Experts stress the urgency of strengthening forecasting and modelling capabilities to address micro-scale weather events accurately.
Impacts Research / Extreme Weather / Slow onset disasters According to the data compiled by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), conflict, violence and disasters triggered 38 million internal displacements across 141 countries and territories in 2021, the second highest annual figure in a decade after 2020’s record-breaking year for disaster displacement.
Impacts / Slow onset disasters Climate change will continue to alter atmospheric circulations and precipitation patterns, subsequently influencing the occurrence of weather patterns that worsen air quality, especially over the Indo-Gangetic Plains.
Impacts / Extreme Weather Addressing the ramifications of the crisis and the necessity for a comprehensive strategy for India’s water resource management is crucial for a scorching summer ahead. Can political parties make this an election agenda?
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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.
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.
Impacts Research Witness / Extreme Weather / Slow onset disasters Assuming a future population of 9.5 billion people, India would have the greatest population, more than 600 million, exposed at 2.7°C global warming. At 1.5°C, this figure would be far lower, at about 90 million.
Impacts Research Witness / Extreme Weather July 3, 2023 was declared as the hottest day globally ever recorded, while June 2023 became the hottest month across the planet, with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea.