India has been battling all possible climate change impacts, making the country extremely vulnerable to global warming. Further adding to the existing climate risks, India is now home to the highest number of high-risk hospitals worldwide. According to the 2023 XDI Global Hospital Infrastructure Physical Climate Risk Report, 2700 of the country’s 53,473 hospitals are […]
The Monsoon season for 2023 ended with normal rainfall to the tune of 103% of long period average. Uttarakhand recorded 1203.3 mm against the normal rainfall of 1162.7 mm. Out of 13 districts of Uttarakhand, five districts received normal rainfall that constituted for 39% of the area of the state, followed by four districts that […]
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Delhi’s air quality has been making to the headlines for several years now. 2024 has been no different, with city witnessing its first spell of bad air quality as it stepped into the second half of November. On November 18, Delhi air quality plunged to hazardous levels, with the city witnessing the season’s highest average AQI […]
India is the seventh most vulnerable country to climate change, according to the Economic Survey 2024-25. It has highlighted the country’s susceptibility to extreme weather events and slow onset events such as rising sea-level rise, biodiversity loss, and water insecurity. The survey focused on the role of the notable increase in the frequency of extreme […]
Learn how the warming atmosphere and increased moisture capacity contribute to heavier and more intense rainfall in Northwest India. The recent disasters confirm the vulnerability of hilly regions to the orographic effect, where global warming amplifies the effects of heavy rains and landslides. The recent devastating floods in Himachal Pradesh and the rising water levels […]
Tomato prices have been touching the sky across India, affecting millions of households across the country. Erratic weather patterns have impacted the output of several crops, not just the tomatoes this year, making fruits and vegetables costlier. Per kg tomato price in India today Reportedly, prices of tomatoes surged to Rs 80 per kg across […]
India has experienced 400 extreme weather events in the past three decades causing 80,000 fatalities and 180 billion USD of economic losses, revealed the Climate Risk Index 2025. Ranked 6th in this global index India is among the countries most affected by recurring disasters like floods, heatwaves and cyclones, the frequency and intensity of which […]
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 / 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).
Impacts / Extreme Weather 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)
India has been struggling with the above-normal temperatures, both day and night, since the beginning of 2025. February 2025 saw the highest average mean temperature ever recorded in February since 1901, according to data provided by India Meteorological Department (IMD). This year, India also kicked off its heatwave season as early as February, when several […]
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 […]
Adaptation Finance Impacts / Slow onset disasters Extreme weather events across the globe reflect an urgent need to include loss and damage in the upcoming COP27 agenda, the absence of which will render the conference futile, say experts