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    • India among 10 most affected nations due to extreme weather events: Climate Risk Index

      India among 10 most affected nations due to extreme weather events: Climate Risk Index

      The Climate Risk Index of India, however, has improved with the country being placed at 49th globally (2022), as against seventh worst-affected due to extreme weather events in 2019.

    • Cyclone Michaung | ‘Expect droughts and floods to become more extreme whenever they occur’

      Cyclone Michaung | ‘Expect droughts and floods to become more extreme whenever they occur’

      As Chennai faces its third major flood in eight years, meteorologist Dr Akshay Deoras offers insights into India's increasing extreme weather events, and why forecasting in the tropics can be a challenge.

    • Loss and Damage Fund adopted at COP 28: What you need to know about the 'historic fund

      Loss and Damage Fund adopted at COP 28: What you need to know about the 'historic fund

      However, the USD 400 million-plus fund is a minuscule portion of the USD 400 billion vulnerable nations will need annually. There's also no clarity yet on whether the voluntary contributions - ranging from USD 17.5 million committed by the US and USD 100 million from the UAE and Germany each - will be renewed next year, and whether they will be given as grants or loans.

    • Uneven monsoon sparks climate change concerns

      Uneven monsoon sparks climate change concerns

      Monsoon patterns are changing every year, and weather forecasters are worried.

    • 10 weather buzzwords you must know

      10 weather buzzwords you must know

      Get up to speed on climate change terms such as grey swan, weather whiplash, heatflation, red tide, and more.

    • Explainer: Why the UN is fast-tracking its global early warnings system, and how India will benefit from it

      Explainer: Why the UN is fast-tracking its global early warnings system, and how India will benefit from it

      Around 80 percent of our India’s population lives in regions highly vulnerable to extreme disasters such as severe flooding, droughts or heatwaves, and have to constantly adapt to survive.

    • Hailstorms out, heatwave in: What to do about India’s climate change problem

      Hailstorms out, heatwave in: What to do about India’s climate change problem

      Excessive use of ACs leads to higher power consumption increasing the demand for fossil fuels. At 2.7 billion tonnes, India is the fourth largest emitter of carbon in the world. Here's how to be more mindful in factories, offices and homes and health tips to ward off heat strokes.

    • 'Almost half the carbon injected into the atmosphere by humans has taken place since Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut for India'

      'Almost half the carbon injected into the atmosphere by humans has taken place since Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut for India'

      In The Earth Transformed, historian Peter Frankopan offers a sweeping study of how environmental factors are an important lens to view the past, and prepare for future climate crises.

    • 2023 UN Climate Report: 5 key takeaways from the IPCC report

      2023 UN Climate Report: 5 key takeaways from the IPCC report

      The Earth could overheat within the next decade. To prevent it, global cooperation, a lot of money and sweeping changes are needed.

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